Two Olympic athletes who helped each other across the finish line after an accidental mid-race collision in the women's 5,000m have been granted places in the final, organisers confirmed.

Nikki Hamblin and Abbey D'Agostino were praised for their sporting behaviour after they clashed during Tuesday's heat.

The drama unfolded when American runner D'Agostino clipped New Zealander Hamblin with around 2,000m to go, sending both sprawling to the ground.

As Hamblin lay on the track distraught, her hopes for an Olympic medal seemingly evaporated, D'Agostino tenderly helped her to her feet and encouraged her to finish the race.

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"I went down, and I was like, 'What's happening? Why am I on the ground?' Then suddenly this hand on my shoulder, like 'Get up, get up, we have to finish this' and I was like, 'Yup, yup, you're right. This is the Olympic Games. We have to finish this,'" Hamblin said.

"I'm so grateful for Abbey for doing that for me. That girl is the Olympic spirit right there.

"I've never met her before, like I've never met this girl before, and isn't that just so amazing? Such an amazing woman."

D'Agostino suffered an ankle injury in the collision, but Hamblin deliberately hung back in the field to offer encouragement as the two women completed the race.

"If I can even give her like one percent back of what she gave me when she helped me get up off the track that would be amazing," Hamblin said.

"I can't even put into words how amazing it is that she actually finished. When I turned around at the finish line and she's still running I was like, 'Wow'.

"I'm never going to forget that moment. When someone asks me what happened in Rio in 20 years' time, that's my story."

Initially it looked as if both women, and a third runner involved in the collision - Jennifer Wenth of Austria - had failed to qualify for the final.

However a statement by Olympic organisers late Tuesday said all three had been advanced to the final on Friday.

Olympic Games hockey results on Wednesday:

Women's semi-finals
Netherlands 1 Germany 1
Netherlands win 4-3 in shootout

New Zealand 0 Great Britain 3

Olympic Games men's hockey results on Tuesday:

Semi-finals
Argentina 5 Germany 2
Belgium 3 Netherlands 1

Results from Olympic field hockey on Friday:

Women
Group A
South Korea 0 China 0
New Zealand 1 The Netherlands 1

Group B
Great Britain 1 Spain 1
Belgium 1 New Zealand 3
Australia 9 Brazil 0

Group B
India 2 Canada 2
Germany 2 The Netherlands 1
Ireland 2 Argentina 3

Olympic field hockey results on Monday.

Men
Group B
Results: Canada 1 Argentina 3
Germany 2 India 1
Netherlands 5 Ireland 0
Canada 2 Germany 6
India 3 Ireland 2
Argentina 3 Netherlands 3

Women
Group A
Results:
Netherlands 4 South Korea 0
New Zealand 1 Germany 2
China 1 Germany 1
Netherlands 5 Spain 0
New Zealand 4 South Korea 1

Results from men's basketball quarter-final games Wednesday at the Rio Olympics:

Men
Quarter-finals
Australia 90 Lithuania 64
Spain 92 France 67
United States 105 Argentina 78
Serbia 86 Croatia 83

Results from preliminary round basketball games Sunday at the Rio Olympics:

Men
Group A
USA 100 France 97 (USA wins group)
Australia 81 Venezuela 56
Serbia 94 China 60

Women
Group B
USA 105 China 62 (USA wins group)
Serbia 95 Senegal 88
Spain 73 Canada 60

Results from preliminary-round basketball games Saturday at the Rio Olympics:

Men
Group B
Argentina 111 Brazil 107
Spain 109 Lithuania 59
Nigeria 90 Croatia 76

Women
Group A
Australia 74 Belarus 66
Turkey 79 Brazil 76
Japan 79 France 71

Results from preliminary round games Wednesday at the Rio Olympics:

Men
Group A
France 76 Serbia 75
United States 98 Australia 88
Venezuela 72 China 68

Women
Group B
Spain 89 China 68
United States 110 Serbia 84
Canada 68 Senegal 58

Collated results from preliminary round games Monday at the Rio Olympics:

Men
Group A
Australia 95 Serbia 80
United States 113 Venezuela 69
France 88 China 60

Women
Group A
Japan 82 Brazil 66

Group B
United States 103 Spain 63
Canada 71 Serbia 67
China 101 Senegal 64

Results from preliminary round games Sunday at the Rio Olympics:

Men
Group B
Lithuania 82 Brazil 76
Croatia 72 Spain 70
Argentina 94 Nigeria 66

Women
Group A
Australia 61 Turkey 56
France 73 Belarus 72

Group B
United States 121 Senegal 56
Spain 65 Serbia 59

Results from preliminary round games Saturday at the Rio Olympics:

Men
Group A
Australia 87 France 66
China 66 United States 119
Venezuela 62 Serbia 86

Women
Group A
Turkey 39 France 55
Brazil 66 Australia 84
Belarus 73 Japan 77

Group B
China 68 Canada 90

Boxing results from the Rio Olympics on Wednesday:

Men

Welterweight final

Daniyar Yeleussinov (KAZ) bt Shakhram Giyasov (UZB) - 3-0

Flyweight quarter-finals

Shakhobidin Zoirov (UZB) bt Elvin Mamishzada (AZE) - 3-0
Yoel Finol (VEN) bt Mohamed Flissi (ALG) - 3-0
Misha Aloian (RUS) bt Ceiber David Avila (COL) - 3-0
Hu Jianguan (CHN) bt Yosbany Veitia (CUB) - 2-1

Women

Lightweight semi-finals

Yin Junhua (CHN) bt Mira Potkonen (FIN) - 3-0
Estelle Mossely (FRA) bt Anastasiia Beliakova (RUS) - tko

Middleweight quarter-finals

Claressa Shields (USA) bt Iaroslava Iakushina (RUS) - 3-0
Dariga Shakimova (KAZ) bt Khadija Mardi (MOR) - 3-0
Li Qian (CHN) bt Andreia Bandeira (BRA) - 3-0
Nouchka Fontijn (NED) bt Savannah Marshall (GBR) - 2-0

Boxing results from the Rio Games on Tuesday:

Men
Lightweight final
Robson Conceicao (BRA) bt Sofiane Oumiha (FRA) - 3-0

Light-heavyweight semi-finals
Julio Cesar La Cruz (CUB) bt Mathieu Albert Daniel Bauderlique (FRA) - 3-0
Adilbek Niyazymbetov (KAZ) bt Joshua Buatsi (GBR) - 3-0

Bantamweight quarter-finals
Vladimir Nikitin (RUS) bt Michael Conlan (IRL) - 3-0
Shakur Stevenson (USA) bt Tsendbaatar Erdenebat (MGL) - 3-0
Robeisy Ramirez (CUB) bt Zhang Jiawei (CHN) - 3-0
Murodjon Akhmadaliev (UZB) bt Alberto Ezequiel Melian (ARG) - tko

Light-welterweight quarter-finals
Vitaly Dunaytsev (RUS) bt Hu Qianxun (CHN) - 3-0
Fazliddin Gaibnazarov (UZB) bt Gary Russell (USA) - 2-1
Artem Harutyunyan (GER) bt Batuhan Gozgec (TUR) - 3-0
Lorenzo Sotomayor Collazo (AZE) bt Yasnier Toledo (CUB) - 3-0

Super-heavyweight quarter-finals
Tony Yoka (FRA) bt Hussein Iashaish (JOR) - 3-0
Filip Hrgovic (CRO) bt Leinier Eunice Pero (CUB) - tko
Joe Joyce (GBR) bt Bakhodir Jalolov (UZB) - 3-0
Ivan Dychko (KAZ) bt Efe Ajagba (NGR) - 3-0

Women
Flyweight quarter-finals
Nicola Adams (GBR) bt Tetyana Kob (UKR) - 3-0
Ren Cancan (CHN) bt Mandy Marie Brigitte Bujold (CAN) - 3-0
Ingrit Lorena Valencia Victoria (COL) bt Peamwilai Laopeam (THA) - 3-0
Sarah Ourahmoune (FRA) bt Zhaina Shekerbekova (KAZ) - 3-0

Boxing results from the Rio Olympics on Monday:

Heavyweight final

Evgeny Tishchenko (RUS) bt Vassiliy Levit (KAZ) - 3-0

Welterweight semi-finals

Shakhram Giyasov (UZB) bt Mohammed Rabii (MOR) - 3-0
Daniyar Yeleussinov (KAZ) bt Souleymane Cissokho (FRA) - 3-0

Middleweight quarter-finals

Arlen Lopez (CUB) bt Christian Mbilli (FRA) - 3-0
Kamran Shakhsuvarly (AZE) bt Zhanibek Alimkhanuly (KAZ) - 2-1
Misael Uziel Rodriguez (MEX) bt Hosam Hussein Bakr Abdin (EGY) - 3-0
Bektemir Melikuziev (UZB) bt Krishan Vikas (IND) - 3-0

Flyweight preliminary

Elvin Mamishzada (AZE) bt Olzhas Sattibayev (KAZ) - 3-0
Shakhobidin Zoirov (UZB) bt Antonio Vargas (USA) - 3-0
Yoel Finol (VEN) bt Muhammad Ali (GBR) - 3-0
Mohamed Flissi (ALG) bt Daniel Asenov (BUL) - 3-0
Misha Aloian (RUS) bt Elie Konki (FRA) - 3-0
Ceiber David Avila (COL) bt Elias Eliseo Emigdio Abarca (MEX) - 3-0
Hu Jianguan (CHN) bt Narek Abgaryan (ARM) - 3-0
Yosbany Veitia (CUB) bt Achraf Kharroubi (MOR) - 3-0

Women

Lightweight quarter-finals

Mira Potkonen (FIN) bt Katie Taylor (IRL) - 2-1
Yin Junhua (CHN) bt Yana Alekseevna (AZE) - 3-0
Anastasiia Beliakova (RUS) bt Mikaela Mayer (USA) - 2-0
Estelle Mossely (FRA) bt Irma Testa (ITA) - 3-0

Boxing results from the Rio Olympics on Sunday:

Men

Light-flyweight final

Hasanboy Dusmatov (UZB) bt Yurberjen Herney Martinez (COL) - 3-0

Lightweight semi-finals

Robson Conceicao (BRA) bt Lazaro Jorge Alvarez (CUB) - 3-0
Sofiane Oumiha (FRA) bt Otgondalai Dorjnyambuu (MGL) - 3-0

Light-heavyweight quarter-finals

Julio Cesar La Cruz (CUB) bt Michel Borges (BRA) - 3-0
Mathieu Albert Daniel Bauderlique (FRA) bt Carlos Andres Mina (ECU) - tko
Joshua Buatsi (GBR) bt Abdelhafid Benchabla (ALG) - 3-0
Adilbek Niyazymbetov (KAZ) bt Teymur Mammadov (AZE) - 3-0

Bantamweight preliminary

Michael John Conlan (IRL) bt Aram Avagyan (ARM) - 3-0
Vladimir Nikitin (RUS) bt Chatchai Butdee (THA) - 2-1
Tsendbaatar Erdenebat (MGL) bt Dzmitry Asanau (BLR) - 2-1
Shakur Stevenson (USA) bt Robenilson De Jesus (BRA) - 3-0
Zhang Jiawei (CHN) bt Ham Sang-Myeong (KOR) - 3-0
Robeisy Ramirez (CUB) bt Mohamed Hamout (MOR) - 2-1
Alberto Ezequiel Melian (ARG) bt Bilel Mhamdi (TUN) - 3-0
Murodjon Akhmadaliev (UZB) bt Kairat Yeraliyev (KAZ) - 3-0

Light-welterweight preliminary

Vitaly Dunaytsev (RUS) bt Chinzorig Baatarsukh (MGL) - 3-0
Hu Qianxun (CHN) bt Hovhannes Bachkov (ARM) - 2-1
Fazliddin Gaibnazarov (UZB) bt Manoj Kumar (IND) - 3-0
Gary Russell (USA) bt Wuttichai Masuk (THA) - 2-1
Artem Harutyunyan (GER) bt Arthur Biyarslanov (CAN) - 2-0
Batuhan Gozgec (TUR) bt Joedison Teixeira (BRA) - 3-0
Lorenzo Sotomayor Collazo (AZE) bt Hassan Amzile (FRA) - 2-1
Yasnier Toledo (CUB) bt Pat Mccormack (GBR) - 2-1

Women

Middleweight

Iaroslava Iakushina (RUS) bt Chen Nien-Chin (TPE) - 3-0
Dariga Shakimova (KAZ) bt Ariane Fortin-Brochu (CAN) - 2-1
Andreia Bandeira (BRA) bt Atheyna Bylon (PAN) - 2-1
Savannah Marshall (GBR) bt Anna Laurell Nash (SWE) - 3-0

Men's boxing results from the Rio Olympics on Saturday:

Heavyweight semi-finals

Evgeny Tishchenko (RUS) bt Rustam Tulaganov (UZB) - 3-0
Vassiliy Levit (KAZ) bt Erislandy Savon (CUB) - 3-0

