Like many black American women, Brianna Rollins, Nia Ali and Kristi Castlin have faced a good few hurdles of the metaphorical kind in their lives.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Wrestler Vu Thi Hang will not compete in the Rio Olympics’ women’s 48kg category today (August 17) because of an injury, the Viet Nam sports delegation in Brazil said.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam’s Nguyen Tien Minh beat Vladimir Malkov of Russia 2-1 (15-21, 21-9, 21-13) in a Group E match at the Rio Olympics yesterday, Aug 11.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The last Vietnamese fencer Vu Thanh An exited the Rio Olympics yesterday (Aug 11) after registering one win and one loss in the men’s sabre event.

 Michael Phelps was on course to win the 23rd Olympic swimming medal of his career after being named in the U.S. 4x100 meters freestyle relay team on Sunday.

 World number one Novak Djokovic was dumped out of Rio Games in the first round on Sunday by Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro, who also defeated him in the bronze medal match at the London Olympics.

 Spain's Rafael Nadal has confirmed he will compete in all three tennis events at the Rio Olympics despite being not at his best after being sidelined with a wrist injury since May.

 Brazil's government will hand out 9 million condoms for free around Rio de Janeiro during the Olympics in August, a push meant to encourage safe sex and also defend the Amazon rainforest.

VietNamNet Bridge – Van Ngoc Tu won the 19th Olympic berth for Viet Nam after the International Judo Federation announced its latest rankings yesterday, May 31. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese athletes will compete at various tournaments in January with the ultimate goal of earning at least 15 tickets to the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics.

 VietNamNet Bridge – World-level marksman Hoang Xuan Vinh of Vietnam has won the right to compete in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.