Rio 2016

Rio 2016 /taxonomy/term/1981 en Selecting 6 numbers turned Britain into Olympic superpower /node/973111 <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/229891">Rob Harris | AP</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">ROB HARRIS | AP</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-id field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ID: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1471784074550696200</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sun, 2016-08-21 (All day)</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>RIO DE JANEIRO: The path to the Olympic podium for British athletes begins with the selection of six numbers.<br />Every time a Briton fills in a lottery slip and hands over two pounds ($2.60), the country moves closer to another Olympic medal.<br />And medals of every hue are now in the possession of athletes sporting the union jack flag.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/21/08/2016//gb.jpg" width="800" height="485" alt="" title="Britain's Mo Farah celebrates winning the gold medal in the men's 5000-meter final during the athletics competitions of the 2016 Summer Olympics at the Olympic stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Saturday. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/sport">Sport</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1981">Rio 2016</a></div></div></div> Sun, 21 Aug 2016 18:07:24 +0000 rbksa 973111 at Neymar hands Brazil first Olympic gold medal /node/973116 <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/112036">Agence France Presse</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-id field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ID: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1471786989901022200</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sun, 2016-08-21 (All day)</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>RIO DE JANEIRO: After a rollercoaster Olympics for the hosts, it took just one kick of a ball from Brazil’s poster boy Neymar to make a nation’s dream come true.<br />It is unusual for football to become the main event of the Games, but, for the most successful nation in World Cup history, the hitherto lack of Olympic gold had become an obsession.<br />Neymar finally succeeded where the likes of Ronaldo and Ronaldinho had failed when he coolly slotted into the top corner to edge a penalty shootout 5-4 against Germany at a packed Maracana on Saturday after a 1-1 draw.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/21/08/2016//7111857296538008.jpg" width="800" height="559" alt="" title="GAME CHANGER: Neymar celebrates scoring the winning goal during the penalty shoot-out. (AFP)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/21/08/2016//9191326033454044.jpg" width="800" height="436" alt="" title="HISTORIC WIN: Brazil's players stand on the podium during the medals ceremony after the final match of the men's Olympic football tournament on Saturday night. (AP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/sport">Sport</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1981">Rio 2016</a></div></div></div> Sun, 21 Aug 2016 13:43:56 +0000 rbksa 973116 at For 10 teams, Rio provided a first feel of Olympic gold /node/973101 <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/133621">By Associated Press</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">By Associated Press</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-id field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ID: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1471783761790678100</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sun, 2016-08-21 (All day)</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>RIO DE JANEIRO: For some nations, winning Olympic gold is quite the regular occurrence. At the Rio de Janeiro Games, plenty of first-timers got to hear their anthems played in celebration as well.<br />Going into Sunday’s final day of competition in Rio, 10 teams — including the independent team of Olympians — were assured of leaving these games with their first gold medals.<br />That’s the most first-timers since 16 nations got their inaugural feel of Olympic gold at the Atlanta Games in 1996.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/21/08/2016//oly_jordan.jpg" width="800" height="485" alt="" title="Jordan's Ahmad Abughaush (right) competes against Russia's Alexey Denisenko during the men's taekwondo gold medal bout in the -68kg category as part of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, on August 18, 2016. (AFP / Kirill Kudryavtsev)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/21/08/2016//cry.jpg" width="800" height="485" alt="" title="Majlinda Kelmendi (KOS) of Kosovo reacts after receiving her gold medal in the 2016 Rio Olympics 52-kg Judo competition for women. (REUTERS/Toru Hanai/File)" /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/21/08/2016//cisse.jpg" width="800" height="485" alt="" title="Ivory Coast's Cheick Sallah Junior Cisse (R) takes a selfie with the crowd as he celebrates after winning the men's taekwondo gold medal bout in the -80kg category as part of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on August 19, 2016. / AFP / Ed Jones" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/21/08/2016//viet.jpg" width="800" height="485" alt="" title="In this picture taken on August 16, 2016, Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (R) pins a Labor Medal first class as he honors Colonel Hoang Xuan Vinh, Vietnam's first ever Olympic gold medal in the men's 10-metre air pistol during a ceremony held at the Premier's cabinet office in Hanoi. (AFP / VIETNAM NEWS AGENCY)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/sport">Sport</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1981">Rio 2016</a></div></div></div> Sun, 21 Aug 2016 13:28:54 +0000 rbksa 973101 at In China, a forgiving public embraces fewer gold medals /node/973106 <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/152061">DIDI TANG | AP</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">DIDI TANG | AP</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-id field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ID: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1471784041680694800</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sun, 2016-08-21 (All day)</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>In a country long focused on bringing home as many Olympic gold medals as possible, this year’s haul isn’t what China expected.