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Shattering stumble at death hard to get over

It will take a long time for New Zealand to get over their shattering stumble against Germany at the Rio Olympic men's hockey tournament yesterday.

Rio: While you were sleeping - day 10

The women's Black Sticks have helped New Zealand finally beat Australia at an Olympic event at the Rio Olympics.

Mahe Drysdale in middle of Olympic spat

Kiwi gold medallist inadvertently walks into a very public squabble between British Olympic presenters.

Usain Bolt challenges 400m winner

The Olympic superstar is keen to lock horns with the new 400m world record-holder Wayde van Niekerk in a sprint to see who's fastest.

Stop winning medals, produce some grandkids: Bolt's mum

Usain Bolt has his mind on one thing as he begins his quest to make Olympic history, and that's completing the "triple-triple." To

Rio's worst 'hard luck' stories

The Black Sticks' heart breaking loss this morning was a definite contender for the worst "Hard Luck Award" in Rio. Here are five other contenders.

Kiwis in action: What's coming up tonight

Kayaker Lisa Carrington starts her bid to become the first Kiwi woman to win two golds at the same Games while Sam Meech aims to snare our first sailing medal in Rio.

NZ hockey's most heartbreaking loss

Heartbreak for the men's Black Sticks as they went down 3-2 in the final second to Germany in their Olympic quarter-final in Rio.

Sprinter blames helicopter for false start

A roundup of some of the quirkier stories from day nine of the Rio Olympics.

British rider seals silver with kiss from Wales rugby winger

This is the moment no one in the velodrome knew where to look as Team GB's silver medallist Becky James goes in for a passionate kiss

'This is not your room' note works for British cycling team

They warned their male counterparts to keep it down and let them have a decent night sleep and it worked for the Great Britain women's

Woman who turned down Olympic champion on Tinder

A woman claims she matched with Olympic swimming champion Joseph Schooling on Tinder - and is kicking herself for not replying to his last message.

10 of the best Rio Olympics stories so far

There's been plenty to criticise the Rio Olympics Games about - but there's also been some inspiring, heart-warming and genuinely funny stories. Here's 10 of the best so far...

Disqualification disaster for Kiwis

Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie's hopes of defending their Olympic women's 470 title look to be over.

Olympic landscape too cluttered

Heineken has some sponsorship advice for the International Olympic Committee: Less is more.

Rio Confidential: The hottest sport at the Olympics

It is the hottest sport at the Rio Olympics and its athletes added a touch of glamour to the first two days of competition. As well

Australian Sevens squad warned over boozy night following disappointing Olympics

The Australian men's sevens team have been given a warning about behaving responsibly after members of the squad had a boozy night

Mammoth McDonald's munch for eliminated Australian badminton player

Badminton Olympian Sawan Serasinghe may be out of the running to win a medal in Rio, but that hasn't stopped the 22-year-old enjoying