Lily King narrowly beat her rival, Yulia Efimova, stoking the controversy over revelations of Russian state-sponsored doping

Doping war erupts as American King beats tainted Russian swimmer to gold in Rio

Yuri van Gelder left the Olympic village on Saturday evening and spent the night out celebrating

Rio 2016: Dutch gymnast expelled for night of drinking

Dipa finished eighth in the qualifying round, just enough to allow her to compete for a medal

Rio 2016: Dipa Karmakar makes history, becomes first Indian to make cut for individual vault finals

Russia immediately announced it would be appealing against the ban to the Court of Arbitration for Sport

IPC bans all Russian paralympians from its Games due to country's widespread doping culture

'People are calling it a man bun. I don't call it anything, I just tie it up,' grinned the British showman

Smith's 'man bun' grabs attention on pommel horse at Rio 2016

Enthusiastic fans, especially yellow-clad Brazilians, made the arena shake as they stomped on metal stands

Rio 2016 Olympic boxing: Pro-fighters win and lose bouts against amateurs

Crowd favourite & Sao Paulo-born Felipe Almeida Wu came in second. South Korean defending champ Jin Jongoh trailed in at fifth

Vinh wins Vietnam's first-ever gold medal with his last shot

Olympic organisers battle a tide of bootleg goods sold and produced by those seeking to profit from the first-ever Games in South America

Brazil police crackdown on unlicensed Rio merchandise

Smoke detectors were turned off, and Rio organisers confirmed that the fire was likely started by a discarded cigarette butt

Olympics: Australia demands smoking ban be enforced after athletes village fire

'IOC performed a "hospital pass" on Sunday in asking sports federations to decide who from the Russian team could compete in Rio'

Russia escapes Rio ban: British Olympians hit out at IOC

'...My confidence isn't high to think that there are not real issues...it is very hard to deal with as a clean athlete'--Allyson Felix

American sprinter doubts Olympic competitors are clean

'Hello Nintendo! There are 23 days until the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Everybody's coming. You should come on down too', said Mayor Eduardo Paes on Facebook

Pokemon Go welcome at Rio Olympics, mayor says

A union of federal tax auditors aims to pressure the government to honour its promise to raise wages by 5.5% starting in August

Brazil customs' workers to strike ahead of Olympics

The 27-year-old said before the Women's PGA Championship this month that she would pull out of Rio if she hadn't recovered from injury

Thumbs down for South Korean golfer Park's Rio dream

He enjoys celebrity status at home and has a number of corporate sponsorships

Korea's Olympic Committee turns down banned Park's Rio appeal

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