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A member of the 10-strong Refugee Olympic Team the teenager's story was already an inspiring one before she dove into the water on Saturday.

Richie Porte's Olympics appear to be in ruins after the Australian was injured as he crashed out of the men's road race with with just 35 kilometres of a high-difficulty course to go.

A loud blast has been heard near the Rio Olympics cycling course but it proved to be a controlled explosion by Brazil's anti-bomb squad.

A bullet has been fired at a press conference room at the equestrian centre at the Rio Olympics, landing inside the building, a New Zealand Olympic spokesperson says.

A machete-wielding man yelling "Allahu Akbar!" (God is greatest) injured two female police officers before being shot in the southern Belgian city of Charleroi on Saturday.

A 16-year-old boy is in a critical condition in hospital and another teen and a man have serious injuries after seven people were stabbed at a party in Sydney's northwest.

The scene is set for an electrifying 400m freestyle final after Australian Mack Horton called out Chinese star Sun Yang as a doper after the pair were involved in a tense run-in at the training pool.

There is a first time for everything, and the first gold medal of the Rio Olympic Games went to an American teenager so new to her sport of shooting that when her main rival won at the London Olympics four years ago she was still a wannabe figure skater.

An airstrike on a hospital in northwestern Syria on Saturday killed 10 people, including children, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

In a sport where world records can't be broken, little-known Australian tennis player John Millman has earned a slice of history becoming the first men's singles tennis player to win 6-0, 6-0 at an Olympic Games.

Australia's world champion single sculler Kim Brennan has suffered her first loss in two years, crossing the line third in the opening day of heats at Rio's Lagoa Stadium.

Two rebel groups said on Saturday they had broken the siege of Aleppo after days of fierce fighting in the southwest of the city, but a monitoring group and pro-government online media outlets denied the claim.

It's been a hellish week for one Sydney mayor after Fairfax revealed his home renovations appeared to breach the rules, sparking an investigation from his own council.

Rising star of Aboriginal music Stanley Gawurra Gaykamangu wins four prizes at the National Indigenous Music Awards.

Singapore called for heightened vigilance on Saturday, a day after Indonesian police arrested a group of men they believed were plotting a rocket attack on the wealthy city-state with the help of a Syrian-based Islamic State militant.

North Melbourne's previously potent forward set-up is crumbling.The Roos on Saturday night were held to their lowest score of the season and now face the loss of another key-position forward in Ben Brown.

The Queanbeyan Whites have advanced to the John I Dent Cup decider with a dominant 44-17 win over the Gungahlin Eagles at Viking Park on Saturday.

Despite being beaten by 84 points, Queanbeyan Tigers coach Kade Klemke is "excited" about the club's future.

Josh Hodgson stars but Blake Austin injury a worry for surging Canberra Raiders

Welcome to our live coverage of day one of competition at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Naturally there's no shortage of action to choose from. The highlights include the men's cycling road race, Kookaburras v New Zealand in the hockey and some gold medals up for grabs in the pool.

A drink driver more than five times the legal blood-alcohol limit was caught in Melbourne's south east on Saturday.

When North Melbourne beat the Western Bulldogs in a top-of-the-table clash back in round six, it was the Roos who looked the harder outfit, applying a defensive squeeze so tight the Dogs managed just six goals for the entire game.

While footy doesn't have the drama of soccer's late season promotion and relegation battles, it does have the finals and associated fights to be part of the September action.

Melissa Tapper made history just by starting her clash against Brazil's Caroline Kumahara on Saturday morning at the Riocentro Pavillion No. 3.

Actor Bradley Cooper is developing a TV miniseries based on a book about the rise of Islamic State militants, a show the author hopes will help Americans understand how the group came about.