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Rio Olympics 2016: All you need to know about the mega event

With the Games set to begin tomorrow, a gist of all that will take place in the 17-day extravaganza

Olympic breakthrough for Iran: A 1st female flagbearer

Zahra Nemati will be pulling double duty and will be back next month for Paralympics, where she's the defending gold medalist in individual recurve W1/W2

Dipa Karmakar carrying Indian hopes in gymnastic

Fighting all odds, the 22-year-old diminutive girl from Tripura had qualified for the Olympics in April

Brazilian police confiscate drugs wrapped in bags with Olympic logo

Drugs were found in a house in the central neighbourhood of Lapa in Rio de Janeiro

Brazilians protest in Rio as city prepares for Olympics

Similar anti-Rousseff protests were called in other cities, including Sao Paulo, Recife, Salvador and Belo Horizonte

Brazil arrests man on terrorism charges ahead of Olympics

Alleged person had links to terrorist organisations at least as far back as 2014 when Brazil hosted the football World Cup

Rio 2016: Brazilian army undergoes riot control simulation

This training phase for the army began last weekend and will continue until the end of this week

IAAF ordered to ban Russians from Games at any cost: Yelena Isinbaeva

Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland, had received a filed lawsuit from the Russian Olympic Committee against IAAF

Any intruding aircraft will be shot down during Olympics: Brazil

At the request of the regional government of Rio, 3,000 more soldiers have been added to the initial figure of 38,000

Amul to sponsor Indian contingent for Rio Olympics

Will pay Rs 1 crore to the Indian Olympic Association for the sponsorship

Brazil launches Olympic anti-terrorism campaign

The campaign involves the distribution of brochures, posters and booklets explaining how to identify people engaging in suspicious activity

Rio 2016 organisers apologise after jaguar shot dead at Olympic torch ceremony

The jaguar, named Juma, was the real-life version of Brazil's Olympic team toy mascot, known as Ginga

Russian Parliament slam 'repression' of athletes by IAAF

IAAF left a door open for the possible participation of athletes untainted by the scandal

Olympic tickets go on sale at Rio shops

Tickets, previously only available to Brazilian residents online, are now on sale at two shopping malls in Rio

Despair and defiance as Russian athletes react to doping ban

The championships start on Monday in a stadium in the Volga River city of Cheboksary

Rio state declares financial emergency, requests funding for Olympics

Emergency measures are needed to avoid a total collapse in public security, health, education, transport and environmental management

Rio 2016 unveils official slogan for Olympic and Paralympic Games

For Rio 2016, the core values of the slogan and the manifesto are unity, respect for diversity and the will for change

WHO to weigh Rio Olympics impact on Zika spread

The WHO sent teams of senior scientists to Brazil four times to gather data and assess risk level of Zika

Rio 2016 Olympics not a terrorist target: Brazilian government

Defence Minister said absence of 'ethnic, religious and border conflicts' makes Brazil unlikely to be targeted by terrorists

Pro boxers allowed in Olympics but Vijender won't be there

AIBA's decision brought focus on Olympic medallist who turned professional last year