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Hungary's Olympic spirit turns sour

The Olympic Games are supposed to be apolitical but in Hungary the television coverage appears to ignore that rule, and the commercial breaks have been turned into a referendum campaign against…

Sport

Usain Bolt feted in Jamaica and around the world as The Greatest

Jamaica and Jamaicans around the world have been saluting the genius of Usain Bolt on the Olympics track, now with eight gold medals across three Olympics and bidding for a “triple-triple” in the 4×10

Sport

Singapore sling as Schooling returns home to heroes welcome

Thousands welcomed home gold medal hero Joseph Schooling after he won Singapore's first ever gold medal by beating none other than the great Michael Phelps in 100-metre butterfly final.

Sport

Rio Olympics: Graffiti mural in honour of Team Refugee

Refugees competing in the Olympic Games have been honoured with a gigantic mural on Rio de Janeiro's Olympic Boulevard.

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Russia

Russia stripped of Beijing Olympic relay gold for doping

Sport

The Rio Olympics results, photos and reaction

Welcome to euronews’ coverage of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio De Janeiro!

Sport

Pole vaulter Isinbayeva arrives in Rio to compete in IOC commission election

Russia’s two-time Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva arrived in Rio on Monday not to compete in the Games but to compete for a post on the 12-member International Olympic committee Athletes

Brazil

Rio remembers Munich Olympics terror victims

Israel had called for a commemoration for its athletes killed at the 1972 Olympics at each Games opening ceremony.

Brazil

Olympic angst in Rio favela

During the Olympics opening ceremony, Brazil paid tribute to its favelas.

Brazil

Three athletes record first positive tests of Rio Olympics

Brazil

Phelps and Bolt ready for golden goodbyes at Rio Olympics

Sport

Phelps denied 23rd gold medal by Singapore's Joseph Schooling

Singapore's Joseph Schooling has denied Michael Phelps a 23rd gold medal beating him to second place in the 100-metres butterfly.

Sport

Ledecky wins 800-metre freestyle for rare Olympic swimming treble

Katie Ledecky of the United States destroyed the field in the 800-metres freestyle to complete a rare Olympic swimming treble having already won the 200 and 400 metres freestyle.

Sport

Biles achieves new levels of greatness

Simone Biles, one of the undoubted stars of these Olympics, has won the all-round Gymnastics Gold medal for America, with teammate Aly Raisman taking silver.

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The biggest lego bike in the world!

This weekend, the biggest Lego bike ever build in was constructed in Rio at the Olympics, inside the Danish Pavilion on Ipanema beach.

World News

An eight-year-old Olympic medalist - it probably happened

We check out the youngest and oldest competitors in the history of the Olympic games - including this year's 13-year-old swimmer and the 74-year-old who won a medal for a picture.

Sport

Rio Olympics: Kelmendi places Kosovo on sport map with historic gold

Majlinda Kelmendi has steadily taken the world of judo by storm ever since she burst onto the scene to win the World Junior Championships in 2009.

Brazil

'City of God' become 'City of Gold'

The people of Rio de Janeiro's City of God' favela are hoping that a gold medal win by one of their own - Rafaela Silva - will help remove the stigma they face daily.

Brazil

Rio 2016: Brazilian women's rugby player gets first Olympic marriage proposal

It was possibly the most romantic moment of the Rio Olympics so far.

USA

Flo-Jo: a story of the Olympics, speed and dying to succeed