Welterweight quarter-finals

Mohammed Rabii (MAR) bt Steven Donnelly (IRL) - 2-1
Shakhram Giyasov (UZB) bt Roniel Iglesias (CUB) - 3-0
Souleymane Diop Cissokho (FRA) bt Saylom Ardee (THA) - 3-0
Daniyar Yeleussinov (KAZ) bt Gabriel Maestre (VEN) - 3-0

Super-heavyweight preliminary

Tony Victor James Yoka (FRA) bt Laurent Jr. Clayton (ISV) - 3-0
Hussein Iashaish (JOR) bt Mihai Nistor (ROM) - 2-1
Leinier Eunice Pero (CUB) bt Guido Vianello (ITA) - 3-0
Filip Hrgovic (CRO) bt Ali Eren Demirezen (TUR) - 3-0
Joe Joyce (GBR) bt Davilson Dos Santos Morais (CPV) - tko
Bakhodir Jalolov (UZB) bt Edgar Ramon Munoz (VEN) - tko
Efe Ajagba (NGR) bt Nigel Paul (TRI) - ko
Ivan Dychko (KAZ) bt Mahammadrasul Majidov (AZE) - 3-0

Flyweight preliminary

Olzhas Sattibayev (KAZ) bt Jeyvier Jesus Cintron (PUR) - 2-1
Shakhobidin Zoirov (UZB) bt Brendan Emmet Irvine (IRL) - 3-0
Antonio Vargas (USA) bt Juliao Neto (BRA) - 2-0
Yoel Segundo Finol (VEN) bt Leonel De Los Santos Nunez (DOM) - 3-0
Daniel Asenov (BUL) bt Fernando Daniel Martinez (ARG) - 2-1
Elie Konki (FRA) bt Hamza Touba (GER) - 3-0
Elias Eliseo Emigdio Abarca (MEX) bt Enkh-Amar Kharkhuu (MGL) - 3-0
Hu Jianguan (CHN) bt Selcuk Eker (TUR) - 2-1
Narek Abgaryan (ARM) bt Ronald Serugo (UGA) - 2-1
Achraf Kharroubi (MAR) bt Moroke Jeremia Mokhotho (LES) - 3-0

Boxing results from the Rio Olympics on Friday:

Men's light-flyweight semi-finals

Yurberjen Martinez (COL) bt Joahnys Argilagos (CUB) - 2-1
Hasanboy Dusmatov (UZB) bt Nico Hernandez (USA) - 3-0

Men's lightweight quarter-finals

Lazaro Jorge Alvarez (CUB) bt Carlos Balderas (USA) - 3-0
Robson Conceicao (BRA) bt Hurshid Tojibaev (UZB) - 3-0
Otgondalai Dorjnyambuu (MGL) bt Reda Benbaziz (ALG) - 3-0
Sofiane Oumiha (FRA) bt Albert Selimov (AZE) - 3-0

Men's middleweight preliminary

Arlen Lopez (CUB) bt Zoltan Adam Harcsa (HUN) - tko
Christian Mbilli (FRA) bt Marlo Javier Delgado (ECU) - 2-1
Zhanibek Alimkhanuly (KAZ) bt Ilyas Abbadi (ALG) - 3-0
Kamran Shakhsuvarly (AZE) bt Artem Chebotarev (RUS) - 2-1
Misael Uziel Rodriguez (MEX) bt Michael Oreilly (IRL) - walkover
Hosam Hussein Bakr Abdin (EGY) bt Dieudonne Wilfred Seyi Ntsengue (CMR) - 3-0
Krishan Vikas (IND) bt Onder Sipal (TUR) - 3-0
Bektemir Melikuziev (UZB) bt Daniel Jason Lewis (AUS) - 3-0

Women's flyweight preliminary

Tetyana Kob (UKR) bt Stanimira Petrova (BUL) - 2-1
Mandy Marie Brigitte Bujold (CAN) bt Yodgoroy Mirzaeva (UZB) - 3-0
Ingrit Lorena Valencia Victoria (COL) bt Judith Mbougnade (CAF) - tko
Sarah Ourahmoune (FRA) bt Zohra Ez Zahraoui (MOR) - 3-0

Women's lightweight preliminary

Mira Potkonen (FIN) bt Adriana Araujo (BRA) - 2-1
Yin Junhua (CHN) bt Hasnaa Lachgar (MOR) - 3-0
Mikaela Mayer (USA) bt Jennifer Chieng (FSM) - 3-0
Irma Testa (ITA) bt Shelley Marie Watts (AUS) - 2-1

Men's boxing results at the Rio Olympics on Tuesday:

Lightweight preliminary

Jorge Lazaro Alvarez (CUB) bt Carmine Tommasone (ITA) - 3-0
Carlos Balderas (USA) bt Daisuke Narimatsu (JPN) - 3-0
Hurshid Tojibaev (UZB) bt Joseph Cordina (GBR) - 2-0
Robson Conceicao (BRA) bt Anvar Yunusov (TJK) - TKO
Otgondalai Dorjnyambuu (MGL) bt Enrico Lacruz (NED) - 2-1
Reda Benbaziz (ALG) bt Adlan Abdurashidov (RUS) - 3-0
Sofiane Oumiha (FRA) bt Amnat Ruenroeng (THA) - TKO
Albert Selimov (AZE) bt David Joyce (IRL) - 3-0

Middleweight preliminary

Ilyas Abbadi (ALG) bt Anauel Ngamissengue (CGO) - 3-0
Kamran Shakhsuvarly (AZE) bt Zhao Minggang (CHN) - 3-0
Uziel Rodriguez (MEX) bt Waheed Abdulridha (IRQ) - 3-0
Dieudonne Wilfred Seyi Ntsengue (CMR) bt Jorge Luis Vivas (COL) - 2-1
Hosam Hussein Bakr Abdin (EGY) bt Merven Clair (MRI) - 3-0
Krishan Vikas (IND) bt Charles Albert Shone Conwell (USA) - 3-0
Onder Sipal (TUR) bt Benny Muziyo Muziyo (ZAM) - 2-1
Daniel Lewis (AUS) bt Tomasz Jablonski (POL) - 2-1

Super heavyweight preliminary
Laurent Clayton (ISV) bt Erik Pfeifer (GER) - 2-1
Mahammadrasul Majidov (AZE) bt Mohammed Arjaoui (MOR) - 3-0
 

Olympic men's boxing results on Monday in Rio de Janeiro:

Light flyweight preliminary
Joahnys Argilagos (CUB) bt Galal Yafai (GBR) 2-1
Peter Mungai Warui (KEN) bt Lyu Bin (CHN) 2-1
Yurberjen Herney Martinez (COL) bt Rogen Ladon (PHI) 3-0
Samuel Carmona Heredia (ESP) bt Paddy Barnes (IRL) 2-1
Hasanboy Dusmatov (UZB) bt Joselito Velazquez (MEX) 3-0
Birzhan Zhakypov (KAZ) bt Mathias Tulyoongeleni Hamunyela (NAM) 3-0
Carlos Eduardo Quipo Pilataxi (ECU) bt Gan-Erdene Gankhuyag (MGL) 3-0
Nico Hernandez (USA) bt Vasilii Egorov (RUS) 3-0

Welterweight preliminary
Simeon Chamov (BUL) bt Onur Sipal (TUR) 3-0
Gabriel Maestre (VEN) bt Arajik Marutjan (GER) 2-1
Vincenzo Mangiacapre (ITA) bt Juan Pablo Romero (MEX) 2-1
Josh Kelly (GBR) bt Walid Mohamed (EGY) 3-0

Middleweight preliminary
Zoltan Adam Harcsa (HUN) bt Arslanbek Achilov (TKM) 2-1
Christian Mbilli (FRA) bt Dmytro Mytrofanov (UKR) 3-0
Marlo Javier Delgado (ECU) bt Endry Jose Saavedra (VEN) 3-0
Zhanibek Alimkhanuly (KAZ) bt Antony Fowler (GBR) 3-0

Heavyweight preliminary
Evgeny Tishchenko (RUS) bt Juan Nogueira (BRA) 3-0
Clemente Russo (ITA) bt Hassen Chaktami (TUN) 3-0
Rustam Tulaganov (UZB) bt Julio Cesar Castillo (ECU) 3-0
Abdulkadir Abdullayev (AZE) bt Paul Omba Biongolo (FRA) TKO
Vassiliy Levit (KAZ) bt Yu Fengkai (CHN) TKO
Kennedy St Pierre (MRI) bt Chouaib Bouloudinats (ALG) 2-1
Yamil Alberto Peralta (ARG) bt David Graf (GER) 2-1
Erislandy Savon (CUB) bt Lawrence Okolie (GBR) 3-0

Olympic men's boxing results on Sunday in Rio:

Lightweight preliminary round

Sofiane Oumiha (FRA) bt Teofimo Lopez (HON) 3-0
Enrico Lacruz (NED) bt Lai Ch En (TPE) 2-1
Adlan Abdurashidov (RUS) bt Thadius Katua (PNG) 3-0
Reda Benbaziz (ALG) bt Mahmoud Abdelaal (EGY) 3-0 Amnat Ruenroeng (THA) bt Ignacio Perrin (ARG) 3-0
David Joyce (IRL) bt Andrique Allisop (SEY) 3-0

Welterweight preliminary round

Rayton Nduku Okwiri (KEN) bt Andrei Zamkovoi (RUS) 2-1
Tuvshinbat Byamba (MGL) bt Alberto Ignacio Palmetta (ARG) 3-0
Steven Donnelly (IRL) bt Zohir Kedache (ALG) 3-0
Eimantas Stanionis (LTU) bt Liu Wei (CHN) - 3-0
Shakhram Giyasov (UZB) bt Youba Sissokho Ndiaye (ESP) 3-0
Vladimir Margaryan (ARM) bt Winston Hill (FIJ) 3-0
Souleymane Diop Cissokho (FRA) bt Imre Balazs Bacskai (HUN) 3-0
Saylom Ardee (THA) bt Pavel Kastramin (BLR) 2-1

Light heavyweight preliminary round

Carlos Andres Mina (ECU) bt Serge Michel (GER) 3-0
Joshua Buatsi (GBR) bt Kennedy Katende (UGA) TKO
Albert Ramon Ramirez (VEN) bt Petr Khamukov (RUS) 2-1
Peter Mullenberg (NED) bt Ehsan Rouzbahani (IRI) 3-0
Teymur Mammadov (AZE) bt Denys Solonenko (UKR) 3-0
Mikhail Dauhaliavets (BLR) bt Valentino Manfredonia (ITA) 2-1

Results on Saturday from day one of the Olympic boxing in Rio de Janeiro:

Men
Light flyweight preliminary round
Galal Yafai (GBR) bt Simplice Fotsala (CMR) 3-0
Yurberjen Herney Martinez (COL) bt Patrick Lourenco (BRA) 3-0
Samuel Carmona Heredia (ESP) bt Artur Hovhannisyan (ARM) 3-0
Joselito Velazquez (MEX) bt Leandro Blanc (ARG) 3-0
Mathias Tulyoongeleni Hamunyela (NAM) bt Rufat Huseynov (AZE) 3-0
Nico Hernandez (USA) bt Manuel Cappai (ITA) 3-0

Lightweight preliminary round
Carmine Tommasone (ITA) bt Lindolfo Delgado (MEX) 3-0
Daisuke Narimatsu (JPN) bt Luis Cabrera (VEN) 2-1
Carlos Balderas (USA) bt Berik Abdrakhmanov (KAZ) 3-0
Hurshid Tojibaev (UZB) bt Hakan Eresker (QAT) 3-0
Joseph Cordina (GBR) bt Charly Coronel Suarez (PHI) 2-1
Anvar Yunusov (TJK) bt Shan Jun (CHN) 3-0

Light heavyweight preliminary round
Mehmet Nadir Unal (TUR) bt Hassan Saada (MAR) walkover
Hrvoje Sep (CRO) bt Abdelrahman Salah Orabi (EGY) 2-1
Michel Borges (BRA) bt Hassan Ndam Njikam (CMR) 3-0
Juan Carlos Carrillo (COL) bt Erkin Adylbek Uulu (KGZ) 3-0

Heavyweight preliminary round
Lawrence Okolie (GBR) bt Igor Pawel Jakubowski (POL) 3-0
Juan Nogueira (BRA) bt Jason Whateley (AUS) 3-0

Collated results from the semi-finals of the men's football at the Olympics on Wednesday:

Brazil 6 (Neymar 1, 90+1 pen, Gabriel Jesus 26, 35, Marquinhos 51, Luan 79) Honduras 0

Germany 2 (Klostermann 9, Petersen 89) Nigeria 0

Collated men's football results from the Rio 2016 Olympics on Saturday:

Quarter-finals
At Brasilia
Portugal 0 Germany 4 (Gnabry 45+1, Ginter 57, Selke 75, Max 87)

At Salvador
Nigeria 2 (Mikel 16, Umar 59) Denmark 0

At Belo Horizonte
South Korea 0 Honduras 1 (Elis 60)

At Sao Paulo
Brazil 2 (Neymar 12, Luan 83) Colombia 0

Collated men's football results from the Rio 2016 Olympics on Wednesday:

Group A
Denmark 0 Brazil 4 (Gabriel Barbosa 26, 80, Gabriel Jesus 40, Luan 50)
South Africa 1 (Motupa 6) Iraq 1 (Saad Luaibi 14)

Group B
Colombia 2 (Gutierrez 4, Pabon 63-pen) Nigeria 0
Japan 1 (Yajima 65) Sweden 0

Group C
Germany 10 (Gnabry 8, 45, Petersen 14, 33, 40, 63-pen, 70, Meyer 30, 49, 52) Fiji 0
South Korea 1 (Kwon 77) Mexico 0

Group D
Algeria 1 (Benkablia 30) Portugal 1 (Paciencia 25-pen)
Argentina 1 (Martinez 90+3) Honduras 1 (Lozano 75-pen)

Collated women's football results from the Rio 2016 Olympics on Friday:

Quarter-finals
USA 1 (Morgan 77) Sweden 1 (Blackstenius 61)
Sweden won 4-3 on penalties

China 0 Germany 1 (Behringer 76)

Canada 1 (Schmidt 56) France 0

Brazil 0 Australia 0
Brazil won 7-6 on penalties

Collated men's football results from the Rio 2016 Olympics on Sunday:

Group A
Denmark 1 (Skov 69) South Africa 0
Brazil 0 Iraq 0

Group B
Sweden 0 Nigeria 1 (Umar 40)
Japan 2 (Asano 67, Nakajima 74) Colombia 2 (Gutierrez 59, Fujiharu 65-og)

Group C
Fiji 1 (Krishna 11) Mexico 5 (Gutierrez 48, 56, 58, 73, Salcedo 67)
Germany 3 (Gnabry 33, 90+2, Selke 55) South Korea 3 (Hwang 25, Son 57, Suk 87)

Group D
Honduras 1 (Elis 1) Portugal 2 (Figueiredo 21, Paciencia 36)
Argentina 2 (Correa 47, Calleri 70) Algeria 1 (Bendebka 64)

Collated results from the group stages of the men's football tournament at the 2016 Olympic Games on Thursday:

Group A
Iraq 0 Denmark 0
Brazil 0 South Africa 0

Group B
Sweden 2 (Ishak 43, Ajdarevic 62) Colombia 2 (Gutierrez 17, Pabon 75-pen)
Nigeria 5 (Umar 6, Etebo 11, 42, 51, 66-pen) Japan 4 (Koroki 9-pen, Minamino 13, Asano 70, Suzuki 90+5)

Group C
Mexico 2 (Peralta 52, Pizarro 62) Germany 2 (Gnabry 58, Ginter 78)
Fiji 0 South Korea 8 (Ryu 32, 63, 90+3, Changhoon 62, 63, Son 72-pen, Suk 77, 90)

Group D
Honduras 3 (Quioto 13, Pereira 33, Lozano 79) Algeria 2 (Bendebka 68, Bounedjah 85)
Argentina 0 Portugal 2

Pakistan launch their quest to make sure of an automatic qualifying spot at the 2019 World Cup in England when they face Ireland in two one-day internationals at Malahide, near Dublin, on Thursday and Saturday.

The fixtures, Pakistan's lead in to a five-match ODI series against England, come with the 1992 world champions languishing in ninth place in the International Cricket Council's team rankings for the 50-over format.

Hosts England and the seven highest-ranked sides in the table come September 30 next year will qualify directly for the World Cup.

Meanwhile the bottom four teams in the standings will be joined by six sides from below cricket's international elite for a 10-team qualifying competition in 2018.

The top two sides from that tournament will complete the 10-strong line-up at the 2019 World Cup. Pakistan are currently seven points behind eighth-placed West Indies.

In order to go ahead of the West Indies next month, Pakistan will have to win all their matches against non-Test nation Ireland and England, but good results in both series will help them close the gap.

For Ireland, currently ranked 12th, a 2-0 series win over Pakistan would see them leapfrog Zimbabwe and Afghanistan into 10th place.

Only six of the Pakistan players who took part in the exciting Test series in England – which they drew 2-2 with a four-day victory at The Oval on Sunday – stay on for the ODIs, in a 15-man squad captained by Azhar Ali.

“Ireland are always a tough team, more so in their own conditions,” Azhar told AFP.

“If you look at their recent performances in World Cup matches they have done very well. But we have new players who are very confident,” the 31-year-old batsman added.

“The performance of the Test team is an encouragement for the ODI team so we will carry that same momentum and passion. It was a big challenge for the Test team because a lot of people used to say that we are only good in our own conditions.

“But the Test team has done well [in England] and the ODI team will take their lead from that.”

Spin threat

Sami Aslam, Mohammad Hafeez and Azhar are the only specialist batsmen who keep their places from the Test squad along with bowlers Mohammad Amir, Wahab Riaz and Yasir Shah.

“We have two very good young spinners in Imad Waseem and Mohammad Nawaz, then we have Yasir and Shoaib Malik so they can be handy,” said Azhar.

Pakistan's one-day squad also features the return of experienced pace bowler Umar Gul.

Gul, 32, who played against Ireland in Pakistan's shock World Cup defeat back in 2007, has not appeared in 50-over international cricket for 16 months but his experience of English conditions has seen him replace the giant Mohammad Irfan.

Ireland were dealt a huge blow on Tuesday with the news that former England pace bowler Boyd Rankin has not only been ruled out of the series but the rest of the season, including the ODIs in Benoni at the end of next month against South Africa and Australia.

Rankin suffered a fracture of his left leg when training for Warwickshire's ongoing English County Championship game against Surrey.

Ireland have decided not to replace Rankin in their 14-man squad, happy with the return of Craig Young following elbow surgery and the impressive ODI debut of Durham's Barry McCarthy in the recent series against Sri Lanka.

Thursday's game will be the seventh ODI between the teams.

Pakistan have won four, most recently in the final World Cup group game at Adelaide last year by seven wickets when both Ireland captain William Porterfield and Pakistan's Sarfraz Ahmed scored centuries.

Skipper Angelo Mathews hailed Rangana Herath as Sri Lanka's one-legged hero Wednesday after the veteran spinner played through the pain barrier to once again demolish Australia's batting line-up.

The 38-year-old Herath took seven for 64 in Australia's second innings of the third and final Test, finishing with 13 wickets in the match, to confirm his status as the outstanding player of the series.

But it was an even more remarkable feat given that he had to retire hurt while batting in Sri Lanka's first innings after being struck in the groin while putting on a gritty 33 at the Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC).

Herath visibly struggled at times in both the Australian innings in Colombo but such was his value that he remained skipper Angelo Mathews go-to man throughout as he sent down 56 overs.

“He was fantastic. He was bowling off one leg,” Mathews told reporters as he singled out Herath while assessing the reasons behind Sri Lanka's first ever clean sweep in a series against a major Test team.

“He couldn't run and he couldn't jump. He was just landing the ball on one leg and he is unbelievable.

“The batsmen are having a nightmare facing him no matter how well they play spin. Credit should go to this man. He has been a great team man as well.”

Herath took a total of 28 wickets in the three Tests, including a match-winning five for 54 in the first match in Pallekele and a hat-trick in the second in Galle.

The left-arm spinner has already called it quits in ODI and T20 cricket and has hinted that retirement from Tests is not far away but indicated on Wednesday that he wanted to add to his tally of 332 wickets.

“Experience counts a lot, every day we learn,” Herath said as he accepted his man of the match award. “I haven't decided anything on Tests, we will go series by series.

Hopefully I wish to play next series.”

Australian skipper Steve Smith, who was dismissed by Herath in both innings in Colombo, acknowledged that he was a class act.

“He's a very tough character to face,” Smith told reporters.

“He's always at you, he's always at your stumps, he changes his pace beautifully and bowls from different parts of the crease, changes his angles up,” Smith said.

“You never really get a freebie off him or an easy boundary....He is a terrific bowler in these conditions and he has had a magnificent series.”

“The batsmen are having a nightmare facing him no matter how well they play spin. Credit should go to this man. He has been a great team man as well.”

Smith admitted that Australia, who have now lost their status as number one Test side to India, were comprehensively beaten by the Sri Lankans.

“We have been outplayed in every facet of the game,” said Smith who had been unbeaten as captain before the series.

“Our plans haven't worked as individuals or as a collective group, we haven't been able to put Sri Lanka under as much pressure as we would have liked,” he added.

Brazil's Neymar has not yet won his country a gold medal, but on Wednesday he at least pocketed an Olympic record - the fastest goal, at a dazzling 15 seconds into the game against overwhelmed Honduras.

The men's semi-final had barely kicked off when Barcelona forward Neymar intercepted the ball, charged towards the Honduran side, challenged the goalie and bundled the ball into the net, sending the Maracana stadium into a frenzy of cheers.

"It was amazing to just arrive in the stadium and watch a beautiful goal," said Filipe Deliza, a 19 year-old law student from Rio at the packed Rio venue.

"I was expecting Brazil to win but I was not expecting it would be so easy," added Deliza, wearing a yellow Brazilian shirt.

Hurt Honduras were shaken by the goal and never recovered, going on to lose 6-0.

"We didn't expect this," Honduran keeper Luis Lopez told Reuters about Neymar's goal. "Honestly, it hurts."

But soccer-mad Brazilians were delighted, chanting "Neymar!" during much of the match - including when he netted a penalty at 90 minutes to put the icing on the cake.

Neymar will have to keep the magic going to allow Brazil to finally hoist the only international title that has so far eluded it. The South American powerhouse has lost three Olympic finals, including at London 2012.

If he can lead his squad to triumph in Saturday's final, the team captain would cement his status as one of Brazil's greatest ever players.

He has already drawn lighthearted comparisons to other Olympic greats.

"Neymar's goal, 15 seconds in, is the fastest in the history of Olympic football, 5.42 seconds more than Usain Bolt," the Rio 2016 Spanish-language account tweeted in reference to the Jamaican sprinter.

Brazilian police stopped three US Olympic swimmers from boarding a flight home on Wednesday to question them about inconsistencies in their accounts of being robbed at gunpoint in Rio de Janeiro, police sources said.

Federal police also want to question gold medallist Ryan Locke, but he had already returned to the United States.

A Brazilian judge ordered police on Wednesday to seize the passports of Lochte and fellow gold medallist James Feigen so they could be questioned over their description of the robbery, which took place in the early hours of Sunday morning and also involved team mates Gunnar Bentz and Jack Conger.

Lochte, 32, one of swimming's most decorated Olympians, had flown home already on Monday, a police spokesman said. The other three men were stopped by police at Rio's international airport on Wednesday evening, one police source said.

A spokesman for the US Olympic Committee (USOC) confirmed that Bentz and Conger were pulled from their flight.

"We can confirm that Jack Conger and Gunnar Bentz were removed from their flight to the United States by Brazilian authorities," said Patrick Sandusky, USOC spokesperson.

"We are gathering further information."

The police source said Feigen had been detained by police before he boarded the plane and was then taken for questioning along with the other two. There are no charges facing the three men, the source said.

Doubts

Brazilian police said on Wednesday Olympic gold medallist swimmer Ryan Lochte had returned to the United States before a judge's order to stop him but they were searching for his team mate amid doubts over their account of being robbed at gunpoint in Rio.

Judge Keyla Blanc, of Brazil's Special Tribunal for Fans and Major Events, ordered police on Wednesday to seize the passports of Lochte and fellow gold medallist James Feigen so they could be questioned over inconsistencies in their descriptions of the robbery at the weekend.

Police discovered after checks at Rio's international airport that Lochte, 32, had already left Brazil, where he won a relay gold medal in the Olympic swimming competition that ended on Saturday.

Lochte left for the United States on Monday aboard a commercial flight before the judge's order was issued, a spokesman for federal police said. Feigen was still in Rio de Janeiro, the spokesman said.

The San Antonio Express-News quoted Feigen as saying by telephone that he was in Brazil but declining further comment.

People magazine reported that Lochte, one of swimming's most decorated Olympians, was spotted at an airport in North Carolina on Wednesday with his girlfriend Kayla Rae Reid, a Playboy model. It was not immediately possible to confirm this.

Lochte's attorney did not return calls for comment.

A U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) spokesman said police had arrived at the Athletes' Village on Wednesday and asked to meet the swimmers and collect their passports.

"The swim team moved out of the village after their competition ended, so we were not able to make the athletes available," said USOC spokesman Patrick Sandusky, who could not confirm the swimmers' location for security reasons.

"We will continue to cooperate with Brazilian authorities."

A spokesman for the U.S. consulate in Rio declined to answer specific questions on the case but said parties should work with Brazilian law enforcement in the investigation.

Judicial sources said the judge would consider whether to ask Lochte to return to Brazil to give testimony or allow him to do so in the United States.

Court order

The court order was the latest twist in a story of a supposedly terrifying, high-profile incident that embarrassed Olympic authorities and ramped up the fear factor for hundreds of thousands of tourists in Rio at South America's first Olympics.

Now, Brazilian officials are suggesting that the US swimmers may not have told the whole truth - and need to answer questions.

Judge Keyla Blank "issued warrants for searches and the seizure of the passports for the US swimmers," a statement from her office said. "With this, they are banned from leaving the country."

