Rodrigo holds talks with FIFA chief

Serena Williams out of the Rio Olympics in shock defeat

An Olympic tennis tournament of shocks has delivered the most seismic of all after defending champion Serena Williams crashed out to a Ukrainian upstart. The 22-time grand slam winner looked on the verge of tears after enduring arguably the biggest meltdown of her entire career, serving five double-faults in a single game towards the end of a 6-4 6-3 third-round defeat to Elina Svitolina. They were among 37 unforced errors from the Wimbledon champion, whose demise capped a miserable Rio 2016 f

10 Aug, 2016

Horton wins gold for Australia in 400m freestyle in Rio

Mack Horton has backed up the talk to walk the walk, winning Australia’s first gold medal of the Rio Olympic Games with a stirring victory in the 400m freestyle final over arch-rival Sun Yang. Horton swam a tactically perfect race before holding off Yang in a ding-dong battle over the final lap, just hours after declaring the former Chinese doper a cheat for whom he had neither time nor respect. It was a massive call to go on the offensive before a big final but the 20-year-old never looked ne

07 Aug, 2016

Rio opens Games with ode to forests, favelas and funk

Brazil unfurled a vast canvas celebrating its rainforest and the creative energy of its wildly diverse population in welcoming the world on Friday to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, all to the pulsating beat of samba, bossa nova and funk. Brazil’s interim President Michel Temer declared open the first Games ever in South America. But in a display of the deep political divisions plaguing Brazil, he was jeered by some in the crowd at the famed Maracana soccer stadium. The opening ceremony w

06 Aug, 2016