Disgraced US Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte, who lied about being robbed at gunpoint by a policeman after a night out during the Rio Olympics is to lose sponsorship from four major sponsors including fashion label Ralph Lauren, swimwear manufacturer Speedo, skin care firm Syneron-Candela and Japanese mattress maker Airweave. Lochte (32), is one of the…
1 United States 46 37 38 121 2 Great Britain 27 23 17 67 3 China 26 18 26 70 US Basketball team beat Serbia to win last gold of Olympic Games Rio 2016, 96 -66. USA topped the medal tables with 121 medals including 46 golds, 37 silver and 38 bronze, followed by Great…
1 United States 43 37 36 116 2 Great Britain 27 22 17 66 3 China 26 18 26 70 Mo Farah won his Olympic 5000m title in Rio and added to his gold in the 10,000m as he repeated the distance he won four years ago from London 2012. GB also won a bronze…
1 United States 40 36 35 111 2 Great Britain 26 22 15 63 3 China 24 18 26 68 Brazil beat Germany 5-4 on penalties to win their first Men’s football Olympic gold medal in front of a capacity crowd of 78,000 at the Maracana stadium. Brazil finally extracted their revenge…
1 United States 37 34 32 103 2 Great Britain 24 21 13 58 3 China 21 18 25 65 Great Britain 3-3 Netherlands Pens 2-0 GB wins gold in Women’s hockey, beating Netherland on penalties 2-0. Margot van Geffwen hits the post. Hinch boots clear, and Hollie Webb scores for Great Britain.Sophie Bray…
1 United States 37 34 32 103 2 Great Britain 23 21 13 57 3 China 21 18 25 65 Nick Skelton, show jumper is Britain’s second-oldest gold medalist, after a six-way jump off, in his seventh games. He initially retired 16 years ago breaking his neck in two places. The only…
1 United States 35 33 32 100 2 Great Britain 22 21 13 56 3 China 20 16 23 58 Alistair Brownlee 28, wins triathlon gold and his brother Jonny 26, wins silver and compatriots Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark triumphed in the sailing on day 13 of the Rio 2016 Olympics. Liam…
Sakshi Malik 23, at last wins Bronze medal for India in the Women’s Freestyle 58 Kilogram wrestling by pulling a sensational 8-5 victory over Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan . “I never thought I would become the first Indian woman wrestler to bag an Olympic medal in wrestling,” Sakshi Malik said. She was born in India’s Haryana state…
1 United States 30 32 31 93 2 Great Britain 19 19 12 50 3 China 19 15 20 54 GB women have reached their first ever women’s hockey final after a tense semi-final against New Zealand after a convincing 3-0 victory. New Zealand will go into the Bronze medal match for…
Neymar and Gabriel each score twice as Brazil trounced Honduras 6-0 to advance to Saturday’s Olympic gold-medal match in the men’s footballs tournament. The host now have the chance to ease pain caused by a 7-1 humiliation at the hands of Germany on home soil at the 2014 World Cup.The Germans saw off 1996 winners…