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Brazil jails eight militants over Rio Olympic plot |
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Wada publishes report highlighting 'serious failings' at Olympic Games
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Rio Paralympics 2016: Closing ceremony tribute for Golbarnezhad
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Rio Paralympics 2016: Iranian Para-cyclist dies following crash
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Paralympics 2016: Brazil president booed at opening ceremony 
Brazilian president Michel Temer was booed as the Paralympics opened to a backdrop of colour, music and a powerful message of inclusivity
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Russia banned from Paralympic Games |
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Lochte: Speedo and Ralph Lauren among four to end sponsorship
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Spectacular closing ceremony as Olympic flag goes to Tokyo Map of Maracana Rio de Janeiro Brazil The Rio Olympics ended with a spectacular carnival-inspired closing ceremony, and the official handover to 2020 hosts Tokyo
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Marathon man Eliud Kipchoge completes Kenya double Kipchoge won marathon gold on the final day of competition at the Rio Olympics to maintain his dominance in the grueling distance event
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USA beat Serbia in men's basketball to win last gold of Games The United States' men's basketball team thrashed Serbia 96-66 to win the final gold medal of the 2016 Olympics
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Brazil beat Germany on penalties to win men's football gold Map of Maracana Rio de Janeiro Brazil Neymar scored the winning penalty as hosts Brazil beat Germany 5-4 on penalties in Rio to win their first men's Olympic football gold medal
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Great Britain's Mo Farah wins 5,000m & 10,000m 'double double'
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Swimmer Ryan Lochte says sorry to Brazilians |
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Caster Semenya wins 800m gold for South Africa |
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Joy of six as US wins women's basketball gold in Rio |
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Usain Bolt wins ninth Olympic gold as Jamaica take 4x100m relay Map of Olympic Stadium Rio de Janeiro Brazil| Usain Bolt ended his Olympic career by claiming an unprecedented 'triple triple' and his ninth gold as Jamaica won the 4x100m relay final in Rio. Usain Bolt, 29, had won the 100m and 200m in Rio and ... | |
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United States women win gold in 4x100-meter relay |
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Germany pips Sweden to Olympic women's football gold |
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Usain Bolt wins 200m gold, his eighth Olympic gold Map of Olympic Stadium Rio de Janeiro Brazil Bolt won the men's 200m to claim his second Rio 2016 gold, his eighth at an Olympics, and keep alive his hopes of an unprecedented 'treble treble'
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US apologises for swimmers 'unacceptable behaviour'
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Olympics: US swimmers not robbed - police chief 
| Four US swimmers who said they had been robbed in Rio de Janeiro were not victims of crime, the head of the city's civil police has insisted | |
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US swimmers stopped at Rio airport
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US women make it 1-2-3 at Rio in 100m hurdles |
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Arrested OCI chief Pat Hickey 'to be taken to police station' |
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15-year-old 'perfectionist' wins Olympic diving gold for China |
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Sweden ousts Brazil in penalty kicks to reach women's soccer final |
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Simone Biles wins fourth Olympic gold on floor |
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| Aug.15 |
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Thiago Braz da Silva wins Brazil's second gold medal of Games Brazil's Thiago Braz da Silva set an Olympic record of 6.03m to win gold in the men's pole vault at Rio 2016
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Kenya's David Rudisha remains the king of 800 meters
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Usain Bolt wins 100m gold, Justin Gatlin second Map of Olympic Stadium Rio de Janeiro Brazil Jamaica's Usain Bolt became the first athlete to win three Olympic 100m titles by beating American Justin Gatlin
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Andy Murray defeats Juan Martin del Potro for second Olympic gold Murray won the match 7–5, 4–6, 6–2, 7–5 and made history by becoming the first person to win back-to-back Olympic gold
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Justin Rose Wins Olympic Golf Event
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US swimmer Ryan Lochte and three others robbed |
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Jemima Sumgong wins women's marathon for Kenya |
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Michael Phelps bows out of Games with gold in men's relay Map of Olympic Aquatics Stadium Rio de Janeiro Brazil| He won his 23rd Olympic gold in what looks like being his final Games. Phelps, 31, secured his fifth gold of Rio 2016 to set a new Games record. Britain finished 2.71 seconds adrift, with Australia in third. USA ... | |
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Great Britain's Mo Farah repeats as Olympic 10,000-meter champion Farah won the men’s 10,000 meters in 27:05.17 to defend his Olympic gold medal from the 2012 London Games
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Elaine Thompson wins 100m gold, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce third
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Puig wins women's tennis final, the first Olympic gold for Puerto Rico
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| Aug.12 |
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Joseph Schooling beats Michael Phelps in 100m butterfly
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| Aug.11 |
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Michael Phelps makes history to win 22nd Olympic gold The US star claimed the 22nd Olympic gold of his Olympic career after powering past the opposition in the final of the 200-meter individual ...
