Ethan Mitchell, Sam Webster and Eddie Dawkins' silver team sprint medal at the Rio Olympics will alleviate some pressure on Cycling New Zealand.

It's official. The Olympics are not an excuse to suck at your job for two weeks every four years.

Nothing is guaranteed but medal wins are especially sweet for the relative unknowns.

After the disappointment of the All Black Sevens at the Olympics this week, some rugby fans were suggesting they should lose that title.

Genevieve Behrent and Rebecca Scown have claimed a silver medal for New Zealand in the women's Olympic rowing pair final.

Valerie Adams has remained on course to claim a record third consecutive Olympic gold medal.

When it comes to being 'O for oarsome', where do consecutive Olympic golds and a 2611-day undefeated portfolio sit?

After winning their nation's first Olympic medal, the Fijian rugby sevens team plan to celebrate in the simplest of ways.

Canadian Olympic broadcaster CBC have had a horror 24 hours with their coverage of the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Former national swim coach Mark Bone believes Lauren Boyle had given up before she even got to the Rio Olympics.

Namibia's Dan Craven didn't manage to finish Rio's road race cycle event. Not one to mope about, the 33-year-old was offered the

This Olympic announcer needs to take a closer look at Michael Phelps after committing the most awkward blunder of the Games so far.

Apparently unaware he was live on air, an Olympic commentator was forced to apologise for brutally insulting a 14-year-old swimmer.

Unbeaten in a major regatta in four years, Kiwi 49er pair Peter Burling and Blair Tuke will kick off their bid for the ultimate prize

Get ready for "Super Saturday" - potentially our biggest day so far of the Rio Olympics.

A reporter for a US website effectively bated athletes on social media dating apps and then wrote a story, outing gay Olympians.

Even as they stood on the podium as winners, the Fijian rugby sevens side showed off one last act of humility in front of royalty.

The Olympic Games have been hit by their first doping case with Chinese swimmer Chen Xinyi allegedly set to face a CAS hearing today into a positive drugs test.

The ground-breaking bikes engineered in New Zealand were on public display for the first time today.

Fijian fans in New Zealand and around the world were ecstatic about the first ever Olympic medal for the Island nation.

A High Court judge will release his decision this afternoon on Sky TV's injunction against Fairfax's use of Olympic video.

Team sprinters Eddie Dawkins, Sam Webster and Ethan Mitchell have been edged out of their Olympic dream by 0.102s this morning.

Luuka Jones' journey to Rio began when she was only 11 years old.

Watch: Injured French gymnast Samir Ait Said is back on his feet - showing his determination to walk again after a horrifying Olympic injury.

Kiwi Olympian vaulter Eliza McCartney has a major problem - her poles have not turned up in Rio.

Defending women's 470 champions Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie have responded to adversity by powering into the lead in Rio. The Kiwi

Did the Rio Olympic officials get the flags the wrong way around at this morning's medal ceremony for New Zealand's surprise silver performer Luuka Jones?

Kiwi road walker Alana Barber has stepped into the doping controversy, with 20km event's hot favourite Liu Hong from China clearly

Watch: The grandparents of swimming champion Kyle Chalmers were overwhelmed with emotion when the Australian young gun stormed home to win gold.

After disappointments in rugby sevens and cycling, the first medal chance on the Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon was converted into gold today.