<br />When China’s 416-athlete delegation set off for Rio, state sports officials were banking on 30 to 36 gold medals. As the games end, it had won just 24 for the worst showing since Atlanta in 1996.<br />Lagging in third place, China’s total is a far cry from the country’s 51-gold performance in Beijing that topped the gold medal chart.<br />But so what?</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/21/08/2016//china.jpg" width="800" height="485" alt="" title="Members of China's team celebrate a win after a women's gold medal volleyball match against Serbia at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/sport">Sport</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1981">Rio 2016</a></div></div></div> Sun, 21 Aug 2016 13:16:18 +0000 rbksa 973106 at With penalty kick, Brazil wins 1st soccer Olympic gold /node/973076 <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/247071">Tales Azzoni | AP</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">TALES AZZONI | AP</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-id field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ID: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1471737649533886900</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sat, 2016-08-20 (All day)</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil’s trophy case is finally complete.<br />The five-time World Cup champion won the only championship it was still missing on Saturday, defeating Germany 5-4 in a penalty shootout and winning a soccer gold medal for the first time.<br />Neymar scored with a superb free kick in regulation and converted the decisive penalty in the shootout after Brazilian goalkeeper Weverton stopped Nils Petersen’s shot.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/21/08/2016//1471735695443284300.jpg" width="800" height="482" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/sport">Sport</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1981">Rio 2016</a></div></div></div> Sun, 21 Aug 2016 00:01:47 +0000 rbksa 973076 at Park returns to her best to win in golf’s Olympic return /node/972706 <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/112276">Agencies</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">AGENCIES</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-id field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ID: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1471715667090199600</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sat, 2016-08-20 (All day)</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>RIO DE JANEIRO: Inbee Park’s first victory of the season might just be the biggest of her career — a gold medal in women’s golf.<br />Park made three straight birdies early in the final round Saturday, never let anyone closer than three shots the rest of the way and closed with a 5-under 66 for a five-shot victory at Olympic Golf Course.<br />Lydia Ko of New Zealand didn’t stand a chance, and neither did anyone else.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/20/08/2016//5940437283904674.jpg" width="800" height="533" alt="" title="TOUGH GUNS: USA's Gwen Jorgensen, center, celebrates with her gold medal next to Switzerland's Nicola Spirig, left, with the silver and Britain's Vicky Holland bronze on the podium after the women's triathlon at Fort Copacabana on Saturday. (AFP)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/20/08/2016//04217232271950133.jpg" width="800" height="520" alt="" title="HISTORIC: Inbee Park of Korea hits out of a bunker on the 13th hole during final round women's Olympic golf competition on Saturday. (Reuters)" /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/20/08/2016//022622352186910777.jpg" width="800" height="574" alt="" title="ON A HIGH: Erlon de Souza Silva, Isaquias Queiroz Dos Santos of Brazil (silve), Dmytro Ianchuk, Taras Mishchuk of Ukraine (bronze) and Sebastian Brendel, Jan Vandrey of Germany (gold) with their medals during the victory ceremony in the men's canoe double (C2) 1000m canoe sprint on Saturday. (Reuters)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/sport">Sport</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1981">Rio 2016</a></div></div></div> Sat, 20 Aug 2016 17:55:18 +0000 rbksa 972706 at Rio boxing embroiled in fresh judging controversy /node/970666 <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/112036">Agence France Presse</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-id field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ID: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1471368853718802500</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Tue, 2016-08-16 (All day)</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>RIO DE JANEIRO: An Irish amateur world champion accused Olympic boxing of corruption on Tuesday as the sport was embroiled in fresh controversy barely 12 hours after a Russian was booed to the Rio podium.<br />The International Boxing Association (AIBA) vehemently rejected the claims after a seething Michael Conlan was turfed out of the competition in a surprise unanimous points decision to another Russian, the bantamweight Vladimir Nikitin.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/16/08/2016//33146649753882973.jpg" width="800" height="538" alt="" title="FISTS OF FURY: Michael Conlan of Ireland and Vladimir Nikitin of Russia compete in the men's quarterfinal bantam (56kg) match on Tuesday. (Reuters)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/sport">Sport</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1981">Rio 2016</a></div></div></div> Tue, 16 Aug 2016 17:34:50 +0000 rbksa 970666 at Bolt continues quest as Taylor, Perkovic retain titles /node/970656 <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/112036">Agence France Presse</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-id field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ID: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1471368390598685100</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Tue, 2016-08-16 (All day)</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>RIO DE JANEIRO: Usain Bolt took the next step in his quest for a “triple triple” of sprint golds on Tuesday as American Christian Taylor and Croat Sandra Perkovic both retained their Olympic crowns.