Red-hot favourite Eliud Kipchoge stormed to a runaway gold medal in a wet men's marathon on Sunday, the final day of competition at the Rio Olympics.

Neymar sent Brazil into ecstasy as he clinched Olympic football gold and Mo Farah sealed a rare distance double-double in a pulsating final evening of track action in Rio ...

The Rio Olympics have been “iconic Games, a Games in the middle of reality” amid a mountain of problems, International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach said on the eve of today’s closing ceremony.

The Star of the Day is Usain Bolt of Jamaica, who insisted it was “mission accomplished” after signing off with a ‘treble-treble’ in his final Olympic race, predicting that his achievements may never be broken.

‘There you go, I am the greatest. I’ve worked hard every Olympics to win three gold medals. It’s a relief but I’m also sad that I have to leave. This is my last one...’

With a world championship looming in 2017, athletic’s chief Sebastian Coe is not setting a deadline for Russia’s return to international competition.

Show-jumper Sheikh Ali and hammer-thrower Elseify finish creditable sixth in their respectable disciplines as Qatar sign off with a first-ever Olympic silver medal

Britain women’s feat since Sean Kerly’s men’s famous victory in 1988 is a phenomenal achievement over the Dutch who have been rulers of world hockey for over a decade

Lionel Messi and hat-trick hero Luis Suarez were in sensational form as they helped Barcelona start their title defence with a crushing 6-2 win over Real Betis at the Camp Nou yesterday.

Liverpool were condemned to a first league loss at Turf Moor since 1973 when Gray ran onto Steven Defour’s pass and punished slack marking to fire home in the 37th minute

‘I knew if I kept doing what I’ve been doing, hopefully it would work out. I never think you have a perfect race, it was a fun race for sure. I knew they were going to try to break away from me. I didn’t want to be in that situation where I had to claw back time’

South Korea’s Park In-Bee won the first women’s Olympic golf title in 116 years yesterday, using her effortless swing to take a five-stroke victory over New Zealand’s Lydia Ko.