Chinese diver Wu Minxia made history by claiming her fifth Olympic gold medal when she and partner Shi Tingmao won the women's 3m springboard synchronized event on Sunday at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre.
World No. 2 Ding Ning kicked off China's defending campaign on table tennis in Rio Olympics Sunday with a comfortable victory in women's singles.
South Korean women's archers maintained their unbeaten record in the Olympic team event as they beat reigning world champions Russia 5-1 to take the gold medal here on Sunday.
An appeal has been filed against the decision of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) to ban Russian athletes from the Rio Paralympic Games, a senior Russian sports official said Sunday.
China's Zheng Saisai clinched her doubles victory on Sunday following her first round surprise win over fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland in the singles of the Rio Olympic Games.
Anna van der Breggen of the Netherlands won the gold medal of the women's cycling road race at the Rio Olympic Games here on Sunday.
A total of 278 Russian athletes have been given the green light to compete at the Rio Olympic Games, according to a handout by the International Olympic Committee on Sunday.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said it will look into the unfriendly comment Australian swimmer Mack Horton made on Chinese rival Sun Yang before it gave any comment.
China's Olympic swimming team has demanded an apology from Australian gold medallist Mack Horton after his "malicious personal attack" on rival Sun Yang.
Team China final got the first gold at the Rio Olympics, thanks to 25-year-old Zhang Mengxue who claimed title of women's 10m air pistol title here on Sunday.
IPC bans Russia from Rio Paralympics
The Olympic rowing races have been postponed due to adverse conditions in Rio on Sunday.
An incredible long lob shot by midfielder Tan Ruyin helped China beat South Africa 2-0 on Saturday in the group stage second round of the Rio Olympic women's football tournament.
Two-time defending Olympic champions Brazil and reigning world champions USA got off to winning start here on Saturday at the Rio Games women's volleyball competitions while China lost to the Netherlands in a five-set thriller.
Chinese duo Wang Fan and Yue Yuan held off Isabelle Forrer/Anouk Verge-Depre of Switzerland 24-22, 18-21 and 15-12 here Saturday evening for their opening win in the women's beach volleyball tournament of the Rio Games.
China finished the first full competition day of the Rio Olympic Games without a gold medal while Vietnam made history by taking its first ever Olympic gold in shooting on Saturday.
Australia shot to the top of the Rio Olympic Games medal table by clinching their second gold of the night and setting a new world record in the women's 4x100-meter freestyle relay final on Saturday.
Kosuke Hagino secured Japan's first gold medal of the Rio Olympics on Saturday with victory in the men's 400-meter individual medley final.