World champion Nino Schurter finally ended his wait for Olympic gold by breaking clear on the final lap of the men’s cross country mountain bike event at the Mountain Bike Centre in Rio de Janeiro.

Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge demonstrated once again here that he is the foremost marathon runner of the moment as he remorselessly rid himself of all opposition to claim gold ahead of the two last men to have broken under his pace, Fayisa Lelisa of Ethiopia and Galen Rupp of the United States, who took silver and bronze respectively.

European Taekwondo Union (ETU) President Sakis Pragalos enjoyed his time at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games after athletes from the continent won more medals than any other.

GB Taekwondo's performance director Gary Hall is already targeting better things at Tokyo 2020 after Britain won three Olympic medals at Rio 2016.

European Athletics President Svein Arne Hansen believes that Sebastian Coe, head of the International Association of Athetics Federations (IAAF) - overlooked for International Olympic Committee (IOC) membership this year - should renew his case sooner rather than later.

Britain’s Mo Farah matched what was once the unique feat of Finland’s Lasse Viren here as he completed his second successive 5,000 and 10,000 metres double at the Olympics with victory at the shorter distance on a final night here when individual track golds also went, surprisingly, to Matt Centrowitz of the United States in the men’s 1500m and, inevitably, to South Africa’s Caster Semenya in the women’s 800m.

International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Sebastian Coe has written - but not yet delivered - a "handwritten letter" for Yelena Isinbayava supposedly offering his congratulations following her election here to the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

China overcame a sluggish start to dispatch Serbia in four sets and claim a third Olympic women's volleyball gold medal today in a late night clash at the Maracanãzinho.

It may have taken until the eve of the Closing Ceremony, but Rio 2016 has finally fully burst into life for the locals with a Brazilian men's football gold at the Maracanã that combined history and revenge with utterly thrilling and nervewracking sport.

Height and range are not everything in taekwondo but it proved a decisive advantage for 6ft 2inch Zheng Shuyin as she powered to a Chinese gold medal in the women's over 67 kilograms heavyweight category on the final day of competition in the Carioca Arena 3.

The United States won their sixth consecutive Olympic gold medal in women's basketball with a comprehensive 101-72 victory over Spain at Carioca Arena 1 in Rio de Janeiro. 

Serbia ended their wait for men’s water polo gold after achieving a dominant victory over defending Olympic champions Croatia at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. 

Russia won women's handball Olympic handball gold for the first time after clinching a 22-19 win over France in the final at the Future Arena in Rio de Janeiro.

Redemption was sweet for Aleksander Lesun of Russian as he overcame the heartache of an Olympic meltdown in London to claim a last-ditch gold on the Deodoro course at Rio 2016.

China's Lijiao Gong, women's Olympic shot put bronze medallist at the London 2012, is set to inherit silver following the retrospective disqualification for doping of Russia’s Evgenia Kolodko, and her team-mate Li Ling will move up to bronze.