The likelihood of the swimmers actually facing Brazilian police was uncertain.

Police issued a statement saying they'd gone to the Olympic athletes' Village, but the "athletes concerned were not found."

US media reported that Lochte's lawyer said the gold medal-winning swimmer was already back in the United States. Feigen's movements were not clear.

The US Olympic Committee refused to comment on the athletes' whereabouts but confirmed that Brazilian police were looking for the swimmers.

"The swim team moved out of the village after their competition ended, so we were not able to make the athletes available," spokesman Patrick Sandusky said.

"Additionally, as part of our standard security protocol, we do not make athlete travel plans public and therefore cannot confirm the athletes' current location."

Sandusky said the US team would "continue to cooperate with Brazilian authorities."

Did the mugging happen?

Lochte says that he and three team-mates were held up by muggers posing as police as they left a late night party in central Rio.

Reports of the incident were immediately plunged into confusion when the International Olympic Committee denied that anything had happened.

Lochte, however, gave interviews describing the supposed robbery in detail and Brazilian Olympic authorities later issued a public apology.

With some 85,000 police and soldiers guarding the Olympics - twice the number used in London - security has been a major issue in Rio.

In addition to multiple incidents of thefts from Olympic athletes or media, a Portuguese government minister was mugged in the swish Leblon district.

Lochte said he had a gun put to his forehead in the robbery, when the swimmers' taxi was pulled over by criminals who forced them to lie on the ground and stole money and other items.

"The guy pulled out his gun, he cocked it, put it to my forehead and he said, 'Get down,'" Lochte said afterward.

"He took our money, he took my wallet - he left my cell phone, he left my credentials."

However, Olympic officials have said police are still looking for key witnesses, including the driver of the cab the swimmers said they had been in.

Police on Wednesday yet again issued an appeal for the driver to contact them.

And Blank's office said the judge was probing "possible inconsistencies in the swimmers' stories".

These included different accounts of how many assailants there were.

Another point raising doubts over the swimmers' stories was their behaviour, caught on security cameras, as they returned to their hotel after the supposed robbery, the judge said.

"It's noticeable that the victims arrived back physically and mentally unshaken, even joking with each other," the judge said.

The video in question, posted on Britain's Daily Mail tabloid website, shows the four swimmers passing through an X-ray machine, taking what could be wallets or cellphones from their pockets.

At one moment Lochte playfully hits a team mate with his Olympic accreditation.

Otherwise, the clip shows little out of the ordinary.

Jamaica's Elaine Thompson sealed an Olympic sprint double after scorching to victory in the women's 200m.

Thompson, who won the 100m crown on Saturday, timed a season's best of 21.78 seconds on Wednesday to trump Dutch favourite Dafne Schippers, who won silver in 21.78sec.

"I knew she had a strong finish, so I knew I had to get out there as soon as possible," Thompson said of her Dutch rival.

"I have the gold so I can't complain."

Thompson said her victory was made special by the former Jamaicans who have won the sprint events.

"It is very special for me to win," she said.

"I spent my childhood growing up watching Veronica Campbell-Brown and then Shelley-Ann Fraser-Pryce.

"To beat Dafne Schippers is a real fight and it was a tough race as I've had a hard season," the Jamaican said, adding that she was worried earlier this season about even making the Games.

Schippers was left devastated by the result.

"I came for the gold, I'm not happy with the silver," said Schippers, who won gold in last year's Beijing world championships with 21.63sec, the fourth fastest time ever run over the distance.

"I was in better form and at the moment it's less than before.

"My time's okay but not strong enough.

"It's tough to run six races (in both 100 and 200m). I was getting closer and closer to her and felt I was nearly passing her, but broke down."

It was a first Olympic sprint double since American world record holder Florence Griffith Joyner's at the Seoul Games in 1988.

American Tori Bowie claimed bronze (22.15) to go with the silver she won in the 100m.

"I feel like my execution at the start from the blocks was not the way I normally execute," the American said.

"My goal today was to finish as best I could and I'm leaving with another medal. Who couldn't be thankful for that?"

Thompson, running in lane six, was pulled along on the coat-tails of Michelle-Lee Ahye of Trinidad and Tobago outside her over the first 80 metres.

The danger Schippers posed for the Jamaican was always going to be coming off the bend, but Thompson managed it perfectly, powering through and accelerating away for victory.

Schippers also started well, and despite a good view of Thompson from her lane four, was unable to make up any ground on the fast-finishing Jamaican.

"My school motto was 'let the light shine' and I let my light shine tonight," said Thompson.

"It's a big surprise to me because I have had a hamstring injury. You must overcome these things and tonight I am standing here with a gold."

Like many black American women, Brianna Rollins, Nia Ali and Kristi Castlin have faced a good few hurdles of the metaphorical kind in their lives.

On Wednesday at the Rio Olympics, though, they successfully traversed 10 very physical barriers - 33 inches of polycarbonate and metal - to give the United States gold, silver and bronze in the 100 metres hurdles.

It was the first ever sweep of the podium in the Olympic high hurdles by women of one nation and illustrated the depth the United States have in an event where just making it through the national trials is an achievement in itself.

USA's Brianna Rollins (C) USA's Nia Ali (L) and USA's Kristi Castlin (R) are pictured after the Women's 100m Hurdles Final during the athletics event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on August 17, 2016. (AFP)

With world record holder Kendra Harrison and 2008 Olympic champion Dawn Harper failing to make the cut, the trio who did get their tickets to Rio decided to work together.

Gold medallist Rollins described it a "sisterhood", while Castlin added very much a 2016 twist in a phrase more often seen on social media with a hashtag in front of it.

"I think that it's just very good to be a part of this whole black girl magic movement," she said.

"We actually came into this not as individuals but as a team. We work together, we pray together and that is how we got this job done.

"It feels good to definitely be history-makers, trend-setters, moms, daughters, really just overcoming and just doing a great job and representing our country well."

USA's Brianna Rollins (L) celebrates her victory in the Women's 100m Hurdles Final next to USA's Nia Ali during the athletics event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on August 17, 2016. (AFP)

Castlin dedicated her bronze medal to victims of gun crime, a cause very close to her heart after her father was murdered in a botched attempt to rob a hotel where he was the manager.

"Losing my father at the age of 12 to gun violence, I've overcome so much," said the 28-year-old. "I want to connect more with young people that have been victims of gun violence.

"I feel, when I was young, I definitely had a lot of good guidance but sometimes I didn't have someone of my age that I really could talk too."

Her fellow medallists have also had to deal with major challenges in their early lives - Ali when her father killed himself in a murder-suicide and Rollins when her father was sent to prison.

Ali's most recent challenge, though, was one faced by female athletes all over the world, getting back into world class condition after having a child.

Fifteen-month-old Titus now has two Olympic silver medallist parents as his father Michael Tinsley finished second in the 400 metres hurdles at the London Olympics.

"I knew it was going to be a difficult road back. I see mothers struggle to get their body back," said Ali.

"I'm happy that I was able to come back and come back so quickly.

"I have my son here with me and he plays a major role."  

Jamaica's Usain Bolt and Canadian Andre de Grasse set up an Olympic 200 metres showdown after crossing the line laughing together in their semi-final on Wednesday, but 100m silver medallist Justin Gatlin missed out after easing up too soon.

Bolt, now one step away from securing an incredible third Olympic sprint double, crossed in 19.78 seconds with De Grasse clocking a Canadian record 19.80.

"He was supposed to slow down," said Bolt. "I said, 'What are you doing, it's a semi-final?' But I think he wanted to push me.

"I was a bit lazy, I don't know why, but I executed and got round."

While Bolt got away with taking his foot of the gas, Gatlin was not so fortunate. Once he realised he had eased off prematurely it was too late to recover as Dutchman Churandy Martina and Panama's Alonso Edward swept past him.

Gatlin, who said he had been hampered by an ankle injury, finished in 20.13, enabling Briton Adam Gemili and Turkey's Ramil Gulyev to edge him out of the fastest loser slots.

American LaShawn Merritt, who, like Gatlin, has served a doping suspension, was the only other athlete under 20 seconds and he looked strong and comfortable going into Thursday's final.

"My body felt good," said the former world and Olympic 400m champion, who took a bronze in the 400 in Rio. "It's tougher than I thought it was going to be but I'm handling everything pretty well mentally and physically."

Frenchman Christophe Lemaitre produced his fastest run for four years, 20.01, to take his place in the final, but Yohan Blake, the only man to beat Bolt over 200 in a final in the last nine years, was off the pace and missed out.

Bolt has won the last two Olympic titles and four successive world championships over his favourite distance.

The last time he lost a major 200m race was in the 2007 worlds when he was edged by American Tyson Gay, though training partner Blake did take him down in the 2012 Jamaican trials.

"I definitely think I can try for the world record," said Bolt, who set the current mark of 19.19 in the 2009 world championships.

"I need to run efficiently and get into the straight and run the perfect race. If I can run a little more efficiently on the turns. I will be hoping for lane six or seven maybe to be able to run as smooth as I can."

Olympic Games complete medals table at the end of day 12 in Rio de Janeiro.

Ellen DeGeneres found herself embroiled in controversy after posting what some deemed a racist tweet that showed her riding Usain Bolt's back via photo editing. Bolt had just won his third consecutive gold medal in the 100-meter race at the Rio Olympics.

"This how I'm running my errands from now on. #Rio2016," read the tweet from DeGeneres' account.

Many were outraged on Twitter, saying that the tweet trivialized the journey and success of the Jamaican athlete. Some called for whoever posted the tweet on DeGeneres' account to be fired.

"Dear @TheEllenShow: Whatever intern thought this tweet was a good idea should be fired. Immediately," wrote one user.

DeGeneres' account responded to the controversy Tuesday morning with another tweet, saying, "I am highly aware of the racism that exists in our country. It is the furthest thing from who I am." The original post featuring the edited photo of Bolt and DeGeneres' is still live on her Twitter page.

DeGeneres also posted another tweet about Bolt, featuring a video of Bolt's visit on her show. "Heres something you dont see very often-@UsainBolt losing a race. This was 1 of my favorite moments from last season," it read.

Bolt has yet to respond to the controversy, but he did retweet the meme apparently in approval of it. The Jamaican sprinter is expected to defend his 200m and relay gold medals later this week.

Olympic Games athletics results on Wednesday:

Men
200m men
Heat 1 (wind: -0.4 m/s)
1. Lashawn Merritt (USA) 19.94. Q
2. Christophe Lemaitre (FRA) 20.01 Q
3. Daniel Talbot (GBR) 20.25
4. Nickel Ashmeade (JAM) 20.31
5. Rondell Sorrillo (TRI) 20.33
6. Nery Brenes Cardenas (CRC) 20.33
7. Aaron Brown (CAN) 20.37
8. Jose Carlos Herrera (MEX) 20.48

Heat 2 (wind: -0.3 m/s)
1. Usain Bolt (JAM) 19.78. Q
2. Andre De Grasse (CAN) 19.80 Q
3. Adam Gemili (GBR) 20.08 q
4. Ramil Guliyev (TUR) 20.09 q
5. Yaqoob Salem Eid Yaqoob (BRN) 20.43
6. Ameer Webb (USA) 20.43
7. Ejowvokoghene Oduduru (NGR) 20.59
8. Roberto Skyers (CUB) 20.60

Heat 3 (wind: -0.2 m/s)
1. Alonso Edward (PAN) 20.07. Q
2. Churandy Martina (NED) 20.10 Q
3. Justin Gatlin (USA) 20.13
4. Bruno Hortelano (ESP) 20.16
5. Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake (GBR) 20.25
6. Yohan Blake (JAM) 20.37
7. Lykourgos Tsakonas (GRE) 20.63
8. Matteo Galvan (ITA) 20.88

Javelin
Group A
1. Julian Weber (GER) 84.46 m. Q
2. Jakub Vadlejch (CZE) 83.27 Q
3. Dmytro Kosynskyy (UKR) 83.23 Q
4. Thomas Röhler (GER) 83.01 Q
5. Braian Toledo (ARG) 81.96 q
6. Joshua Robinson (AUS) 80.84
7. Marcin Krukowski (POL) 80.62
8. Kim Amb (SWE) 80.49
9. Cyrus Hostetler (USA) 79.76
10. Tero Pitkämäki (FIN) 79.56
11. Risto Mätas (EST) 79.40
12. Magnus Kirt (EST) 79.33
13. Rocco van Rooyen (RSA) 78.48
14. Rolands Strobinders (LAT) 77.73
15. Stuart Farquhar (NZL) 77.32
16. Ahmed Bader Magour (QAT) 77.19
17. Leslie Copeland (FIJ) 76.04
18. R.M. Sumeda Ranasinghe (SRI) 71.93

