Jo Aleh and Aaron Murray Gate proudly held the flag for New Zealand as the team sailed down the Seine in the pouring rain at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics.
Canada women's football coach Bev Priestman has been suspended by Canada Soccer and removed from the Canadian Olympic team as the fallout from the spying scandal continues.
Defending champions Canada defeated New Zealand 2-1 in their Olympics opening game, overshadowed by a spying scandal that has engulfed the women's tournament.
Warning: distressing images. Video footage that led to Olympic medallist Charlotte Dujardin pulling out of the Paris Games shows her whipping a horse's legs multiple times.
French govt and Olympics officials are seeking a solution to allow Muslim French sprinter Sounkamba Sylla to wear her hijab at the opening ceremony while still complying with secularism laws.
A very proud grandmother will be hosting many of the people of the tiny Central Otago settlement of Ophir to help cheer on her grandson at the Olympics.