Olympics hasn’t been kind to the top-ranked players in men’s tennis. Andre Agassi, in the 1996 Atlanta Games, was the last world’s leading man to win the the gold medal. But Novak Djokovic wasn’t expected to lose on the first round against an injury-ravaged Juan Martin del Potro.
When archer Zahra Nemati carried the Iranian flag into the Maracana Stadium on Friday, she broke new ground for the Islamic country.Never before had a woman led Iran’s team in an athletes’ parade in the Opening Ceremony.
United States claimed the first gold medal of Rio 2016 as Virginia Thrasher triumphed in the women’s 10-metre air rifle event on Saturday. The 19-year-old had flown under the radar ahead of the Games but showed impressive accuracy to claim the title by one point with an Olympic Record.
After repeated frustration on the sport’s biggest stage, Katinka Hosszu of Hungary crushed the world record in the women’s 400-metre individual medley on Saturday night to make the first Olympic gold medal of her career.
If bravery was an Olympic sport, the 10 athletes who make up the first-ever refugee team in Rio would be odds-on for a clean sweep of the gold medals.
Darren Sammy, who led West Indies to the World Twenty 20 title in 2012 and 2016, claimed on Friday that he had been sacked as captain in a 30-second phone call from the head of selectors.
Brazil is going through the birth pangs of the Olympics. It is the second major event for the South American nation, which is grappling with issues at every conceivable front, after the successful hosting of the World Cup football two years ago.
Kusal Mendis notched up his second successive fifty-plus score against Australia to help Sri Lanka overcome a wobbly start and reach 109 for two at lunch on the opening day of the second test at Galle on Thursday.
Rangana Herath took nine wickets in the match as Sri Lanka completed a remarkable turnaround to seal only its second Test victory over Australia with a 106-run triumph in Pallekele.
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