Group B
1. Keshorn Walcott (TRI) 88.68 m. Q
2. Johannes Vetter (GER) 85.96 Q
3. Ryohei Arai (JPN) 84.16 Q
4. Petr Frydrych (CZE) 83.60 Q
5. Julius Yego (KEN) 83.55 Q
6. Vitezalav Vesely (CZE) 82.85 q
7. Antti Ruuskanen (FIN) 82.20 q
8. Zigismunds Sirmais (LAT) 80.65
9. Júlio César de Oliveira (BRA) 80.49
10. Tanel Laanmäe (EST) 80.45
11. John Ampomah (GHA) 80.39
12. Hamish Peacock (AUS) 77.91
13. Ivan Zaytsev (UZB) 77.83
14. Ari Mannio (FIN) 77.73
15. Lukasz Grzeszczuk (POL) 76.52
16. Shih-Feng Huang (TPE) 74.33
17. Sam Crouser (USA) 73.78
18. Sean Furey (USA) 72.61

Decathlon
Standings after 5 disciplines (100m, long jump, shot, high jump, 400m)
1. Ashton Eaton (USA) 4621 pts
(10.46sec, 7.94m, 14.73m 2.01m, 46.07sec)
2. Kai Kazmirek (GER) 4500
(10.78sec, 7.69m, 14.20m, 2.10m, 46.75sec)
3. Damian Warner (CAN) 4489
(10.30sec, 7.67m, 13.66m, 2.04m, 47.35sec)
4. Kevin Mayer (FRA) 4435
(10.81sec, 7.60m, 15.76m, 2.04m, 48.28sec)
5. Jeremy Taiwo (USA) 4419
(11.01sec, 7.45m, 14.92m 2.19m, 48.78sec)
6. Larbi Bourrada (ALG) 4378
7. Oleksiy Kasyanov (UKR) 4309
8. Kurt Felix (GRN) 4290
9. Luiz Alberto De Araujo (BRA) 4281
10. Zach Ziemek (USA) 4270
11. Thomas van der Plaetsen (BEL) 4225
12. Cedric Dubler (AUS) 4219
13. Mihail Dudas (SRB) 4219
14. Adam Sebastian Helcelet (CZE) 4218
15. Leonel Suarez (CUB) 4176
16. Arthur Abele (GER) 4134
17. Yordani García (CUB) 4130
18. Lindon Victor (GRN) 4125
19. Bastien Auzeil (FRA) 4098
20. Dominik Distelberger (AUT) 4067
21. Pawel Wiesiolek (POL) 3996
22. Pau Tonnesen (ESP) 3984
23. Jiri Sykora (CZE) 3941
24. Akihiko Nakamura (JPN) 3899
25. Keisuke Ushiro (JPN) 3886
26. Karl Robert Saluri (EST) 3842
27. Maicel Uibo (EST) 3362
28. Pieter Braun (NED) Abandon
29. Leonid Andreev (UZB) Abandon
30. Willem Coertzen (RSA) Abandon
31. Rico Freimuth (GER) Abandon
32. Eelco Sintnicolaas (NED) Abandon

Women
200m final (wind: -0.1 m/s):
1. Elaine Thompson (JAM) 21.78.
2. Dafne Schippers (NED) 21.88
3. Torie Bowie (USA) 22.15
4. Marie-Josee Ta Lou (CIV) 22.21
5. Dina Asher-Smith (GBR) 22.31
6. Michelle-Lee Ahye (TRI) 22.34
7. Deajah Stevens (USA) 22.65
8. Ivet Lalova-Collio (BUL) 22.69

100m hurdles final (wind: 0.0 m/s):
1. Brianna Rollins (USA) 12.48.
2. Nia Ali (USA) 12.59
3. Kristi Castlin (USA) 12.61
4. Cindy Ofili (GBR) 12.63
5. Cindy Roleder (GER) 12.74
6. Pedrya Seymour (BAH) 12.76
7. Tiffany Ofili (GBR) 12.76
8. Phylicia George (CAN) 12.89

Long jump final:
1. Tianna Bartoletta (USA) 7.17 m.
2. Brittney Reese (USA) 7.15
3. Ivana Spanovic (SRB) 7.08
4. Malaika Mihambo (GER) 6.95
5. Ese Brume (NGR) 6.81
6. Ksenija Balta (EST) 6.79
7. Brooke Stratton (AUS) 6.74
8. Jazmin Sawyers (GBR) 6.69
9. Dariya Klishina (RUS) 6.63
10. Sosthene Moguenara (GER) 6.61
11. Lorraine Ugen (GBR) 6.58
12. Maryna Bekh (UKR) 0

100m hurdles
Heat 1 (wind: -0.5 m/s)
1. Kristi Castlin (USA) 12.68. Q
2. Anne Zagre (BEL) 12.85 Q
3. Nooralotta Neziri (FIN) 12.88 Q
4. Shermaine Williams (JAM) 12.95 q
5. Susanna Kallur (SWE) 13.04
6. Caridad Jerez (ESP) 13.26
7. Katy Sealy (BIZ) 15.79
8. Mulern Jean (HAI) Disqualified

Heat 2 (wind: -0.2 m/s)
1. Nia Ali (USA) 12.76. Q
2. Phylicia George (CAN) 12.83 Q
3. Pedrya Seymour (BAH) 12.85 Q
4. Wu Shuijiao (CHN) 13.03
5. Maila Machado (BRA) 13.09
6. Michelle Jenneke (AUS) 13.26
7. Ekaterina Poplavskaya (BLR) 13.45
8. Beate Schrott (AUT) 13.47

Heat 3 (wind: +0.9 m/s)
1. Cindy Ofili (GBR) 12.75. Q
2. Nadine Hildebrand (GER) 12.84 Q
3. Isabelle Pedersen (NOR) 12.86 Q
4. Andrea Ivancevic (CRO) 12.90 q
5. Briggite Merlano (COL) 13.09
6. Angela Whyte (CAN) 13.09
7. Elisavet Pesiridou (GRE) 13.10
8. Anastasiya Vinogradova (KAZ) 13.29

Heat 4 (wind: -0.1 m/s)
1. Cindy Roleder (GER) 12.86. Q
2. Tiffany Ofili (GBR) 12.87 Q
3. Nickiesha Wilson (JAM) 12.89 Q
4. Clelia Reuse-Rard (SWI) 12.91 q
5. Cindy Billaud (FRA) 12.98 q
6. Kierre Beckles (BAR) 13.01
7. Anna Plotitsyna (UKR) 13.12
8. Marthe Koala (BUR) 13.41

Heat 5 (wind: +1.0 m/s)
1. Jasmine Quinn (PUR) 12.70. Q
2. Alina Talai (BLR) 12.74 Q
3. Pamela Dutkiewicz (GER) 12.90 Q
4. Nikita Holder (CAN) 12.92 q
5. Oluwatobiloba Amusan (NGR) 12.99 q
6. Karolina Koleczek (POL) 13.04
7. Oksana Shkurat (UKR) 13.22
8. Yvette Lewis (PAN) 13.35

Heat 6 (wind: +0.4 m/s)
1. Brianna Rollins (USA) 12.54. Q
2. Megan Simmonds (JAM) 12.81 Q
3. Sandra Gomis (FRA) 13.04 Q
4. Nadine Visser (NED) 13.07
5. Fabiana Moraes (BRA) 13.22
6. Valentina Kibalnikova (UZB) 13.29
7. Olena Yanovska (UKR) 13.32
8. Reina-Flor Okori (GEQ) DNS

Rio Olympics results in athletics on Sunday:

Men
100m
Final (wind +0.2m/s)
1. Usain Bolt (JAM) 9.81.
2. Justin Gatlin (USA) 9.89
3. Andre De Grasse (CAN) 9.91
4. Yohan Blake (JAM) 9.93
5. Akani Simbine (RSA) 9.94
6. Ben Youssef Meïte (CIV) 9.96
7. Jimmy Vicaut (FRA) 10.04
8. Trayvon Bromell (USA) 10.06

Semi-finals
Heat 1 (wind: +0.2 m/s)
1. Jimmy Vicaut (FRA) 9.95. Q
2. Ben Youssef Meïte (CIV) 9.97 Q
3. Akani Simbine (RSA) 9.98 q
4. Jack Ali Harvey (TUR) 10.03
5. Nickel Ashmeade (JAM) 10.05
6. Marvin Bracy (USA) 10.08
7. Xie Zhenye (CHN) 10.11
8. Hassan Taftian (IRI) 10.23
Heat 2 (wind: +0.2 m/s)
1. Usain Bolt (JAM) 9.86. Q
2. Andre De Grasse (CAN) 9.92 Q
3. Trayvon Bromell (USA) 10.01 q
4. Chijindu Ujah (GBR) 10.01
5. Ryota Yamagata (JPN) 10.05
6. Kim Collins (SKN) 10.12
7. Cejhae Greene (ANT) 10.13
8. Andrew Fisher (BRN)
Heat 3 (wind: 0.0 m/s)
1. Justin Gatlin (USA) 9.94. Q
2. Yohan Blake (JAM) 10.01 Q
3. Christophe Lemaitre (FRA) 10.07
4. Su Bingtian (CHN) 10.08
5. Kemarley Brown (BRN) 10.13
6. James Dasaolu (GBR) 10.16
7. Aska Cambridge (JPN) 10.17
8. Daniel Bailey (ANT)
(NDLR : the 2 best and the 2 best times qualified for next round)

400m final
1. Wayde van Niekerk (RSA) 43.03 (WR)
2. Kirani James (GRN) 43.76
3. Lashawn Merritt (USA) 43.85
4. Machel Cedenio (TRI) 44.01
5. Karabo Sibanda (BOT) 44.25
6. Ali Khamis Khamis (BRN) 44.36
7. Bralon Taplin (GRN) 44.45
8. Matthew Hudson-Smith (GBR) 44.61

High jump 1st rd
Group A
1. Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT) 2.29 m q
2. Bohdan Bondarenko (UKR) 2.29 q
3. Andriy Protsenko (UKR) 2.29 q
4. Brandon Starc (AUS) 2.29 q
5. Trevor Barry (BAH) 2.29 q
6. Kyriakos Ioannou (CYP) 2.26 q
7. Luis Castro (PUR) 2.26 q
8. Chris Baker (GBR) 2.26
9. Ricky Robertson (USA) 2.26
10. Michael Mason (CAN) 2.26
11. Woo Sanghyeok (KOR) 2.26
12. Eike Onnen (GER) 2.26
13. Wojciech Theiner (POL) 2.22
14. Andrei Churyla (BLR) 2.22
15. Wang Yu (CHN) 2.22
16. Silvano Chesani (ITA) 2.22
17. Konstantinos Baniotis (GRE) 2.22
18. Takashi Eto (JPN) 2.17
19. Eugenio Rossi (SMR) 2.17
20. Matus Bubenik (SVK) 2.17
21. Chun-Hsien Hsiang (TPE) 2.17
22. Dmitry Kroytor (ISR) 2.17
Group B
1. Tihomir Ivanov (BUL) 2.29 m. q
2. Derek Drouin (CAN) 2.29 q
3. Robbie Grabarz (GBR) 2.29 q
4. Erik Kynard (USA) 2.29 q
5. Majed Tarad Ghazal (SYR) 2.29 q
6. Donald Thomas (BAH) 2.29 q
7. Dimitrios Chondrokoukis (CYP) 2.26 q
8. Jaroslav Bába (CZE) 2.26 q
9. Nauraj Singh Randhawa Amarjit Singh (MAS) 2.26
10. Dmytro Yakovenko (UKR) 2.26
11. Bradley Adkins (USA) 2.26
12. David Adley Smith Ii (PUR) 2.26
13. Jamal Wilson (BAH) 2.22
14. Zhang Guowei (CHN) 2.22
15. Mateusz Przybylko (GER) 2.22
16. Arturo Chávez (PER) 2.22
17. Sylwester Bednarek (POL) 2.22
18. Talles Frederico Silva (BRA) 2.17
19. Edgar Rivera (MEX) 2.17
20. Joel Baden (AUS) 2.17
21. Dzmitry Nabokau (BLR) 2.17
22. Yun Seunghyun (KOR) 2.17
(NDLR: the 12 best heights qualified for next round)

Women
400m semi-finals
Heat 1
1. Phyllis Francis (USA) 50.31 Q
2. Stephanie Ann Mcpherson (JAM) 50.69 Q
3. Olha Zemlyak (UKR) 50.75 q
4. Oluwakemi Adekoya (BRN) 50.88
5. Christine Ohurougu (GBR) 51.22
6. Ruth Sophia Spelmeyer (GER) 51.61
7. Margaret Bamgbose (NGR) 51.92
8. Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz (POL) 52.51
Heat 2
1. Shericka Jackson (JAM) 49.83 Q
2. Natasha Hastings (USA) 49.90 Q
3. Salwa Eid Naser (BRN) 50.88
4. Floria Guei (FRA) 51.08
5. Carline Muir (CAN) 51.11
6. Emily Diamond (GBR) 51.49
7. Malgorzata Holub (POL) 51.93
8. Morgan Mitchell (AUS) 52.68
Heat 3
1. Allyson Felix (USA) 49.67 Q
2. Shaunae Miller (BAH) 49.91 Q
3. Libania Grenot (ITA) 50.60 q
4. Christine Day (JAM) 51.53
5. Justyna Swiety (POL) 51.62
6. Anneliese Rubie (AUS) 51.96
7. Kabange Mupopo (ZAM) 52.04
8. Patience Okon George (NGR) 52.52
(NDLR : the 2 best and the 2 best times qualified for next round)

