Rio Olympics 2016

US shot put star Raven Saunders handed 30-month ban for whereabouts failures

Table tennis prodigy was the youngest member of the US team at the 2016 Rio Olympics

Gymnast Louis Smith previously appeared in a video mocking Islam

Sports minister also sparks ridicule after praising one of athletes on Twitter, only to use photo of different one

Ganzorig was denied victory for running away from his opponent in dying seconds of their bronze medal contest

21-year-old becomes country's first women athlete to finish with silver medal at the games

He will depart the stage never having tasted defeat in a final

Brazilian police accuse them of fabricating a story about being robbed at gunpoint during the Rio Games

Athlete was due to compete in Friday’s men’s freestyle under-74kg division wrestling competition in Rio

Salimi and his coach angrily remonstrated with officials for several minutes in arena before the contest was finished

A series of pictures showing emotions of agonising loss and thrilling moments of defeat at this year's Olympics

Phelps beat Japan's Masato Sakai by just four hundredths of a second to take the 200 metres butterfly

Brazil take on Iraq after 0-0 draw against South Africa in Selecao’s opening match saw skipper roundly criticised

Ghulam Mustafa Bashir,29, and Minhal Sohail, 21, will both compete in shooting events at the Games

79-year-old said contestant should aim for solidarity in the world

Only seven athletes will be representing country at Rio

Sorry to break it to you, but we don't even have 24 athletes going to the Rio Olympics 2016

Administration opted for emergency measures after completely failing to deliver what was promised back in 2009