The Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) celebrated one of the proudest moments in its history yesterday as high jumper Mutaz Barshim was welcomed to Bayt Qatar as the nation’s first ever Olympic silver medallist.

Today’s Star of the Day is Spain’s Carolina Marin, who became the first non-Asian winner of the women’s singles badminton Olympic title.

Alison ‘The Mammoth’ Cerutti and Bruno Schmidt sparked wild scenes at a rain-soaked Copacabana stadium as they powered to men’s beach volleyball gold at the Rio Olympics yesterday.

With no more tears left to shed, a distraught Dipa Karmakar now wants to get back into training so she can start working towards leaving a lasting legacy in gymnastics.

Two-time Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva announced her retirement yesterday with a bitter broadside at international athletics chief Sebastian Coe over the Olympic ban imposed on Russian athletes for state-sponsored doping.

Javier Mascherano has joined the queue to the Camp Nou treatment room with champions Barcelona hit by a spate of injuries before they begin the new season in La Liga against Betis today.

It is Ryan Lochte’s turn to be scorned as the world’s Ugliest American—a man wrapped in shame for his concocted story of being robbed at gunpoint at the Rio Olympics.

US Olympic gold medallist swimmer Ryan Lochte issued an apology yesterday and his teammate Jimmy Feigen agreed to pay 35,000 reais ($11,000) to a charity after Brazilian police said they lied about being robbed at gunpoint at the weekend.

A sodden outfield has prevented play before tea on the second day of the fourth and final Test between the West Indies and India at the Queen’s Park Oval in Trinidad yesterday.

Olympic champion Andy Murray restored some order at the Western & Southern Open by cutting down South African giant Kevin Anderson to reach the quarter-finals on an upset-filled Thursday in Cincinnati.

He is used to playing in front of packed crowds in sporting stadiums — now Australian cricketing great Brett Lee is hoping to win new fans as his debut movie hits cinemas in India.

Trent Boult led an impressive New Zealand bowling effort as South Africa struggled on the first day of the first Test against South Africa at Kingsmead yesterday.