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 Russia’s handball team reaches Olympics final

Russia’s handball team reaches Olympics final

Russian women's handball team has scored a victory in the game vs Norway, the current Olympic champion, and got through to the final round of the Rio Games. The game ended in overtime 38-37. On August 20, Russia will play vs France …

Azerbaijani Valentin Demyanenko wins canoeing silver

Azerbaijani Valentin Demyanenko wins canoeing silver

Azerbaijani canoe sprinter Valentin Demyanenko has won a silver medal in the men’s canoe single 200 m at the Rio 2016 (39.493). Ukraine’s Yuriy Cheban won the gold medal (39.279), while Brazil’s …

 Day 13 of Olympic Games: what to expect?

Day 13 of Olympic Games: what to expect?

Today is the thirteenth day of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Athletes will compete for 11 medal sets: boxing, badminton, women's wrestling, canoe/kayak slalom, athletics, sailing, beach volleyball, diving, triathlon, taekwondo and …

Day 12 of Olympic Games: what to expect?

Day 12 of Olympic Games: what to expect?

Today is the twelfth day of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Athletes will compete for 16 medal sets: boxing, athletics, badminton, equestrian, sailing, table tennis, wrestling, taekwondo, women's water polo and men's …

 Azerbaijani wrestler Rasul Chunayev wins Olympics bronze

Azerbaijani wrestler Rasul Chunayev wins Olympics bronze

Azerbaijani Greco-Roman wrestler Rasul Chunayev has won bronze medal at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Chunayev gained a victory over South Korean Ryu Hansu, Trend reports. Fifty six athletes are representing Azerbaijan at the …

Russian Belyavsky takes Olympic bronze in parallel bars

Russian Belyavsky takes Olympic bronze in parallel bars

Russian gymnast David Belyavsky took bronze in men’s parallel bars in Rio scoring 15,783 points in the final. Ukrainian Oleg Verniaiev won the gold medal (16,041) and Danell Leyva (15,900) took silver, TASS …

 Russian boxer Evgeny Tishchenko wins Olympics gold

Russian boxer Evgeny Tishchenko wins Olympics gold

Russia's Evgeny Tishchenko won the Olympic heavyweight boxing gold medal after beating Kazakhstan's Vasily Levit 3:0. The bronze medals went to losing semi-finalists Rustam Tulaganov of Uzbekistan and Erislandy …

Eleventh day of Olympic Games: what to expect?

Eleventh day of Olympic Games: what to expect?

Today is the eleventh day of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Athletes will compete for 25 medal sets: boxing, cycling, rowing and canoeing, athletics, open water swimming, diving, gymnastics, sailing, synchronized swimming, table tennis, …

Russian Sergey Semenov wins Greco-Roman bronze

Russian Sergey Semenov wins Greco-Roman bronze

Russian Greco-Roman wrestler Sergey Semenov was awarded a bronze medal in the men’s 130 kg bronze medal match at the 2016 Rio Olympics. The 21-year old wrestler beat Estonia’s Heiki Nabi 6:0, bringing Russia …

Azerbaijani Greco-Roman wrestler wins Olympics bronze

Azerbaijani Greco-Roman wrestler wins Olympics bronze

The Azerbaijani Greco-Roman wrestler Sabah Shariati (weight category up to 130 kg) has won bronze medal at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Shariati gained 3:0 victory over German Eduard Popp, Trend reports. …