• Jamaica's Usain Bolt (1st, R) sprints during the men's 4x100m relay final of Athletics at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Aug. 19, 2016

    Bolt: I am the greatest

    RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Usain Bolt declared himself "the greatest" after signing off on his Olympic career with a ninth gold medal here on Friday.

  • Jamaica's Usain Bolt celebrates after the men's 200m final of Athletics at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Aug. 18,2016. Usain Bolt won the gold medal. (Xinhua/Wang Lili)

    Athletics roundup: Bolt edges closer to landmark triple-triple

    Athletics roundup: Bolt edges closer to landmark triple-triple

  • Bolt at the finishing line in the 200m in Rio -again

    Bolt aiming to "be among Ali and Pele"

    RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Usain Bolt has expressed his wish to be ranked alongside Pele and Muhammad Ali in sport's pantheon of greats after winning his third ...

  • DFA President Glen Etienne hands trophy to Female Footballer of the Year
    Football

    Students top DFA awards ceremony

    Teenaged school students and national players, Romelcia Phillip of DOMLEC Women Football League champions, New India Goodwill Runners, and Gylles Mitchel of Digicel Newtown Juvenile Football Academy (Harlem United) were ...

  • Usain Bolt of Jamaica (L) celebrates after the final of men's 100m at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Aug. 14, 2016. Usain Bolt won the gold medal with 9.81. (Xinhua/Lui Siu W

    Usain Bolt! Bolt! Bolt! OMG!!

    RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- Usain Bolt became the first man in history to win the Olympic men's 100 meters race three times as he cruised to victory ...

  • India's team celebrate after beating West Indies in the third Test in St Lucia
    Cricket

    Windies lose Third Test

    Inconsistency continues to plague the region's test team, West Indies Test cricket captain Jason Holder told the press at the end of the Third Test at the Daren Sammy National ...

  • Joseph gets first cap as member of the West Indies cricket team
    Cricket

    India build after Windies had visitors wobbling

    GROS-ISLET, St. Lucia –Purposeful bowling from West Indies met defiant batting from India in the third Seagram's Royal Stag Cup Test – powered by Karbonn Smart Phones – today here.

  • Braithwaite  celebrates after scoring four consecutive sixes in the World T20 Finalsx
    Cricket

    Sammy out, Brathwaite in

    St John's, ANTIGUA – The selection panel of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has named a 13-member squad for the two Twenty20 matches versus India, scheduled for August 27 ...

  • Michael Phelps (2nd, R) from the United States of America waves to the audience during the awarding ceremony for the men's 4x100m freestyle relay at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro

    Phelps wins 19th Olympic gold medal

    RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Michael Phelps netted his 19th Olympic gold medal on Sunday as the USA won the 4x100m freestyle relay final at the Rio Olympics.

  •  Zhang Mengxue of China celebrates after the Women's 10m Air Pistol final of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games at the Olympic Shooting Centre in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Aug. 7, 2016.

    Pistol shooter Zhang Mexngxue wins China's first gold in Rio

    RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) --Twenty five-year-old Zhang Mengxue won China's first gold at the Rio Olympics by claiming the women's 10m air pistol title here on Sunday.

  • Fireworks is seen during the opening ceremony of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games at Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Aug. 5, 2016. (Xinhua/Cheng Min)

    Rio opens Olympics with colours, curves and coolness

    RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- It may not have had the power and glamor of Beijing 2008 or the sophisticated elegance of London 2012. But Rio de Janeiro ...

  •  MOSCOW, July 28, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Russian athletes bid farewell to people at the Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow, Russia, July 28, 2016.

    IOC approves 271 Russian athletes to compete in Rio Olympics

    RIO DE JANERIO, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced Thursday that 271 Russian athletes have been allowed to participate in the Rio Games which will officially ...