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Japan's Kei Nishikori defeated Spain's Rafael Nadal 6-2, 6-7 (1), 6-3 to win the Olympic bronze medal for men's singles on Sunday.

Britain's Andy Murray became the first tennis player to win two Olympic singles gold medals, defeating Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina 7-5, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5 in the men's final on Sunday.

Usain Bolt is the world record holder in the 100 and 200-metres, and with a trove of accolades he is looking for more at Rio 2016.

Troy Tulowitzki and Russell Martin hit back-to-back home runs, Marcus Stroman pitched 6 1-3 innings to win for the first time in four starts and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Houston Astros 9-2 on Sunday.

Jennifer Abel of Laval, Que., failed to follow up her 2015 Pan Am gold medal with an Olympic podium finish on Sunday, finishing fourth in the women’s individual three-metre springboard in Rio.

Klay Thompson ended an Olympic-long slump with seven 3-pointers and 30 points, and the Americans needed almost all of them to hold off France 100-97 on Sunday in men's basketball action in Rio.

The Canadian team of Heather Bansley and Sarah Pavan lost their quarter-final match in beach volleyball, and will not play for a medal.

Great Britain's Justin Rose won the gold medal in men's golf at the Rio Olympics Sunday, beating Sweden's Henrik Stenson with a birdie on the final hole.

Simone Biles added a third gold medal to her haul on Sunday, easily capturing the women's vault final. She became the first American woman to win the event at the Olympics.

They are just six words typed out late this morning in a Twitter message, but they speak volumes about the Olympic journey of Andre De Grasse. The 21-year-old sprinter from Markham, Ont., wrote: “Looks like tonight is the night.”

Adam van Koeverden is ready return to Olympic competition in Rio after taking time off from training following a silver-medal performance at the 2012 London Games.

All four Canadians had a strong showing in the first Olympic equestrian jumping qualifier Sunday in Rio de Janeiro.

Canada's synchronized swimming duet of Karine Thomas and Jacqueline Simoneau sit in seventh place after their first of two routines at Rio 2016, in solid position to likely move on to the finals.

Canadian women's soccer assistant coach Andrew Olivieri unearthed Janine Beckie while on a 2011 scouting trip. Five years later, she is one of Canada's top scoring threats, has three goals in three Olympic games and will be leaned on heavily in

Canadian sprinter Andre De Grasse wants an Olympic gold medal and he’s willing to take down anyone who gets in his way. Even if that someone is arguably the greatest runner of all time, Jamaican superstar Usain Bolt.

Kenyan runner Jemima Jelagat Sumgong was first to cross the finish line Sunday but it was a Canadian who also made history in the exhausting women's Olympic marathon at the 2016 Summer Games.

The U.S. Olympic Committee says Ryan Lochte and three other American swimmers were robbed overnight by armed men who stopped their taxi.

The mother of American Olympian Ryan Lochte has told two media outlets that the star swimmer was robbed at gunpoint.

IOC spokesman Mark Adams says reports of American swimmer Ryan Lochte being robbed at gunpoint are "absolutely not true," despite stories in two outlets citing his mother.

Two-time world boxing champion Ariane Fortin of St-Nicholas, Que., saw her quest for an Olympic medal quashed in a matter of minutes Sunday morning after a controversial split-decision loss to Kazakhstan's Dariga Shakimova in her first-round fight.

No one ever said the Olympics were supposed to be easy. Competing against the very best on the planet where the chances of utter failure are exponentially greater than the thin possibility of success. Yet, as CBC Sports host Scott Russell writes, there are more than 11,000 athletes in Rio who are bound and determined to give it a try.

It's the halfway point of the Rio Olympics, so we've looked back at Canada's highs and lows so far - including some amazing performances by the Canadian women's swim, soccer and rugby sevens teams.

The marquee event of the Rio Olympics happens on Sunday night at 9:25 p.m. ET: the men's 100-metre final. Don't miss it.

"Traitors," haters, the fastest men in the world, and more history was made by women at the Olympic Games on Saturday.

Jon Jennings' third touchdown pass of the game with 1:23 left enabled the B.C. Lions to escape with a 45-38 win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Saturday after nearly blowing a 20-point halftime lead.

After only one season on the professional track and field circuit, Markham, Ont., sprinter Andre De Grasse is already looking to dethrone the sport's most recognizable figure, Usain Bolt, in Sunday's 100-metre final.

Heptathlete Brianne Theisen-Eaton jumped, threw and ran herself to a bronze medal on Thursday — Canada's 12th at the Rio Olympics — while Jamaican sprinter Elaine Thompson scored an upset in the 100m final. Here's the top shots from Saturday at the Rio Olympics.

Canada was shutout at the pool on the last night of swimming, with the women's medley relay team and Ryan Cochrane coming up short Saturday in Rio.

Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian in history, has earned his 23rd career and final gold medal.

Rene Paredes kicked four field goals and the Calgary Stampeders continued their dominance over the Saskatchewan Roughriders with a 19-10 victory on Saturday at Mosaic Stadium.

Bradley Wright-Phillips scored two goals to become the New York Red Bulls' career leader and Sach Kljestan tied the club record for assists in a season in a 3-1 victory over the Montreal Impact on Saturday night.

Great Britain's Mo Farah defended his Olympic gold medal in dramatic fashion. Farah stumbled mid-race, got up and won the men's 10,000-metres Saturday night in Rio.

Canada's men's volleyball team did what it needed to do on Saturday, beating Mexico in straight sets (25-20, 25-13, 25-22) to earn a crucial three points and keep its quarter-final hopes alive.

When U.S. swimmer Katie Ledecky won the gold medal in the 200m freestyle Friday she did so in world-record time. Photographers who slowed their camera's shutters captured the race, and many other Olympic moments, as colourful streaks and blurs. See these slow shutter highlights from week 1 in Rio.

When U.S. swimmer Katie Ledecky won the gold medal in the 200m freestyle Friday she did so in world-record time. Photographers who slowed their camera's shutters captured the race, and many other Olympic moments, as colourful streaks and blurs. See these slow shutter highlights from week 1 in Rio.

When U.S. swimmer Katie Ledecky won the gold medal in the 200m freestyle Friday she did so in world-record time. Photographers who slowed their camera's shutters captured the race, and many other Olympic moments, as colourful streaks and blurs. See these slow shutter highlights from week 1 in Rio.