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  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | AFP | Michael Phelps swept to a jaw-dropping 22nd Olympic gold Thursday to become one of only three athletes to have won titles in the same individual event at four straight Games. There was a stunning upset in the women’s competition as Australian world …

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | AFP |  Kenya on Thursday withdrew a second athletics coach from the Rio Olympics in five days over a doping cheat bid. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said it had launched disciplinary proceedings against the coach who media reports said had impersonated an athlete for …

Joshua Ekirikubinza Tibatemwa has just finished 6th in heat 4 of the 50m freestyle swimming event at the ongoing Rio Olympics. His time of 25.98 seconds was outside his national record of  25.54 seconds and placed him 64th out of 85 in the heats. Only the best 16 at the end of the 11 …

Joshua Ekirikubinza Tibatemwa was in the limelight on his Olympic debut. The 19-year-old was Uganda’s flag-bearer at the opening ceremony of the Rio Olympics last Friday. Today he returns for his competitive debut, achieving a lifelong dream to represent Uganda at the Olympics. The men’s 50m freestyle race today offers him …

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | AFP  | Hosts Brazil finally launched their campaign for Olympic gold as sought after starlet Gabriel Barbosa struck twice to defeat Denmark 4-0 on Wednesday, as two-time champions Argentina bowed out of Rio 2016. Barcelona star Neymar is still yet to hit the net, but …

Nairobi, Kenya | AFP |  Beleaguered Kenya Olympic athletics official Michael Rotich will spend a month in police custody as investigators gather evidence over allegations he demanded bribes to warn athletes of impeding doping tests. The Sunday Times newspaper and German television channel ARD filmed Rotich allegedly demanding 10,000 pounds …

Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL | AFP |  Michael Phelps bagged the 21st gold medal of his incredible Olympic career on Tuesday, anchoring the United States to victory in the 4x200m freestyle relay. Phelps, who barely 15 minutes earlier had produced a superb victory in the 200m butterfly, led the United …

Manchester, United Kingdom | AFP |  French superstar Paul Pogba on Tuesday completed a sensational return to Manchester United from Juventus for a reported world record fee. United said Pogba had signed a five-year contract but did not give the cost which British media have put at 89 million pounds …

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | AFP | US swimming legend Michael Phelps returns Monday to the hunt for more Olympic glory as swimmer Yuliya Efimova opens her campaign to restore Russia’s battered pride. Phelps earned adulation Sunday when he extended his record gold medal tally on a day of Olympic …

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | AFP and Agencies |  A light heavyweight prospect who chose Britain over Ghana to pursue his Olympic dreams clocked the first knock-out of the Rio Games boxing after pulverising his outclassed opponent on Sunday. Joshua Buatsi, 23, who was born in the Ghanaian capital Accra, …