Kenya’s world Olympic champion and marathon record holder Eliud Kipchoge defended his Olympic title and gold medal becoming the third person to win successive Olympic marathons.
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Japan condom makers hope for 2020 Olympic lift
Japanese condom makers are ramping up preparations ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, seeing a golden opportunity to showcase their world-record ultra-thin products. For years, hundreds of thousands of condoms have been distributed for…
Olympics: a TV show for five billion people
If you tuned into the Olympics, whether on television or your smartphone, then you belong to a multi-billion dollar club of five billon people. As the International Olympic Committee launches its Olympic Channel, here are…
Love at the Olympics! Podium to proposal as Chinese pair dive into marriage
Chinese diver He Zi had a day to remember as no sooner had she stepped down from the podium than boyfriend and fellow Olympic medallist Qin Kai got down on one knee to propose. He…
Most inspiring photos from the Rio Olympics 2016
If you’re looking for a little pick me up in the middle of the week, these pictures will do just that. Few things are as inspiring as watching an athlete in the Rio Summer Olympics…
Olympics highlights revealed
-Slipping through the Net Tonga’s flagbearer Pita Taufatofua has become the online star of the Rio Games’ opening ceremony after striding through the parade bare-chested, torso dripping with oil and wearing only a traditional ta’ovala…
#Rio2016: Twitter releases new emojis for Olympics
Starting Friday, Twitter users will be able to join the Olympic spirit by recalling the emoji for every country with the three-letter initials. For example, when you type #KEN for Kenya, the nation’s flag will…
Can’t find a room at Rio Olympics? Try the luxury sex suite
Can’t get a room at the Rio Olympics? Worry not, the Villa Reggia has beds — oh, and sex chairs and an S&M cage. With 500,000 tourists expected to flood Rio de Janeiro for the…
Gisele Bundchen to participate in Rio opening ceremony
Ex-supermodel Gisele Bundchen will strut her stuff in her native Brazil next month, this time swapping the catwalk for the stadium hosting the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Rio. Bundchen, who retired from…
#Travel: Rio ‘safest city in world during Games’ – organisers
Rio de Janeiro will be “the safest city in the world” during the Olympics Games in six weeks time, organising committee spokesman Mario Andrada has insisted. The buildup to the August 5-21 Games have been…