Rio 2016
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Ryan Lochte and his three gangster buddies must have buried their heads in shame even with Olympic medals in hand, after their alleged robbery at gunpoint claim was made public and proven a lie. Reports confirm that the US swimmers vandalized a gas station, yet claimed they were victims of violence from a country whose…
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Brazil national team coach Dunga and poster boy Neymar now have a good reason to walk with shoulders high in the country, having conquered the world to the only trophy they’ve been missing for many years. Image: Brazil soccer team at the 2016 Rio Olympics. The five-time World Cup champion won the only championship against…
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The Chinese Swimming Association will launch a thorough investigation into the positive doping result turned in by swimmer Chen Xinyi, who was expeled from the Rio Olympics on Thursday. Image: Chen Xinyi The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) disqualified the 18-year-old swimmer who had tested positive for the diuretic hydrochlorothiazide after her fourth-placed finish…
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Image: Chen Xinyi Rio Olympic Games, 2016: Chen Xinyi [a Chinese swimmer] has allegedly failed her drug test though she has since protested her innocence. Reports confirm she tested positive for hydrochlorothiazide, a diuretic often used as a masking agent for performance-enhancing drugs. The event occurred early Friday morning. According to China’s official news agency…
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Kenya have suffered a further blow on the eve of the Olympic athletics competition as coach John Anzrah has been sent home from Rio 2016 for impersonating an athlete and providing a urine sample. Image: Coach John Anzrah Anzrah was due to coach the sprint team for the Games but was found to be in possession…
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Image: Simone Biles Simone Biles won the individual all-around Olympic gold medal Thursday, and she’s without doubts, the best gymnast in the world. “Everybody already knew that, but now it’s official. And now, she’ll spend the rest of the Rio Games collecting more golds in the individual event finals while the debate will start about…
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2016 Rio Olympics: One of the medalists at the ongoing Olympic Games in Brazil got the most tragic shock of his life, a few moments after winning bronze. His grandmother died in Thailand while he was celebrating victory in far away Brazil. Reports from Hello Magazine confirm that the 84-year-old grandmother of Thai weightlifter Sinphet…
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Image: Katie Ledecky (Source: AFP/News) UNITED States star Katie Ledecky nearly vomited in the pool before bagging her second gold medal of the Olympic Games on Wednesday (AEST) after powering to victory in the women’s 200m freestyle. Ledecky, who shattered the 400m freestyle world record in winning gold on Monday, was second at the 100m mark…
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NBC Gives Credit For Katinka Hosszu’s Gold to Her Husband, Shane Tusup The Olympics have been underway for less than a week, but viewers have already been privy to some great gaffes that will go down in Olympic history. Among them, Katinka Hosszu, famously called the “Iron Lady,” destroyer of Olympic records, and gold medalist, had…
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The ongoing 2016 Rio Olympic Games has is sprouting up surprises for countries, organizers, athletes and even spectators. It’s been a mixture of joy and pain–considering the violent attacks, drug scandals, bomb scare and killings. While we pray for the safety of everyone in Rio, enjoy watching these selected highlights from the games. The defending…
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Latest reports from Rio 2016 organizers confirm that a bus transporting journalists to the Olympic Games came under attack Tuesday. Two passengers in the bus suffered minor injuries, as reports claim that the bus was either fired upon or hit by rocks, resulting in two windows being smashed. Image shows the damaged bus conveying journalists to the…
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AUSTRALIA’S women’s team pursuit squad has courageously returned to the velodrome in Rio for training less than 24 hours after their horror crash. Image: File Photo All bar Melissa Hoskins who was nursing a bruised hip in the athletes’ village were back on the track where they did a 4km effort and said they were…
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Image shows Sun Yang after winning the 200m freestyle at Rio. He has declared himself the ‘king of the world’ but has attracted criticism for his ‘shark’ teeth and positive drug tests. RIO 2016 News: It was the January following the London Olympics and Yang, then aged 21, confessed that he was romantically involved with a…
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The Super Eagles of Nigeria have reportedly trained in Atlanta since July 3, and one would expect them to be in Brazil earlier than now as they play against Japan on Thursday at 9 p.m. EDT in Manaus. Regrettably, the Men’s Olympic Team have had their flight to Brazil delayed, leaving them with less than…
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Usain Bolt is having it rough with his health as preparations for 2016 Rio Olympics heat up and there’s fear he won’t be representing Jamaica in the sports event. He sustained injuries in the first round of his country’s Olympic trials in Thursday’s 100m race. Although the world’s fastest man won his semi-final heat yesterday, a team…
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