Belarusian star Vladimir Samsonov has predicted China's dominance of table tennis will eventually come to an end.
Chinese gymnast Shang Chunsong was relieved she was able to play apart in qualifying on Sunday after illness almost caused her to miss the competition.
When Michael Phelps arrived in Rio as a 31-year-old swimmer who had retired once and endured plenty of turmoil away from the pool, everyone wondered just how many gold medals was a realistic goal.
With one big block, Dario Saric gave a glimpse of what the 76ers can't wait to see in Philadelphia.
Novak Djokovic shook his head and placed his palm over welling eyes on his way to the locker room after a first-round Olympic exit.
Majlinda Kelmendi won Kosovo's first Olympic gold medal at its first Games, putting her fledgling country on the sporting map and sending a message of hope to its new generation.
When 19-year-old US citizen Yijun Feng played Spaniard He Zhiwen on Saturday, Feng entered the table tennis match with a slight but unusual advantage, despite being outranked and lacking comparable experience.
On April 6, 1896 - 1,500 years after being banned by Roman Emperor Theodosius I - the Olympic Games were reborn in Athens. At the opening of the first modern Games, King Georgios I of Greece welcomed 280 participants from 13 nations to compete in 43 events covering nine sports: track and field, swimming, gymnastics, cycling, wrestling, weightlifting, fencing, shooting, and tennis. The 2016 Rio Olympics, which opened on the weekend, involves more than 11,000 athletes from 207 nations and territories, competing in 28 sports across 42 disciplines.
Agnieszka Radwanska, a player not known for outbursts on court, had plenty of good reasons to take out her frustrations on her racket in her first-round Olympic match on Saturday.
Virginia Thrasher went through a three-week spring whirlwind, winning three NCAA titles and a spot on the United States' Olympic shooting team.
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