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PRI
Gamers want video games at the Olympics already!
PRI
The next Olympic Games will be held in Tokyo in 2020. The host city made quite an entrance during the closing ceremonies Sunday night. In a pre-recorded skit, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe transformed into Super Mario and proceeded to travel to Rio via pipe.
Abe bets on 2020 Olympics to boost Japan's economyMarketWatch
Driverless taxis could be the bullet train of the Tokyo 2020 OlympicsCNET
Japan's Shinzo Abe Pops Up as Super Mario for Olymp

NBCNews.com
With Fists Raised, Ethiopian Stirs Ghosts of 68' Olympics
NBCNews.com
The image was striking. A black man with his fists raised in the air, his arms crossed like an X. It was even more striking given that this man was standing on the medal stand at the Rio Olympics and not on an American street corner protesting in the ...
Ethiopian Feyisa Lilesa wins silver at Rio Olympics but is too scared to return homeThe Sydney Morning Herald
Runner's brave gesture at the Rio Olympics could cos

The Guardian (blog)
Canada's Olympics: Penny Oleksiak's gold and the Bolt-De Grasse bromance
The Guardian (blog)
The Summer Games are often overshadowed by their winter counterpart. But Rio 2016 provided plenty of thrills for Canadian viewers. Andre de Grasse and Usain Bolt appear to find the 200m easier than most other athletes. Photograph: Ian Walton/Getty ...
Penny Oleksiak to carry Canada's flag in Rio Olympics closing ceremonyToronto Starall 128 news articles »

The Sydney Morning Herald
Speedo USA to drop sponsorship of Ryan Lochte after Rio Olympics scandal
The Sydney Morning Herald
US swimmer Ryan Lochte has lost the last of his four major sponsors, Japanese mattress maker Airweave, days after he admitted to exaggerating his story about being robbed at gunpoint in Rio during the Olympic Games. The incident embarrassed the host ...
Ryan Lochte loses all four commercial sponsors after Rio Olympics incidentWashington Post
Ryan Lochte loses Speedo,

The Atlantic
The Largest Country Without Medals in Rio
The Atlantic
On Thursday, after the wrestler Sakshi Malik secured India's first Olympic medal in Rio, the Pakistani journalist Omar Quraishi taunted his country's top rival: “Finally one of the 119 competitors that India sent to Rio has won a medal—a bronze—now ...
Rio Olympics 2016: India's (official) spending on the Games is a third of the UK's, and fallingFirstpost
Girl power at the OlympicsHindu Business Line
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CNNMoney
Olympics over: Brazil's 'steep' road ahead
CNNMoney
With festivities and distractions largely gone, Brazil faces a long uphill battle to resurrect its economy that's deep in recession. Its political crisis will be back on the spotlight again soon: President Dilma Rousseff faces an impeachment trial that ...
Dilma Rousseff's impeachment trial is snapping Brazil back to post-Olympics realityQuartz
Brazil Says Goodbye To Olympics, Prepares Same For President DilmaForbesall 12 news article

NDTV
Rio: 10 Unforgettable Moments From The 2016 Olympics
NDTV
New Zealand's Nikki Hamblin and USA's Abbey D'Agostino won several hearts for their sportsmanship. The action-packed fortnight at the Rio Olympics finally ended on August 21 with a grand closing ceremony in the Maracana stadium. It left us with ...
The top 10 stories of the 2016 Rio OlympicsYahoo Sports
Rio Olympics: Kiwi runner Nikki Hamblin in line for rare Pierre de Coubertin honourStuff.co.nz
7 Heartwarming Stories From Thi

Firstpost
Rio Olympics 2016: India's (official) spending on the Games is a third of the UK's, and falling
Firstpost
India's last Olympic gold-medal winner, Abhinav Bindra, recently pointed to United Kingdom's spending on athletes at the Rio Olympics, emphasising the money needed to convert performance into medals.
The Largest Country Without Medals in RioThe Atlantic
Girl power at the OlympicsHindu Business Line
Rio Olympics 2016: Five times when sports officials 'embarassed' Indian sportsperso