1500m semi-finals
Heat 1
1. Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon (KEN) 4:03.95 Q
2. Dawit Seyaum (ETH) 4:04.23 Q
3. Shannon Rowbury (USA) 4:04.46 Q
4. Besu Sado (ETH) 4:05.19 Q
5. Laura Weightman (GBR) 4:05.28 Q
6. Sofia Ennaoui (POL) 4:05.29 q
7. Rabab Arafi (MOR) 4:05.60 q
8. Linden Hall (AUS) 4:05.81
9. Zoe Buckman (AUS) 4:06.95
10. Konstanze Klosterhalfen (GER) 4:07.26
11. Ciara Mageean (IRL) 4:08.07
12. Brenda Martinez (USA) 4:10.41
Heat 2
1. Genzebe Dibaba (ETH) 4:03.06 Q
2. Sifan Hassan (NED) 4:03.62 Q
3. Laura Muir (GBR) 4:04.16 Q
4. Jennifer Barringer (USA) 4:05.07 Q
5. Bahta Meraf (SWE) 4:06.41 Q
6. Viola Cheptoo Lagat (KEN) 4:06.83
7. Nicole Edwards (CAN) 4:08.53
8. Malika El Akkaoui (MOR) 4:08.55
9. Diana Sujew (GER) 4:10.15
10. Danuta Urbanik (POL) 4:11.34
11. Jennifer Blundell (AUS) 4:13.25
12. Angelika Cichocka (POL) 4:17.83
(NDLR : the 5 best and the 2 best times qualified for next round)

Triple jump final
1. Katerine Ibarguen (COL) 15.17m
2. Yulimar Rojas (VEN) 14.98
3. Olga Alekseyeva (KAZ) 14.74
4. Keturah Orji (USA) 14.71
5. Hanna Knyazyeva (ISR) 14.68
6. Patricia Mamona (POR) 14.65
7. Kimberly Williams (JAM) 14.53
8. Paraskevi Papachristou (GRE) 14.26
9. Susana Costa (POR) 14.12
10. Anna Jagaciak- Michalska (POL) 14.07
11. Kristin Gierisch (GER) 13.96
12. Meri Kristiina Makela (FIN) 13.95

Marathon
1. Jemima Jelagat Sumgong (KEN) 2hr 24min 04sec,
2. Eunice Jepkirui Kirwa (BRN) 2:24:13
3. Mare Dibaba (ETH) 2:24:30
4. Tirfi Tsegaye (ETH) 2:24:47
5. Volha Mazuronak (BLR) 2:24:48
6. Shalane Flanagan (USA) 2:25:26
7. Desiree Linden (USA) 2:26:08
8. Rose Chelimo (BRN) 2:27:36
9. Amy Cragg (USA) 2:28:25
10. Kim Hye Song (PRK) 2:28:36
11. Kim Hye Gyong (PRK) 2:28:36
12. Jelena Celnova-Prokopcuka (LAT) 2:29:32
13. Valeria Straneo (ITA) 2:29:44
14. Kayoko Fukushi (JPN) 2:29:53
15. Gladys Tejeda (PER) 2:29:55
16. Ana Dulce Félix (POR) 2:30:39
17. Diana Lobacevske (LTU) 2:30:48
18. Milly Clark (AUS) 2:30:53
19. Tomomi Tanaka (JPN) 2:31:12
20. Fionnuala Mccormack (IRL) 2:31:22
21. Iwona Lewandowska (POL) 2:31:41
22. Jessica Trengove (AUS) 2:31:44
23. Monika Stefanowicz (POL) 2:32:49
24. Lanni Marchant (CAN) 2:33:08
25. Catherine Bertone (ITA) 2:33:29
26. Eva Vrabcova-Nyvltova (CZE) 2:33:51
27. Lilia Fisikovici (MDA) 2:34:05
28. Alyson Dixon (GBR) 2:34:11
29. Maja Neuenschwander (SUI) 2:34:27
30. Sonia Thomas (GBR) 2:34:36
31. Lisa Jane Weightman (AUS) 2:34:41
32. Madai Pérez (MEX) 2:34:42
33. Olha Kotovska (UKR) 2:34:57
34. María Azucena Díaz (ESP) 2:35:02
35. Krista Duchene (CAN) 2:35:29
36. Jovana de la Cruz (PER) 2:35:49
37. Rasa Drazdauskaité (LTU) 2:35:50
38. Vaida Zusinaite (LTU) 2:35:53
39. Kit-Ching Yiu (HKG) 2:36:11
40. Jessica Petersson (DEN) 2:36:14
41. Beata Nandjala Naigambo (NAM) 2:36:32
42. An Seulki (KOR) 2:36:50
43. Angie Orjuela (COL) 2:37:05
44. Anja Scherl (GER) 2:37:23
45. Maryna Damantsevich (BLR) 2:37:34
46. Mai Ito (JPN) 2:37:37
47. Veerle Dejaeghere (BEL) 2:37:39
48. Margarita Hernández (MEX) 2:38:15
49. Kim Kum-Ok (PRK) 2:38:24
50. Kenza Tifahi Dahmani (ALG) 2:38:37

Olympics results in athletics on Saturday:

Men
10,000m final
1. Mohammed Farah (GBR) 27:05.17.
2. Paul Kipngetich Tanui (KEN) 27:05.64
3. Tamirat Tola (ETH) 27:06.26
4. Yigrem Demelash (ETH) 27:06.27
5. Galen Rupp (USA) 27:08.92
6. Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei (UGA) 27:10.06
7. Bitan Karoki (KEN) 27:22.93
8. Zersenay Tadese Habteslassie (ERI) 27:23.86
9. Nguse Amlosom (ERI) 27:30.79
10. Abraham Cheroben (BRN) 27:31.86
11. Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor (KEN) 27:31.94
12. Zane Robertson (NZL) 27:33.67
13. Polat Kemboi Arikan (TUR) 27:35.50
14. Leonard Korir (USA) 27:35.65
15. Abadi Embaye (ETH) 27:36.34
16. David Mcneill (AUS) 27:51.71
17. Suguru Osako (JPN) 27:51.94
18. Stephen Mokoka (RSA) 27:54.57
19. Shadrack Kipchirchir (USA) 27:58.32
20. Bashir Abdi (BEL) 28:01.49
21. Luis Ostos (PER) 28:02.03
22. Moses Kurong (UGA) 28:03.38
23. Timothy Toroitich (UGA) 28:04.84
24. Goitom Kifle (ERI) 28:15.99
25. Andrew Vernon (GBR) 28:19.36
26. El Hassan Elabbassi (BRN) 28:20.17
27. Olivier Irabaruta (BDI) 28:32.75
28. Ben St Lawrence (AUS) 28:46.32
29. Yuta Shitara (JPN) 28:55.23
30. Kota Murayama (JPN) 29:02.51
31. Ross Millington (GBR) 29:14.95
32. Mohammed Ahmed (CAN) 29:32.84
33. Hassan Chani (BRN)
34. Ali Kaya (TUR)

Long jump final
1. Jeff Henderson (USA) 8.38 m
2. Luvo Manyonya (RSA) 8.37
3. Greg Rutherford (GBR) 8.29
4. Jarrion Lawson (USA) 8.25
5. Wang Jianan (CHN) 8.17
6. Emiliano Lasa (URU) 8.10
7. Henry Frayne (AUS) 8.06
8. Kafetien Gomis (FRA) 8.05
9. Rushwal Samaai (RSA) 7.97
10. Fabrice Lapierre (AUS) 7.87
11. Huang Changzhou (CHN) 7.86
12. Damar Forbes (JAM) 7.82

400 m semi-finals
. Heat 1
1. Kirani James (GRN) 44.02. Q
2. LaShawn Merritt (USA) 44.21 Q
3. Karabo Sibanda (BOT) 44.47 q
4. Luguelín Santos (DOM) 44.71
5. Javon Francis (JAM) 44.96
6. Nery Brenes (CRC) 45.02
7. Liemarvin Bonevacia (NED) 45.03
8. Lalonde Gordon (TRI) 45.13

. Heat 2
1. Machel Cedenio (TRI) 44.39. Q
2. Wayde van Niekerk (RSA) 44.45 Q
3. Pavel Maslák (CZE) 45.06
4. Luka Janezic (SLO) 45.07
5. David Verburg (USA) 45.61
6. Rusheen Mcdonald (JAM) 46.12
7. Abdalelah Haroun (QAT) 46.66
8. Baboloki Thebe (BOT)

. Heat 3
1. Bralon Taplin (GRN) 44.44. Q
2. Matthew Hudson-Smith (GBR) 44.48 Q
3. Ali Khamis Khamis (BRN) 44.49 q
4. Gil Roberts (USA) 44.65
5. Steven Gardiner (BAH) 44.72
6. Yoandys Lescay (CUB) 45.00
7. Rafal Omelko (POL) 45.28
8. Isaac Makwala (BOT) 46.60

NDLR : the 2 best and the 2 best times qualified for next round

800m semi-finals
. Heat 1
1. Pierre-Ambroise Bosse (FRA) 1:43.85. Q
2. Taoufik Makhloufi (ALG) 1:43.85 Q
3. Marcin Lewandowski (POL) 1:44.56 q
4. Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich (KEN) 1:44.65 q
5. Mostafa Smaili (MOR) 1:45.78
6. Davide Kleberson (BRA) 1:46.19
7. Andrés Arroyo (PUR) 1:46.74
8. Michael Rimmer (GBR) 1:46.80

. Heat 2
1. Alfred Kipketer (KEN) 1:44.38. Q
2. Boris Berian (USA) 1:44.56 Q
3. Yassine Hathat (ALG) 1:44.81
4. Amel Tuka (BIH) 1:45.24
5. Reinhardt Van Rensburg (RSA) 1:45.33
6. Brandon McBride (CAN) 1:45.41
7. Andreas Bube (DEN) 1:45.87
8. Muhammed Aman (ETH) 1:46.14

. Heat 3
1. David Lekuta Rudisha (KEN) 1:43.88. Q
2. Clayton Murphy (USA) 1:44.30 Q
3. Adam Kszczot (POL) 1:44.70
4. Ayanleh Souleiman (DJI) 1:45.19
5. Mark English (IRL) 1:45.93
6. Giordano Benedetti (ITA) 1:46.41
7. Amine Belferar (ALG) 1:46.55
8. Hamada Mohamed Mohamed Ahmed (EGY) 1:48.17

NDLR : the 2 best and the 2 best times qualified for next round

400m semi-finals
. Heat 1
1. Kirani James (GRN) 44.02. Q
2. Lashawn Merritt (USA) 44.21 Q
3. Karabo Sibanda (BOT) 44.47 q
4. Luguelín Santos (DOM) 44.71
5. Javon Francis (JAM) 44.96
6. Nery Brenes Cardenas (CRC) 45.02
7. Liemarvin Bonevacia (NED) 45.03
8. Lalonde Gordon (TRI) 45.13

. Heat 2
1. Machel Cedenio (TRI) 44.39. Q
2. Wayde van Niekerk (RSA) 44.45 Q
3. Pavel Maslk (CZE) 45.06
4. Luka Janezic (SLO) 45.07
5. David Verburg (USA) 45.61
6. Rusheen Mcdonald (JAM) 46.12
7. Abdalelah Haroun (QAT) 46.66
8. Baboloki Thebe (BOT)

. Heat 3
1. Bralon Taplin (GRN) 44.44. Q
2. Matthew Hudson-Smith (GBR) 44.48 Q
3. Ali Khamis Khamis (BRN) 44.49 q
4. Gil Roberts (USA) 44.65
5. Steven Gardiner (BAH) 44.72
6. Yoandys Lescay (CUB) 45.00
7. Rafal Omelko (POL) 45.28
8. Isaac Makwala (BOT) 46.60

NDLR : the 2 best and the 2 best times qualified for next round

Pole vault 1st rd
. Group A
1. Sam Kendricks (USA) 5.70 m. q
2. Xue Changrui (CHN) 5.70 q
3. Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) 5.70 q
4. Piotr Lisek (POL) 5.70 q
5. Germán Chiaraviglio (ARG) 5.70 q
6. Jan Kudlicka (CZE) 5.70 q
7. Daichi Sawano (JPN) 5.60 q
8. Pauls Pujats (LAT) 5.60 q
9. Robert Sobera (POL) 5.60
10. Kurtis Marschall (AUS) 5.60
11. Hiroki Ogita (JPN) 5.45
12. Augusto Dutra De Oliveira (BRA) 5.45
13. Luke Cutts (GBR) 5.45
14. Tobias Scherbarth (GER) 5.45
15. Raphael Marcel Holzdeppe (GER) 5.45
16. Melker Svard Jacobsson (SWE)

