2016 Rio Olympics
Egyptian women win Olympic medals for weightlifting
Egypt
August 11, 2016
Egyptian women win Olympic medals for weightlifting
Jubilant teenager Sara Ahmed became the first Egyptian woman to stand on an Olympic podium when she finished third in…
Olympic diving pool turns green
World
August 10, 2016
Olympic diving pool turns green
During the opening ceremony, the Rio Olympics organizers talked about a green environment. They were not talking about the pools…
Rio 2016 Day 4: Gravity-defying gymnasts and a hero on horseback
World
August 9, 2016
Rio 2016 Day 4: Gravity-defying gymnasts and a hero on horseback
It's day four in Rio and the action doesn't let up.
Olympics Day 3: World’s best swimmers and gymnasts go head to head
World
August 8, 2016
Olympics Day 3: World’s best swimmers and gymnasts go head to head
Records are tumbling, cyclists are crashing, rowers capsizing — the Rio OIympics have already delivered some thrilling sport and there…
Eyes on Farida Osman with chance of Egyptian swimming medal still tantalizing
Egypt
August 7, 2016
Eyes on Farida Osman with chance of Egyptian swimming medal still tantalizing
Early on Sunday, Egyptian sprint-swimming sensation, Farida Osman finished 12th in the semi-final heats for the women’s 100m butterfly at…
Brazil casts aside crisis in rousing Rio Games opening
World
August 6, 2016
Brazil casts aside crisis in rousing Rio Games opening
Brazil unfurled a vast canvas celebrating its rainforest and the creative energy of its wildly diverse population in welcoming the…
A silver lining in Rio despite pre-Games gloom and doom
Middle East
August 4, 2016
A silver lining in Rio despite pre-Games gloom and doom
It's as predictable as the fixed, two-year calendar for the Olympics themselves.Before every edition of the Games – winter or…