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Simone Biles wins all-around gold at Rio Games in US one-two The US star showed just why she's the talk of town with another sublime showing to win gold in the women's all-around final
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Rio Olympics: Bulgarian Silvia Danekova fails drugs test |
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Kohei Uchimura retains Olympic crown in all-around gymnastics final
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Kyle Chalmers makes Olympic history on golden night for Australia |
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Michael Phelps extends his tally to 21 Olympic golds
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Michael Phelps wins 19th Olympic gold
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Paralympics 2016: Russian athletes banned after doping scandal Russian athletes are banned from competing at the Rio Paralympics following the country's doping scandal. The Russians will appeal
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Thrasher wins first gold medal of Rio Olympics
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Opening ceremony celebrates Brazil to open Games Map of Maracana stadium Rio de Janeiro Brazil The 2016 Olympics have been formally opened with a colourful and pulsating ceremony at Rio's Maracana stadium
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Protest mars Olympic torch Rio arrival ahead of ceremony
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IOC panel to have final say on Russian athletes' participation
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Federer to end his 2016 season
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Rousseff will not attend Olympic ceremony in Rio de Janeiro
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Russia not given blanket Games ban by IOC
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Russia fails to overturn athlete ban for next month's Games Map of Avenue de Beaumont 2 1012 Lausanne Switzerland| Russian track and field athletes will remain banned from the Olympics following claims the country ran a state-sponsored doping program | |
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Brazil Olympics: Ten arrested for 'plotting 'terror' Federal police in Brazil have arrested 10 members of a group alleged to be preparing acts of terrorism during the Olympic Games
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Australian Paralympian robbed at gunpoint in Rio
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Rio state declares 'public calamity' over finances
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Russian athletes ban is 'unfair', says Putin |
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Zika virus: Risk of spread from Olympics 'very low' says WHO
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Zika crisis: WHO rejects 'move Rio Olympics' call The World Health Organization (WHO) has rejected a call to move or postpone this summer's Rio Olympic Games over the Zika outbreak
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Rio de Janeiro cycleway collapses, killing two
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Zika: Olympics plans announced by Rio authorities
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Rio 2016: 30% cutback on Games budget to avoid overspend The organisers of the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games are making cutbacks of up to 30% to avoid going over the US$3.6bn budget
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Tonnes of dead fish removed from Rio Olympic rowing venue
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Superbug found in Rio Olympic waters |
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Brazil Olympics: Rio bay 'will not be clean for 2016' |
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Rio 2016 stadium indefinitely closed |
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Olympic flag arrives in Brazil |
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Olympic flag handed over to Rio Map of Olympic stadium United Kingdom The ceremonial handover of the Olympic Games flag from London to Rio has been completed, as part of a spectacular closing ceremony
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IOC add rugby 7 and golf to Olympics |
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Party in Rio: 'We beat the big cities' |
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Rio to stage 2016 Olympic Games Map of Copenhagen Denmark Brazil will become the first South American country to host the Olympics, after Rio de Janeiro was chosen to stage the 2016 Games
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