. Group B
1. Konstantinos Filippidis (GRE) 5.70 m. q
2. Thiago Braz Da Silva (BRA) 5.70 q
3. Shawnacy Barber (CAN) 5.70 q
4. Michal Balner (CZE) 5.60 q
5. Yao Jie (CHN) 5.60
6. Huang Bokai (CHN) 5.45
7. Stanley Joseph (FRA) 5.45
8. Kevin Menaldo (FRA) 5.45
9. Mareks Arens (LAT) 5.45
10. Pawel Wojciechowski (POL) 5.45
11. Robert Renner (SLO) 5.45
12. Ivan Horvat (CRO) 5.30
13. Karsten Dilla (GER) 5.30
14. Logan Cunningham (USA) 5.30
15. Cale Simmons (USA) 5.30
16. Seito Yamamoto (JPN)

NDLR : the 12 best times qualified for next round

Discus final
1. Christoph Harting (GER) 68.37 m.
2. Piotr Malachowski (POL) 67.55
3. Daniel Jasinski (GER) 67.05
4. Martin Kupper (EST) 66.58
5. Gerd Kanter (EST) 65.10
6. Lukas Weisshaidinger (AUT) 64.95
7. Zoltan Kovago (HUN) 64.50
8. Apostolos Parellis (CYP) 63.72
9. Philip Milanov (BEL) 62.22
10. Axel Harstedt (SWE) 62.12
11. Mason Finley (USA) 62.05
12. Andrius Gudzius (LTU) 60.66

100m heats
. Heat 1 (wind: -1.2 m/s) 1. Kemarley Brown (BRN) 10.13. Q 2. Chijindu Ujah (GBR) 10.13 Q 3. Marvin Bracy (USA) 10.16 q 4. Adeseye Akinola Ogunlewe (NGR) 10.26 5. Femi Ogunode (QAT) 10.28 6. Sean Safo-Antwi (GHA) 10.43 7. Reza Ghasemi (IRI) 10.47 8. Adrian Griffith (BAH) 10.53 9. Md Fakhri Ismail (BRU) 10.95
. Heat 2 (wind: +0.8 m/s) 1. Justin Gatlin (USA) 10.01. Q 2. Daniel Bailey (ANT) 10.20 Q 3. Rondell Sorrillo (TRI) 10.23 4. Gerald Phiri (ZAM) 10.27 5. Lucas Jakubczyk (GER) 10.29 6. Egwero Ogho-Oghene (NGR) 10.37 7. Hua Wilfried Koffi (CIV) 10.37 8. Rodman Teltull (PLW) 10.64 9. Riste Pandev (MKD) 10.71
. Heat 3 (wind: -0.1 m/s) 1. Xie Zhenye (CHN) 10.08. Q 2. Nickel Ashmeade (JAM) 10.13 Q 3. Hassan Taftian (IRI) 10.17 q 4. Kim Collins (SKN) 10.18 q 5. Abdullah Abkar Mohammed (KSA) 10.26 6. Aziz Ouhadi (MOR) 10.34 7. Kemar Hyman (CAY) 10.34 8. Darrell Wesh (HAI) 10.39
. Heat 4 (wind: -0.5 m/s) 1. Andre De Grasse (CAN) 10.04. Q 2. Aska Cambridge (JPN) 10.13 Q 3. Su Bingtian (CHN) 10.17 q 4. Jimmy Vicaut (FRA) 10.19 q 5. Churandy Martina (NED) 10.22 6. Emmanuel Matadi (LBR) 10.31 7. Julian Reuss (GER) 10.34 8. Jamial Rolle (BAH) 10.68 9. Sudirman Hadi (INA) 10.70
. Heat 5 (wind: +0.2 m/s) 1. Ben Youssef Meïte (CIV) 10.03. Q 2. Trayvon Bromell (USA) 10.13 Q 3. Christophe Lemaitre (FRA) 10.16 q 4. Cejhae Greene (ANT) 10.20 q 5. Keston Bledman (TRI) 10.20 6. Akeem Haynes (CAN) 10.22 7. Gabriel Mvumvure (ZIM) 10.28 8. Hassan Saaid (MDV) 10.47 9. Siueni Filimone (TGA)
. Heat 6 (wind: -0.8 m/s) 1. Yohan Blake (JAM) 10.11. Q 2. Jack Ali Harvey (TUR) 10.14 Q 3. Barakat Al-Harthi (OMA) 10.22 4. Mosito Lehata (LES) 10.25 5. James Ellington (GBR) 10.29 6. Henricho Bruintjies (RSA) 10.33 7. Zhang Peimeng (CHN) 10.36 8. Antoine Adams (SKN) 10.39
. Heat 7 (wind: -0.4 m/s) 1. Usain Bolt (JAM) 10.07. Q 2. Andrew Fisher (BRN) 10.12 Q 3. James Dasaolu (GBR) 10.18 q 4. Yoshihide Kiryu (JPN) 10.23 5. Shavez Hart (BAH) 10.28 6. Richard Thompson (TRI) 10.29 7. Jahvid Best (LCA) 10.39 8. Jurgen Themen (SUR) 10.47 9. Jin Wei Timothee Yap (SIN) 10.79
. Heat 8 (wind: -1.3 m/s) 1. Akani Simbine (RSA) 10.14. Q 2. Ryota Yamagata (JPN) 10.20 Q 3. Aaron Brown (CAN) 10.24 4. Ramon Gittens (BAR) 10.25 5. V?tor Hugo dos Santos (BRA) 10.36 6. Solomon Bockarie (NED) 10.36 7. Kim Kukyoung (KOR) 10.37 8. Brijesh Lawrence (SKN) 10.55 9. Mohammed Abukhousa (PLE) 11.89
Note: the 2 best and the 8 best times qualified for next round

Women

100m final (wind: +0.5 m/s):
1. Elaine Thompson (JAM) 10.71.
2. Tori Bowie (USA) 10.83
3. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM) 10.86
4. Marie-Josee Ta Lou (CIV) 10.86
5. Dafne Schippers (NED) 10.90
6. Michelle-Lee Ahye (TRI) 10.92
7. English Gardner (USA) 10.94
8. Christania Williams (JAM) 11.80

Heptathlon final
1. Nafissatou Thiam (BEL) 6810 pts.
2. Jessica Ennis-Hill (GBR) 6775
3. Brianne Theisen (CAN) 6653
4. Laura Ikauniece-Admidina (LAT) 6617
5. Carolin Schäfer (GER) 6540
6. Katarina Thompson (GBR) 6523
7. Yorgelis Rodriguez (CUB) 6481
8. Gyorgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas (HUN) 6442
9. Jennifer Oeser (GER) 6401
10. Anouk Vetter (NED) 6394
11. Antoinette Djimou (FRA) 6383
12. Barbara Nwaba (USA) 6309
13. Nadine Broersen (NED) 6300
14. Claudia Rath (GER) 6270
15. Evelis Aguilar (COL) 6263
16. Xenia Krizsan (HUN) 6257
17. Kendell Williams (USA) 6221
18. Heather Miller-Koch (USA) 6213
19. Nadine Visser (NED) 6190
20. Akela Jones (BAR) 6173
21. Ivona Dadic (AUT) 6155
22. Eliska Klucinová (CZE) 6077
23. Vanessa Chefer (BRA) 6024
24. Katerina Cachová (CZE) 5958
25. Ganna Kasyanova (UKR) 5951
26. Alysbeth Felix (PUR) 5805
27. Sofía Ifadídou (GRE) 5613
28. Alina Fodorova (UKR) 5038
29. Uhunoma Naomi-Pauline Osazuwa (NGR) 4916
30. Ekaterina Voronina (UZB)
31. Grit Sadeiko (EST)

3000m steeplechase 1st rd
. Heat 1
1. Ruth Jebet (BRN) 9:12.62. Q
2. Sofia Assefa (ETH) 9:18.75 Q
3. Gesa Felicitas Krause (GER) 9:19.70 Q
4. Colleen Quigley (USA) 9:21.82 q
5. Lydia Chebet Rotich (KEN) 9:30.21 q
6. Mariya Shatalova (UKR) 9:30.89
7. Peruth Chemutai (UGA) 9:31.03
8. Charlotta Fougberg (SWE) 9:31.16
9. Özlem Kaya (TUR) 9:32.03
10. Sviatlana Kudzelich (BLR) 9:32.93
11. Fadwa Sidi Madane (MOR) 9:32.94
12. Diana Martín (ESP) 9:44.07
13. Ingeborg Lovnes (NOR) 9:44.85
14. Kerry O'flaherty (IRL) 9:45.35
15. Juliana Paula Dos Santos (BRA) 9:45.95
16. Erin Teschuk (CAN) 9:53.70
17. Anju Takamizawa (JPN) 9:58.59

. Heat 2
1. Beatrice Chepkoech (KEN) 9:17.55. Q
2. Emma Coburn (USA) 9:18.12 Q
3. Habiba Ghribi (TUN) 9:18.71 Q
4. Lalita Shivaji Babar (IND) 9:19.76 q
5. Madeline Hills (AUS) 9:24.16 q
6. Fabienne Schlump (SWI) 9:30.54 q
7. Hiwot Ayalew (ETH) 9:35.09
8. Matylda Kowal (POL) 9:35.13
9. Sanaa Koubaa (GER) 9:35.15
10. Victoria Mitchell (AUS) 9:39.40
11. Michelle Finn (IRL) 9:49.45
12. Tigest Mekonin (BRN) 9:49.92
13. Maria Bernard (CAN) 9:50.17
14. Meryem Akdag (TUR) 9:50.28
15. Sandra Eriksson (FIN) 9:56.77
16. Luiza Gega (ALB) 9:58.49
17. Anastasiya Puzakova (BLR) 10:14.08
18. Amina Betiche (ALG) 10:26.91

. Heat 3
1. Hyvin Kiyeng (KEN) 9:24.61. Q
2. Genevieve Lacaze (AUS) 9:26.25 Q
3. Courtney Frerichs (USA) 9:27.02 Q
4. Genevive Lalonde (CAN) 9:30.24 q
5. Zhang Xinyan (CHN) 9:31.47
6. Anna Emilie Moller (DEN) 9:32.68
7. Etenesh Diro (ETH) 9:34.70 q
8. Aisha Praught (JAM) 9:35.79 q
9. Sudha Singh (IND) 9:43.29
10. Salima Elouali Alami (MOR) 9:44.83
11. Eliane Saholinirina (MAD) 9:45.92
12. Sara Louise Treacy (IRL) 9:46.24 q
13. Ancuta Bobocel (ROM) 9:46.28
14. Tugba Güvenc (TUR) 9:49.93
15. Maya Rehberg (GER) 9:51.73
16. Belen Casetta (ARG) 9:51.85
17. Lennie Waite (GBR) 10:14.18

NDLR : the 3 best and the 6 best times qualified for next round

400m 1st rd
. Heat 1
1. Stephanie Ann Mcpherson (JAM) 51.36. Q
2. Patience Okon George (NGR) 51.83 Q
3. Anneliese Rubie (AUS) 51.92 q
4. Yuliya Olishevska-Shpikhernyuk (UKR) 52.45
5. Djénebou Dante (MLI) 52.85
6. Nirmla (IND) 53.03
7. Gunta Latiseva-Cudare (LAT) 53.08

. Heat 2
1. Allyson Felix (USA) 51.24. Q
2. Olha Zemlyak (UKR) 51.40 Q
3. Tamara Salaski (SRB) 52.70
4. Tsholofelo Selemela (RSA) 52.80
5. Iveta Putalova (SVK) 52.82
6. Aauri Lorena Bokesa (ESP) 53.51
7. Seren Bundy-Davies (GBR) 53.63

. Heat 3
1. Phyllis Francis (USA) 50.58. Q
2. Oluwakemi Adekoya (BRN) 50.72 Q
3. Margaret Bamgbose (NGR) 51.43 q
4. Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz (POL) 52.02 q
5. Alicia Brown (CAN) 52.27
6. Jailma De Lima (BRA) 52.65
7. Justine Palframan (RSA) 53.96

. Heat 4
1. Natasha Hastings (USA) 51.31. Q
2. Christine Ohurougu (GBR) 51.40 Q
3. Mariabenedicta Chigbolu (ITA) 52.06
4. Lydia Jele (BOT) 52.24
5. Olha Bibik (UKR) 52.33
6. Kendra Clarke (CAN) 53.61
7. Vijona Kryeziu (KOS) 54.30

. Heat 5
1. Shaunae Miller (BAH) 51.16. Q
2. Morgan Mitchell (AUS) 51.30 Q
3. Ruth Sophia Spelmeyer (GER) 51.43 q
4. Emily Diamond (GBR) 51.76 q
5. Kanika Beckles (GRN) 52.41
6. Bianca Razor (ROM) 52.42
7. Kineke Alexander (VIN) 52.45

. Heat 6
1. Salwa Eid Naser (BRN) 51.06. Q
2. Libania Grenot (ITA) 51.17 Q
3. Floria Guei (FRA) 51.29 q
4. Cátia Azevedo (POR) 52.38
5. Mariam M Kromah (LBR) 52.79
6. Huyen Nguyen Thi (VIE) 52.97
7. Eirini Vasileiou (GRE) 54.37
8. Maryan Muse (SOM) 1:10.14

. Heat 7
1. Shericka Jackson (JAM) 51.73. Q
2. Kabange Mupopo (ZAM) 51.76 Q
3. Justyna Swiety (POL) 51.82 q
4. Christine Botlogetswe (BOT) 52.37
5. Omolara Omotosho (NGR) 53.22
6. Elina Mikhina (KAZ) 53.83
7. Dalal Al Harith (QAT) 1:07.12

. Heat 8
1. Christine Day (JAM) 51.54. Q
2. Carline Muir (CAN) 51.57 Q
3. Malgorzata Holub (POL) 51.80 q
4. Geisa Aparecida Coutinho (BRA) 52.05
5. Aliyah Abrams (GUY) 52.79
6. Mariama Mamoudou Ittatou (NIG) 54.32
7. Anastassya Kudinova (KAZ) 56.03

Note: the 2 best and the 8 best times qualified for next round

Sakshi Malik snared India's first medal of the Rio Olympics on Wednesday when she claimed bronze in the women's freestyle wrestling 58kg category.

