India’s flop show at the 31st Rio Olympics continued yesterday with shuttlers Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponappa crashing out from the preliminary stages while archer Atanu Das went down fighting as shooter Gagan Narang and shot-putter Vikas Gowda also added to the country’s woes here.

Han Ying looks a bit sad when talking about her four-year-old daughter Leonie.

Fijians erupted in celebration yesterday, setting off flares and dancing in the streets while a national holiday was declared after the tiny nation won its first ever Olympic medal — and gold at that.

Stratospheric Fiji claimed their first Olympic medal ever by hammering Britain 43-7 to win the inaugural men’s rugby sevens final at the Rio Games on Thursday.

As the first African-American woman to win gold in an individual Olympic swimming event, Simone Manuel knew the colour of her skin would generate more interest than the colour of the medal she had just won.

Canadian Penny Oleksiak and Simone Manuel of the United States were inseparable at the finish and even more united in joy after a stunning 100 metres freestyle dead-heat rewarded both with Olympic gold on Thursday.

Ryan Lochte’s last individual event at the Rio de Janeiro Games, and possibly of his Olympics career, did not end the way he wanted to.

Qatar coach Jose Daniel Carreno leads a team training session in Zurich yesterday.

Jose Mourinho insisted yesterday that Manchester United will be contenders for the Premier League title in his first season in charge at Old Trafford, and criticised some of his rival managers for not being brave enough to make the same claim.

All eyes will be on Lionel Messi tomorrow when Barcelona visit Sevilla for the first leg of the Spanish Super Cup — and not only because of his excellent pre-season form.

Manchester United will be without world record signing Paul Pogba for their Premier League opener against Bournemouth tomorrow due to a suspension, the Football Association said on yesterday.

After watching their team complete a footballing miracle in May, Leicester City’s fans will be cautious about writing off the Premier League champions’ hopes of a repeat.