Triathlon - Olympics: Day 15

Live: AOC apologises to ‘Ticketgate’ athletes

THERE are plenty of medals up for grabs and the mystery over the nine Aussie athletes caught up in ‘Ticketgate’ takes a new twist. FOLLOW ALL THE ACTION HERE

Cycling - Track - Olympics: Day 11

Rio 2016 How the Olympics turned from Ashes to smashes

REMEMBER the good old days when we used to have fun teasing the Brits about how we beat them in the medal count at the Olympics? Well you can forget it, because those days have gone.

Team Australia competes in the Teams Free Routine final during the synchronised swimming event at the Maria Lenk Aquatics at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on August 19, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / Martin BUREAU

Synchronised swimming The synchro rivalry you’d least expect

AUSTRALIA isn’t exactly at the pointy end of world synchro domination. That would be Russia, China and Japan but our battle with the Egyptians is pretty fierce.

Canoe Sprint Day 15

Kayak Fourth for four Aussie legends

KEN Wallace’s shot at history will have to wait another four years after Australia’s K4-1000m crew finished an agonising fourth in the Olympic final in Rio.

Usain Bolt’s girlfriend emerges

Olympic love Usain Bolt’s girlfriend emerges

USAIN Bolt publicly shared his historic triple-triple win with his fans in Rio. But privately, his girlfriend has been watching.

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Singaporean swimmer Joseph Schooling is surrounded by media and people on his arrival at the Singapore Changi Airport in Singapore Monday, Aug. 15, 2016. Schooling beat his idol Michael Phelps in the 100-meter butterfly to deliver the first ever Olympic gold medal for the city-state of 5.54 million. (AP Photo/Yong Teck Lim)

Money man Why Joseph is Rio’s biggest winner

THE biggest winner at these Games hasn’t been Michael Phelps or Katie Ledecky. It hasn’t even been Usain Bolt. It’s a 21-year-old from Singapore, who just got a whole lot richer.

Athletics Day 11 - Evening

Rising star De Grasse’s bold medal claim for Aussie Nelson

ELLA Nelson missed out on the final of her pet event in Rio by 0.1 seconds. Bigger and better things are to come, according to Canadian star Andre De Grasse.

Rio Olympics 2016 BMX finals

BMX The letter that offered BMX rider comfort

A MONTH before the Rio Olympics Sam Willoughby wrote himself a letter and last night it offered him comfort amid the devastation of missing the medals in the BMX final.

Rio Confidential

Usain Bolt’s girlfriend emerges

Olympic love Usain Bolt’s girlfriend emerges

USAIN Bolt publicly shared his historic triple-triple win with his fans in Rio. But privately, his girlfriend has been watching.

Rio Confidential Brazil label Lochte apology insincere and fake

Brazil label Lochte apology insincere and fake

RIO CONFIDENTIAL: US gold medallist Ryan Lochte has said sorry to Brazil — but Brazil isn’t convinced. The response to his Twitter apology has been ridiculed as fake.

In trouble Aussie athletes arrested in Rio

Aussie athletes arrested in Rio

SEVERAL Australian Olympic athletes have been arrested at the Boomers’ semi-final and are being questioned at a police station.

Paralympics

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Sieders’ dream to paddle for gold

COLIN Sieders has his world record even before he touches down in Rio — and it has nothing to do with how fast he can paddle.

Brad Scott Para-athlete

Paralympics ‘Red’ Scott a man of many talents

PARALYMPIAN Brad “Red” Scott is a man of many talents.

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens during a meeting in Moscow's Kremlin, Russia, on Monday, Aug.1, 2016. (Alexei Nikolsky/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Drug report Russia banned from Paralympics over doping

RUSSIA was banned from the Rio Paralympic Games on Sunday over the state-run doping revealed in an inquiry last month.

South African Paralympian Oscar Pistorius leaves the Pretoria High Court on June 15, 2016, after the third day of his resentencing hearing for the 2013 murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Oscar Pistorius will be sentenced on July 6 for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, the judge in the High Court in Pretoria said Wednesday at the end of a three-day court hearing. / AFP PHOTO / GIANLUIGI GUERCIA

Jail Pistorius taken to hospital

OSCAR Pistorius was treated for minor wrist injuries at a hospital and has been returned to the South African jail where the Olympian is serving a six-year sentence.

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Paralympics Five world titles, but gold’s the goal for Bill

FIVE world championships isn’t enough for Bill Chaffey - not when Paralympic gold is up for grabs for the first time.