Malik defeated Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan 3-1 in one of two bronze medal matches.

An overview shows India's Sakshi Malik (red) wrestling with Kirghyzstan's Aisuluu Tynybekova in their women's 58kg freestyle bronze medal match on August 17, 2016, during the wrestling event of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Carioca Arena 2 in Rio de Janeiro.  (AFP)

"It's my dream of 12 years come true, I'm so happy," Malik said. "It's a very pressurised match because it's a medal match - very, very pressurised.

"I was very confident I would win."

India's bronze medallist Sakshi Malik stands on the podium at the end of the women's 58kg freestyle wrestling event at the Carioca Arena 2 in Rio de Janeiro on August 17, 2016, during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. (AFP)

India's Sakshi Malik celebrates after winning against Kirghyzstan's Aisuluu Tynybekova in their women's 58kg freestyle bronze medal match on August 17, 2016, during the wrestling event of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Carioca Arena 2 in Rio de Janeiro. (AFP)

India has regained its title as the world's number one Test team after Australia suffered a 3-0 series defeat against Sri Lanka Wednesday, the International Cricket Council said.

India, who had ceded the top slot to Steve Smith's side at the turn of the year, regained their crown thanks to their recent series victory over West Indies, which meant Australia had to win the final Test in Colombo.

Sri Lanka's 163-run victory on Wednesday has also allowed Pakistan to leapfrog Australia in the rankings table after Misbah-ul-Haq's team drew their series with England 2-2 on Sunday.

Rankings
1. India   
2. Pakistan
3. Australia
4. England
5. New Zealand
6. Sri Lanka
7. South Africa
8. West Indies
9. Bangladesh
10. Zimbabwe

A member of the British Olympic team has been held up at gunpoint during a night out in Rio de Janeiro, according to a report in the Guardian.

British Olympic authorities later advised athletes against going into the city, it said.

"Do not go out of the village wearing TeamGB kit or carry anything of value unless absolutely unavoidable - this makes you too big a target for theft/crime," they told athletes in the email according to the report.

"You MUST inform a member of team management if you are leaving the village and planning on staying out overnight - please do this BEFORE you leave."

The incident, which the report said had occurred early on Tuesday, has stoked concerns about the safety of competitors and visitors to Rio for South America's first Games, which conclude on Aug. 21.

"Rio is NOT a safe environment, and the level of crime has spiked in the last few days," the letter said.

"Think very carefully about whether it is worth the risk of leaving the village to celebrate after you have finished competing - BOA/UKA staff cannot guarantee your safety when away from the village/British School/British House.

"Our strong advice is that it is simply not worth the risk given the current climate in Rio."

The report comes after US gold medallist Ryan Lochte and three team mates said they were robbed by armed men carrying police badges while travelling to the Athletes' Village in a taxi in the early hours of the morning after a party.    

The UAE Jiu-Jitsu Federation (UAEJJF)announced the 2016-2017 season agenda for Jiu-Jitsu in the UAE that will establish the country’s Jiu-Jitsu scene as a strong competitor in the global arena.

The announcement was made at a press conference held Wednesday in Abu Dhabi and was attended by Mohammed Salem Al Dhaheri, Vice-Chairman of the UAE Jiu-Jitsu Federation and Executive Director of School Operations at the Abu Dhabi Education Council; Fahad Ali Al Shamsi, the CEO of UAE Jiu-Jitsu Federation, Secretary General of the Jiu-Jitsu Asian Union and Head of the Administration Office of the Jiu-Jitsu International Federation; Yaqoob Al Saadi, Head of Abu Dhabi Sports Channels; and SDh Hijazi, Assistant General Manager of Premier Motors.

Abdul Moniem Al Hashemi, the Chairman of the UAE Jiu-Jitsu in a statement said thanked His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, for his continued support to the sport.

"We will continue striving to achieve our end goal of developing a new generation of disciplined Jiu-Jitsu players, who are capable and committed to the service of our great country,” he said.

Mohammed Salem Al Dhaheri, vice-chairman of the UAE Jiu-Jitsu Federation and Executive Director of School Operations at the Abu Dhabi Education Council, said: “Jiu-Jitsu has rapidly grown over the past few years in the UAE, with many clubs introducing the game to their offering of sport activities. This development supports our mandate of reaching 100,000 players in the UAE by 2020 through introducing the game to every UAE household and reaffirms the need for more tournaments.”

The 2016-2017 Jiu-Jitsu season will witness a number of additions to the championships and events in the agenda including the introduction of The Jiu-Jitsu President's Cup, which will be held on August 27, 2016.

It will include three rounds and open exclusively to UAE clubs and UAE national players.

The second and third rounds will be held on December 24 2016 and March 4 2017 respectively, while the winner will be announced and awarded with the President’s Cup during the third round.

In addition, the UAE Jiu-Jitsu national team will participate in the 5th Asian Beach Games that will be held in Da Nang, Vietnam in September.

The Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Tour has also been expanded to include five events instead of four with the fifth event taking place in Abu Dhabi, the capital of Jiu-Jitsu.

This will add to the tours’ events in Los Angeles, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro and London.

The tour will have its own world ranking and an increased prize value of over Dh550,000.

In addition, the UAE Jiu-Jitsu Martyrs Championship which was initiated last year, has also been confirmed as an annual fixture in the agenda of the 2016-2017 season.

Al Dhaehri added: “The introduction of The Jiu-Jitsu President's Cup was undertaken as part of our ongoing efforts to introduce new tournaments which lead to the discovery and development of new and existing talent who can represent the national team on a global stage.”

The UAE’s efforts became the leading force in the promotion of Jiu-Jitsu internationally, as the game continues to earn more recognition with its inclusion at the recent World Beach Games in San Diego, in 2019.

This is considered a great achievement for the UAE and an important milestone for the game to enter other global sporting events, including the Olympics.

Suhail Mohamed Al Mazrouei, Minister of Energy and Managing Director of IPIC said: “As the official partner of the Abu Dhabi World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Championship in its third year in Abu Dhabi, IPIC is committed to support Jiu-Jitsu, a martial art that promotes health, physical fitness and concentration of mind."

"Our ongoing commitment to cover this global event cements Abu Dhabi’s position as the Jiu-Jitsu capital of the world, as well as a major supporter of tournaments that attract vast numbers of spectators,” said Yaqoob Al Saadi, Head of AD Sports Channels at Abu Dhabi Media.

Abu Dhabi Sports have designated two channels to broadcast all the major sports events happening worldwide, starting with the 'UAE President's Cup' and 'Abu Dhabi Grand Slam' tournaments.

“Viewers can watch the tournaments on Abu Dhabi Sports network channels 2 and 6, in addition to the weekly program ‘Emirates Jiu-Jitsu,’ which kicks off at the beginning of October and will be presented by Tariq Al Hammadi,” Al Saadi added.

Commenting on the expansion of the 2016-2017 season, Fahad Ali Al Shamsi, CEO of the UAE Jiu-Jitsu Federation and Secretary General of the Jiu-Jitsu Asian Union, said: “The new season includes 11 local championships and over 60 championships around the world. In addition, the UAE Jiu-Jitsu Federation has a membership program that currently includes more than 25,000 international members, enjoying exclusive benefits. The members will also have the opportunity to enter a draw and win a Land Rover Discovery Sport 2017, which will be announced in July 2017”.

The schedule of main events are as follows:

The Jiu-Jitsu President's Cup

First round on August 27
Second round on December 24
Third round on March 4, 2017

The Abu Dhabi Grandslam Tour events

First event on September 3 and 4 in Los Angeles, USA
Second event on October 23r in Tokyo, Japan
Third event on November 12 and 13 in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Fourth event on January 13 and 14 in Abu Dhbai, UAE
Fifth event on March 18 in London, UK

The Martyr’s Championship qualifiers for the kids will take place on November 4 and 5 whilst the championship will take place on November 25 and 26 in Abu Dhabi

Al Ain kids Championship will be held on October 21 and 22 and Al Ain international Pro Championship for adults on the October 28 and 29.

Ajman International Pro Jiu-Jitsu Championship will take place on December 16 and 17.

Ras Al Khaimah International Pro Jiu-Jitsu Championship to be held on January 27 and 28, 2017

Sharjah International Pro Jiu-Jitsu Championship will take place on February 10 and 11, 2017.

The Challenge Championship for the youth will be held on February 24 and 25, 2017 in Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Championship will take place between April 14 and 23, 2017

For more information on upcoming events and tournaments, please visit www.uaejjf.org

Usain Bolt vowed to go for a world record in Thursday's Rio Olympics 200m final (2.30am UAE time on Friday) after Jamaican compatriot Elaine Thompson completed a stunning women's sprint double.

Brazil's football team set up a revenge showdown against Germany - who crushed the hosts 7-1 in the World Cup two years ago - only to lose another strategic final to the Germans on Copacabana beach.

Bolt, boosted by his win in Sunday's 100m final, looked unstoppable as he reached the 200m final with a season's best of 19.78sec.

Jamaica's Usain Bolt looks on after competing in the Men's 200m Semifinal during the athletics event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on August 17, 2016. (AFP)

He had time to ease up 40 metres from the line and still finish ahead of Canada's Andre De Grasse. Bolt believes his world record of 19.19sec is in jeopardy.

"I definitely think I can try for the world record, I definitely feel that," he said.

There was a shock as Bolt's US rival Justin Gatlin - the fastest man over the distance this year - failed to make the final.

Gatlin, who has been booed in Rio over two doping failures and came second in the 100m, blamed an ankle injury suffered in November.

Thompson, who sprinted to gold in the women's 100m on Saturday, stunned Dutch world champion Dafne Schippers to win the 200m in 21.78sec.

Schippers, who stumbled as she crossed the line, took silver in 21.88. Tori Bowie of the United States won bronze.

Thompson, 24, dedicated her victory to the trailblazing Jamaican stars who have won Olympic gold in past years.

"It is very special for me to win," she said. "I spent my childhood growing up watching Veronica Campbell-Brown and then Shelley-Ann Fraser-Pryce."

Thompson is the first woman to complete the double since late American world record holder Florence Griffith Joyner's performance at the 1988 Seoul Games.

In the final event, 2013 world champion Brianna Rollins led a majestic American sweep of the top three in the women's 100m hurdles.

Rollins produced a flawless display to clock 12.48sec ahead of compatriot Nia Ali in 12.59sec and Kristi Castlin in 12.61sec.

"It's like a sisterhood," said Rollins. "I've known these girls for years. I'm so grateful and blessed that we were able to accomplish this together."

Tianna Bartoletta of the United States upset defending champion and team-mate Brittney Reese to take the long jump gold.

Bartoletta, a 2005 world champion who gave up the sport as she struggled with injuries, secured victory with her penultimate leap of 7.17m to knock Reese out of the gold medal standings. Reese could only manage 7.15 on her final jump.

But it was a disappointing long jump for Darya Klishina.

The only Russian athlete allowed to compete in the track and field competition following her country's doping scandal bowed out midway through the final.

"Ten or 15 years ago I couldn't imagine that my first Olympic Games would be like this," said a disappointed Klishina who won a world sports tribunal appeal against a late IAAF doping ban on her competing in Rio.

In the day's other final, Conseslus Kipruto of Kenya won gold in the men's 3,000m steeplechase.

Neymar back

Brazil, who are not keeping up with medal expectations, had a day of hope and crushing disappointment.

Neymar scored twice - including the fastest goal at an Olympics in 15 seconds - as Brazil beat Honduras in the Games football semi-final.

They now face Germany, triumphant 2-0 over Nigeria, in Saturday's final. This will be a repeat of their Maracana stadium clash in the World Cup final two years ago which the Germans won 7-1.

Barcelona star Neymar stole the ball from Honduras defender Johnny Palacios on the edge of the box and goalkeeper Luis Lopez's attempt to save ricocheted off Neymar's midriff and into an empty goal.

For a moment, Neymar's bravery looked foolhardy. He was stretchered off after being winded in the challenge but came back and scored a late penalty to complete the rout.

Germany inflicted another famous victory over Brazil in the women's beach volleyball final, however, under a full moon on Copacabana beach.

Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst scored an emphatic 21-18, 21-14 win over Brazil's world champions Agatha Bednarczuk and Barbara Seixas in front of a raucous crowd.