Kerron Clement of the United States stormed to victory in the men’s 400m hurdles yesterday, holding off a furious late challenge from Kenya’s Boniface Tumuti to take gold.

Tianna Bartoletta shrugged off 100 metre disappointment to land the women’s long jump gold medal on Wednesday, edging out defending Olympic champion and United States team mate Brittney Reese with a personal best leap of 7.17m.

Like many black American women, Brianna Rollins, Nia Ali and Kristi Castlin have faced a good few hurdles of the metaphorical kind in their lives.

Jamaica’s Elaine Thomson overcame a niggling hamstring injury to obliterate her rivals in the women’s 200 metres final on Wednesday and become the first women since 1988 to secure the Olympics sprint double.

Elaine Thompson maintained Jamaica’s incredible stranglehold on Olympic sprinting on Wednesday when she added the 200 metres gold to the 100m title she collected earlier at the Rio Games, while Usain Bolt remains on course for a track ‘triple-triple’.

Indians were ecstatic on Thursday after female wrestler Sakshi Malik opened India's account at the Rio Olympic Games just three days ahead of the closing ceremony.

Brazilian police detained two US swimmers and arrested a top International Olympic Committee official as scandal overshadowed the Rio Games and Usain Bolt's progress toward a new gold.

Around half of the world’s 7.3bn inhabitants will view some of the 2016 Olympics as digital platforms have strongly expanded since the previous Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said yesterday.

Qatari high jump icon Mutaz Essa Barshim made history at the Rio Games yesterday by winning the first ever Olympic silver medal for his country.

Reigning European champions Germany cruised past Qatar 34-22 to advance to the semi-finals of the Rio Games men’s handball competition yesterday.

Two Olympic athletes who helped each other across the finish line after an accidental mid-race collision in the women’s 5,000m have been granted places in the final, organisers confirmed.

Russian whistleblower Yulia Stepanova believes the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will bar her from competing at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, having already blocked her attempt to compete in Rio.