<br />Bolt, fresh from winning the 100m title for an unprecedented third time, safely came through the first round of his favored event, the 200m.<br />Running in lane five of heat eight of 10, the 29-year-old coasted home in 20.28seconds. American rivals Justin Gatlin and Lashawn Merritt also qualified for Wednesday’s semifinals, with the final slated for Thursday.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/16/08/2016//23560586681688644.jpg" width="800" height="499" alt="" title="GOLDEN THROW: Sandra Perkovic of Croatia celebrates after winning the gold medal in the women's discus throw final. (Reuters)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/16/08/2016//8078804022815138.jpg" width="800" height="533" alt="" title="THAT'S IT: USA's Christian Taylor competes in the men's triple jump final during the athletics event in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday. (AFP)" /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/16/08/2016//8633810936891054.jpg" width="800" height="549" alt="" title="ON COURSE: Usain Bolt of Jamaica reacts after the men's 200m round 1 at the Olympic Stadium on Tuesday. (Reuters)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/sport">Sport</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1981">Rio 2016</a></div></div></div> Tue, 16 Aug 2016 17:27:16 +0000 rbksa 970656 at Serbians stun Aussies to reach women’s hoops semis /node/970646 <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/112036">Agence France Presse</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-id field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ID: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1471367626908553800</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Tue, 2016-08-16 (All day)</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>RIO DE JANEIRO: Australia will not take home an Olympic women’s basketball medal for the first time since 1992 after Serbia shocked the Opals 73-71 in Tuesday’s Rio Games quarterfinals.<br />Ana Dabovic scored 24 points, Jelena Milovanovic added 17 and Sonja Petrovic contributed 13 points and five assists to spark the Serbians, the only team with a losing record to reach the medal playoffs.<br />“When you look at the quality in the roster or the names on the paper, they have the better team,” Petrovic said. “When you look at the energy and heart, that’s where we were able to win out.”</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/16/08/2016//40143755051327124.jpg" width="800" height="510" alt="" title="BREAKING THROUGH: Australia's forward Laura Hodges, second left, makes her way through Serbia's power forward Danielle Page, left, Serbia's point guard Tamara Radocaj and Serbia's forward Sonja Petrovic, right, during a women's quarterfinal basketball match at the Carioca Arena 1 in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/sport">Sport</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1981">Rio 2016</a></div></div></div> Tue, 16 Aug 2016 17:14:24 +0000 rbksa 970646 at Ex-FIFA president Joao Havelange dies at 100 /node/970636 <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/248526">THE ASSOCIATED PRESS</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">THE ASSOCIATED PRESS</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-id field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ID: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1471363696777920900</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Tue, 2016-08-16 (All day)</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>RIO DE JANEIRO: Joao Havelange, who as president of FIFA for two decades transformed soccer’s governing body into a multibillion-dollar business and a hotbed for subsequent corruption that damaged its reputation, has died. He was 100.<br />Havelange, who was suffering from a respiratory infection, died early Tuesday while Rio de Janeiro was hosting the Olympic Games, according to the Samaritano Hospital.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/16/08/2016//05191327812481905.jpg" width="771" height="600" alt="" title="This file photo taken on Oct. 2, 2009 shows former FIFA president, Brazilian Joao Havelange, presenting Rio's bid for the 2016 Olympics in Copenhagen. Havelange died on Tuesday in Rio at the age of 100 years old, announced the hospital. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/sport">Sport</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1981">Rio 2016</a></div></div></div> Tue, 16 Aug 2016 16:51:54 +0000 rbksa 970636 at Rudisha clinches double as Braz leads night of upsets /node/970611 <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/112276">Agencies</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">AGENCIES</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-id field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ID: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1471358465657067500</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Tue, 2016-08-16 (All day)</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>RIO DE JANEIRO: Kenya’s David Rudisha claimed a majestic Olympic double in the 800m as an unknown Brazilian pole vaulter scored a shock gold medal on a night of upsets.<br />Rudisha became the first man in 52 years to clinch back-to-back 800m titles after producing a phenomenal last lap kick to win in 1min 42.15.<br />“Running 1:42, it’s just fantastic. I had no doubts before,” said Rudisha.<br />“It is great to win such a big competition, my second gold,” he said. “It’s so great. I am so excited. It is the greatest moment of my career.”</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/16/08/2016//5631431570881184.jpg" width="427" height="600" alt="" title="INCREDIBLE: Bahamas' Shaunae Miller dives to cross the finish line ahead of USA's Chase Kalisz during the women's 400m final on Monday night. (AFP)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/16/08/2016//4428645174419603.jpg" width="800" height="533" alt="" title="MAJESTIC: David Lekuta Rudisha of Kenya runs to win gold, ahead of Taoufik Makhloufi of Algeria, Boris Berian of USA and Alfred Kipketer (KEN) of Kenya. (Reuters)" /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/16/08/2016//6763555507510486.jpg" width="800" height="533" alt="" title="FLYING HIGH: Brazil's Thiago Braz Da Silva clears the bar in the men's pole vault final. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/sport">Sport</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1981">Rio 2016</a></div></div></div> Tue, 16 Aug 2016 14:41:50 +0000 rbksa 970611 at Americans denied gold for 1st time since 2008 Games /node/970601 <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/248526">THE ASSOCIATED PRESS</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">THE ASSOCIATED PRESS</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-id field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ID: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1471357703266936000</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Tue, 2016-08-16 (All day)</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>RIO DE JANEIRO: The Americans were denied a gold medal Monday for the first time since the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and it took two big stumbles to keep the “Star Spangled Banner” on pause.<br />One of the slips cost US gymnastics star Simone Biles gold on the balance beam. The other secured Shaunae Miller’s win in the women’s 400 meters over Allyson Felix, the US star who missed out on her fifth Olympic gold medal.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/16/08/2016//261457224847384.jpg" width="439" height="600" alt="" title="STUNNING WIN: Netherlands' Sanne Wevers displays her gold medal for balance beam during the artistic gymnastics women's apparatus final on Monday night. (AP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/sport">Sport</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1981">Rio 2016</a></div></div></div> Tue, 16 Aug 2016 14:29:34 +0000 rbksa 970601 at Phelps hails role inspiring his own defeat /node/970596 <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/112276">Agencies</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">AGENCIES</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-id field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ID: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1471357427456885200</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Tue, 2016-08-16 (All day)</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>RIO DE JANEIRO: Michael Phelps has acknowledged a “small part” in his own dramatic Olympic defeat by Singapore hero Joseph Schooling but bears no grudge.<br />Phelps spent most of the Olympic swimming contest beating swimmers he had inspired into the pool. But Schooling, who was photographed with Phelps as a 13-year-old, stepped out of line in the 100m butterfly, spoiling the US legend’s all-win record in Rio.<br />“It’s incredible,” Phelps said Monday of falling to a swimmer 10 years his junior, who unabashedly points to the American great as his inspiration and role model.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/16/08/2016//9313540000370804.jpg" width="800" height="532" alt="" title="STAR IN THE MAKING: Joseph Schooling holds his gold medal poses upon arrival from Rio 2016 Olympic Games at Changi International airport in Singapore. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/sport">Sport</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1981">Rio 2016</a></div></div></div> Tue, 16 Aug 2016 14:24:27 +0000 rbksa 970596 at Tribunal lets Klishina back into Rio Games /node/970151 <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/112036">Agence France Presse</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-id field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ID: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1471271490105652800</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Mon, 2016-08-15 (All day)</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>RIO DE JANEIRO: The world sports tribunal on Monday overturned a last-minute IAAF ban on long-jumper Darya Klishina taking part in the Rio Olympics.<br />Klishina, 25, was the only Russian accepted for the Olympic track and field but the sport’s world body suspended her on Friday after new information on her doping record emerged.<br />After a day of hearings, the Court of Arbitration (CAS) announced that Klishina’s appeal had succeeded and she “remained eligible to compete in the Olympic Games in Rio.”</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/15/08/2016//4016876320215338.jpg" width="800" height="553" alt="" title="Darya Klishina" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/sport">Sport</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1981">Rio 2016</a></div></div></div> Mon, 15 Aug 2016 14:32:00 +0000 rbksa 970151 at ‘Lightning’ strikes thrice as Bolt completes 100m hat-trick /node/970096 <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/230056">Rob Woollard | AFP</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Rob Woollard | AFP</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-id field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ID: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1471239204933600700</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Mon, 2016-08-15 (All day)</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>RIO DE JANEIRO: Usain Bolt roared into Olympic history on Sunday, capturing an unprecedented third consecutive 100m crown to confirm his place in the pantheon of the greatest athletes the world has ever seen.<br />The 29-year-old Jamaican legend, competing in his final Olympics, powered over the line in 9.81sec, vanquishing drug-tainted American rival Justin Gatlin who took silver with Andre De Grasse of Canada claiming bronze.<br />Gatlin, who had been booed by the Rio crowd as he was introduced, crossed in 9.89sec with De Grasse just behind in 9.91.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/15/08/2016//bolt1.jpg" width="800" height="480" alt="" title="Jamaica's Usain Bolt (L) crosses the finish line of the Men's 100m Final during the athletics event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday. (AFP / Adrian Dennis)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/sport">Sport</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1981">Rio 2016</a></div></div></div> Mon, 15 Aug 2016 06:03:31 +0000 rbksa 970096 at