An Olympic champion is thanking a seven-year-old Atlanta girl who found his gold medal in a pile of rubbish.

When Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe popped up out of the stage at the Rio closing ceremony dressed as Super Mario, it was the

He is no stranger to a podium performance. But Usain Bolt has reportedly held his own mock Olympic Games medal ceremony in a London

The completion of the Olympic cycle comes with the quadrennial stock take to divvy up winners and losers, blue chip and red ink, lemonade and lemons.

If you were to design a sportsman to "inspire the next generation", how would they look?

Former Wada boss and Kiwi David Howman was appalled Russia rewarded each Rio medalist with a BMW SUV.

Eliza McCartney, with the pole vault world at her feet, will soon be reaching for the stars.

Watch: Eric Murray was snapped back into reality when his Olympic gold medal was discarded alongside the toys.

Katie Ledecky could command as much as $7 million a year in endorsements but just wants to go to college.

Brazilian police have asked for fresh legal action against Ryan Lochte in a bid to force him to return to Rio de Janiero.

Jackie Murray says she was left shaking and angry after a selector said her husband didn't need to be at her side for the birth of their first child.

James Feigen has apologised for his role in fabricating the story about being robbed by gunmen posing as police.

While Kiwis are celebrating our greatest medal haul at the Olympics, the Aussies are being bashed up in their media and accused of failure.

Tristram Clayton interviews Olympic gold medallist Peter Burling about his time in Rio and his upcoming America's Cup campaign.

Samoa could finally have its first ever Olympic medal, eight years after the fact. It was announced overnight that 11 weightlifters

Make-up artist Jady Duarte revealed that the fastest man in world sporting history "wasted no time in making his move".

Golf superstar Lydia Ko only took her Olympic silver medal off when she had a shower the night after her final round in Rio.

The Rio glow will last a long time, but normal sports service is resuming, which means the Olympics are taking their place among the usual suspects.

Usain Bolt's main squeeze back home will be upset - but won't think he crossed the line for a series of post-Olympics romps in Rio.

Sprint king Usain Bolt lured a young Brazilian student into bed by baring his six pack and pulling his famous victory pose.

Olympic golden boys Hamish Bond and Eric Murray are back in the country after winning their second consecutive gold medal at the Rio Olympics.

Time to shower the world's second-favourite sport with love... and money.

Just when you thought the Lochte saga was over, footage has emerged that appears to catch Rio's police in a lie of their own.

Someone needs to remind Heather Wheeler it's 2016 and those days are gone.

This morning New Zealanders welcomed home the history-making Kiwi Rio Olympics team.

COMMENT: It is important that our Olympic performances are thoroughly reviewed, to ensure the key lessons of the Games can be learned.

Family and friends of New Zealand Olympic team members are gathering at the Auckland International Airport ahead of their arrival home this morning.

An innocent-looking photo of South Africa's champion world record 400m runner meeting star All Black has landed the gold medallist in hot water.

Per person, this country has the worst athletes on Earth.

Polish Olympic 1500 metre runner Joanna Jozwik has been labelled a racist after causing controversy with a post-race interview.