A total of 133,000 tickets for Rio Paralympic Games were sold on Aug 23, which was a new daily record for Olympic or Paralympic ticket sales, said the organizers on Wednesday.
A ban on Russian athletes competing in the Rio Paralympics was upheld on Tuesday, triggering anger in Moscow after the country lost an appeal against its exclusion over a state-run doping program.
Gold-winning volleyball team in heroes' welcome on China return
Russia has lost its appeal against its ban from next month's Rio Paralympics because of a state-sponsored doping programme, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said.
China's failure to defend three of its badminton titles at the Rio Games was a shock for a nation accustomed to dominating the Olympic courts, but head coach Li Yongbo called for calm amid the storm of criticism.
His bookish face shielded by plain glasses, Wang Yu looks pretty much like any other student attending Tsinghua University.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon congratulated Brazil, the city of Rio de Janeiro, the Brazilian people, the Rio 2016 Local Organizing Committee and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for having successfully concluded the 2016 Olympic Games.
Neymar converted the decisive spot-kick as Brazil ended their long wait for Olympic soccer glory with a dramatic penalty shootout victory over their 2014 World Cup tormentors Germany here on Saturday.
Chen Aisen claimed the gold in the men's 10 metre platform event on Saturday to help China take home seven out of Rio's eight diving golds, while Mexico's German Sanchez and American David Boudia took the silver and bronze.
Rio Olympic Committee again used the wrong Chinese flag at the women's volleyball award ceremony. Chinese embassy in Brazil expressed strong dissatisfaction, saying Beijing would not accept such a huge mistake. The committee said it will hold a meeting to review their mistake and tender an official apology to China.
Zheng Shuyin of China matched her boyfriend Zhao Shuai's Olympic feat on Saturday when she won the gold medal in the women's +67kg taekwondo competition at the Rio Games.
South Korea's Inbee Park won the first Olympic gold medal in women's golf since 1900 with a commanding five-stroke victory on Saturday.
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