Rio de Janeiro (dpa) - Athletes, fans in attendance, and people around the world watching their colour TVs couldn‘t quite believe their eyes when, on Tuesday, the water of the pool for divers had turned green.Organizers tried quickly Wednesday to assure everyone that the water‘s just fine - health-wise - but admitted they did not know what happened or what caused it.The images were all the more jarring since the swimming events pool was the usual clear-blue colour.
Rio de Janeiro (dpa) - Australian John Millman scored the first double bagel win in men‘s singles at the Olympics when he crushed Lithuania‘s Ricardas Berankis 6-0, 6-0 in the first round.World number 75 Millman was in full command on a hot afternoon en route to the historic win.
The emissions scandal that already has cost Volkswagen billions of dollars and damaged its made-in-Germany reputation broadened Monday to include 3-litre engines in Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche light duty diesel vehicles.
Rio de Janeiro (dpa) - Ibtihaj Muhammad made her debut as the first American Olympic athlete competing with a hijab on Monday but her adventure ended prematurely in the second round of women‘s sabre fencing.Wearing a black Muslim head scarf under her mask, the eighth-ranked Muhammad won her first round match 15-13 against Ukraine‘s Olena Kravatska but was then stopped later in the day 15-12 by Cecilia Berder of France in the last 16.Muhammad, who missed the 2012 Games on London for injury reasons, has another chance to make the podium in the team event on Saturday, having been part of the American team which won the world title in 2014.
Sydney (dpa) - Injured Australian Olympic 100-metre hurdles champion Sally Pearson will not rule out competing in the 2020 Games in Tokyo after missing the Rio Games in August due to a torn hamstring.