Veteran American Kristin Armstrong completed a remarkable Olympic cycling hat-trick of gold medals by winning the women's 29.7km time-trial in Rio on Wednesday.

Police in Kuwait raided the country's Football Association (FA) headquarters late on Tuesday, a week after the Gulf state lost a Swiss court case against the International Olympic Committee (IOC) which has banned the country from international competitions.

‘This time I was fresh and in great shape. I just focussed on the execution’

Thailand’s women weightlifters have made it two golds and one silver from three attempts.

Sukanya Srisurat lifted an Olympic record 110kg in the snatch and 130kg in the clean and jerk for a total of 240kg, comfortably beating compatriot Pimsiri Sirikaew to first place in the women’s 58kg weightlifting contest.

After close first half, France win 35-20

Usain Bolt waltzed in to sprinkle a bucket of stardust over Rio on Monday, and while there were Samba smiles and dancing girls, the biggest name at the Olympics could not escape the ever-present spectre of doping.

Andy Murray of United Kingdom reacts as a boy runs on to the court to ask him for an autograph, after he won his match against Juan Monaco of Argentina at the Olympic Tennis Centre. (Reuters / Kevin Lamarque)

Indian archer Atanu Das raised hopes of a medal, entering the men’s individual 1/8 eliminators while the men’s hockey team also edged closer to quarter-final qualification with its second win in three pool matches at the Rio Olympics here yesterday.

New Zealand settle for silver after losing to their trans-Tasman neighbours, Canada take bronze

France’s Camille Grassineau (left) and Elodie Guiglion (centre) are in tears after their defeat to US in the women’s rugby sevens match. (AFP / Philippe Lopez)

Chinese squad on course for first-ever gold sweep