Rio 2016 Olympics
Olympic venues contend with alligators, capybaras
Rio 2016 Olympics - Alligators, sloths, capybaras and snakes are some of the unexpected visitors showing up at Olympic venues built in areas surrounded by lagoons and vegetation.
Sport: Fijiana eliminated from sevens medal contention
Fiji have been eliminated from medal contention in the women's Olympic sevens competition.
Sport: Vanuatu's volleyballers lose Rio bid
Rio 2016 Olympics - Vanuatu says beach volleyball is no longer a clean sport after their bid to have the Italian team kicked out of the Rio Olympics for failing a drugs test was rejected by the Court…
'Stray' bullet at Rio could have been far worse
Opinion - Everyone was already touchy about security at the Rio games, even before a stray bullet was fired, writes Joseph Romanos.
Russia banned from Rio Paralympics over doping
Rio 2016 Olympics - The International Paralympic Committee has banned Russia from the Rio 2016 Paralympics because of the country's doping scandal.
Strong winds throw rowing into disarray, second day postponed
Rio 2016 Olympics - Organisers have called off the second day rowing at the Rio Olympics because of rough conditions.
Rowers complain after racing in rough waters
Rio 2016 Olympics - The New Zealand rowing team has made a formal complaint to Olympic organisers that today's racing at the Rio Games should have been postponed.
Olympics: Boyle among highlights on day two
Rio 2016 Olympics - Lauren Boyle takes centre stage for New Zealand overnight as the country's great medal hope in the pool.
Football Ferns to appeal red card
Rio 2016 Olympics - The Football Ferns will appeal a controversial red card given to captain Abby Erceg during their vital 1-0 win over Colombia, says coach Tony Readings.
Olympics: Day one Rio action while you were sleeping
Rio 2016 Olympics - New Zealand's champion rowers battled through rough conditions on the water in Rio, with all but one crew winning their heats, on a mixed day for the Kiwis.
Rio games off to shaky start
Rio 2016 Olympics - Security has emerged as a top concern at the 2016 Olympics after a string of killings, kidnappings and robberies in Rio de Janeiro in recent days.
Stables up to scratch despite horse injury, says Paget
Rio 2016 Olympics - New Zealand equestrian Jock Paget has no qualms about the standard of the stable at the Rio Olympics despite his horse Clifton Lush being forced to withdraw after suffering injury.
Football Ferns face do-or-die test
Rio 2016 Olympics - The Football Ferns face Colombia on Sunday morning and vice-captain Katie Duncan says they must seize the moment or else face an early exit from the Olympic tournament in Rio.
2016 Olympics opens in Rio
Rio 2016 Olympics - The 2016 Rio Olympics have officially begun, with the Olympic Cauldron now alight at Maracana Stadium.
LIVE updates - Rio 2016 opening takes off
Rio 2016 Olympics - The Olympics' Opening Ceremony is underway at Rio de Janeiro's Maracana Stadium in Brazil.
Fun and Games - Your guide to the Olympics like you've never seen
Satire - The Olympics is always evolving. This is your guide to the new events - and some novel takes on old ones - that will be staged at Rio.
Moroccan Olympic athlete held on sexual assault allegations
A Moroccan boxer has been arrested by Brazilian police over allegations of sexually assaulting two female cleaners in the Rio de Janeiro Olympic village.
Pele pulls out of lighting Olympic cauldron
Rio 2016 Olympics - Brazilian football legend Pele will not light the Olympic cauldron at the Rio opening ceremony today due to poor health.
Paget out of Olympics
Rio 2016 Olympics - Jock Paget has withdrawn from the Rio Olympics, forcing a last minute change to the New Zealand eventing team on the eve of the Games.
Russian whistleblower won't appeal ban
Rio 2016 Olympics - The Russian whistleblower, Yulia Stepanova, won't appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport over her ban on competing as an independent athlete at the Rio Olympics.
