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Athletes at the Rio 2016 Olympics will be taking home bits of recycled mirrors, car parts, and X-ray plates in their medals as part of design aimed at sustainability. Athletes at the Rio 2016 Olympics ...

Rio Olympics 2016 will see over 10,000 athletes competing in 42 sport disciplines over 19 days. Over 300 medals are to be won in the first-ever Olympics to be held in South America. Find out which ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — There is a lot of official confidence here at the Rio Games, and behind it a lot of flat-out evasion. There are robberies and snapped cables, but the International Olympic Committee ...

The 2016 Rio Olympics is now well underway and athletes taking part in this year’s Games have already notched up a number of impressive sporting world records. Here Guinness World Records shares a ...

When Thomas Röhler won Olympic gold at Rio in 2016, the javelin throw world was very different to what it is today. The final had eight Europeans out of the 12 competitors. The next two Olympic ...

Shannon Parry was on a morning jog in Brisbane a few years back when she was stopped in her tracks. Running past a primary school, she noticed a group of girls, aged no more than eight years old, ...

epa03642727 General view of the Joao Havelange stadium, scheduled to host the athletics competitions of the 2016 Olympic Summer Games, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 27 March 2013. The stadium was ...

Boxing - Get the latest news & updates on Boxing at Olympics 2016 including live score, schedule, rankings, medals, winners ...

Rio Olympics 2016 will see over 10,000 athletes competing in 42 sport disciplines over 19 days. Over 300 medals are to be won in the first-ever Olympics to be held in South America. Find out which ...