Volleyball: Brazil’s men beat Italy for third gold
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazil’s men’s volleyball team defeated Italy on Sunday to win their third gold medal in the sport and cap their country’s best Olympic performance with a total of seven golds in the Rio Games.
Wrestling: Furious Mongolians strip off over bronze medal defeat
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Two Mongolian coaches stripped off and hurled their shoes in protest on Sunday after their wrestler Mandakhnaran Ganzorig was denied victory for running away from his Uzbek opponent in the dying seconds of their bronze medal …
Boxing: Yoka wins super-heavy gold for France
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – France’s Tony Yoka beat Britain’s Joe Joyce to win the men’s Olympic super-heavyweight title on Sunday and match the lightweight gold medal won by girlfriend Estelle Mossely earlier in the week.
Volleyball: Brazil’s men beat Italy to win third gold
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazil’s men’s volleyball team defeated Italy in straight sets on Sunday to win their third gold medal in the sport.
Soccer: Brazil hope gold medal can boost faltering senior team
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazil are hopeful that their Olympic soccer triumph will give the faltering senior national side a boost as they head into two key World Cup qualifiers next month.
Farah does the double, U.S. clean up
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Briton Mo Farah joined the ranks of the all-time distance greats on Saturday by becoming just the second man to retain both Olympic track long distance titles after adding a brilliant 5,000m gold to his 10,000 at the Rio Game…
Rhythmic gymnastics: Russia wins fifth successive team gold
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Russia’s rhythmic gymnasts shut out the rest of the world for a fifth successive Olympics on Sunday, with a free-flowing acrobatic display with hoops and clubs winning them another group all-around gold medal.
Basketball: Spain edge Australia for bronze in thriller
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Spain beat Australia 89-88 in a thrilling clash to take bronze in the Olympic men’s basketball tournament on Sunday and bring home a medal from a third straight Games.
Kenya’s Kipchoge triumphs in men’s marathon
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge won the men’s Olympic marathon with a dominating performance, running alone into the Sambadrome and finishing in two hours, eight minutes and 44 seconds on Sunday.
Russia’s Isinbayeva earns IOC spot despite opposition
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Double Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva, a fierce critic of a Russian track and field ban at the Rio Olympics, was elected an International Olympic Committee (IOC) member on Sunday but a third of the votes were a…
