KATHMANDU, Feb 17: Saroj Rana Praja was announced the winner of dance reality show Rio Chamchami-3 on Wednesday. According to the press statement released by Rio Chamchami-3, Rana Praja received 274,774 SMS votes and won the title along with a Datsun Redi Go car.

The top five finalists of dance reality show Rio Chamchami-3 were announced on Wednesday. According to the press statement released by Rio Chamchami-3, Alex B K from Kohalpur got eliminated from the show, and the competition will now be between five contestants.

KATHMANDU, Jan 25: The top six finalists of dance reality show Rio Chamchami-3 were announced on Wednesday. According to the press statement released by Rio Chamchami-3, Jiwan Budhatoki from Kathmandu got eliminated from the show, and the competition will now be between six contestants.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 15:  Brazilian President Michel Temer issued a decree on Tuesday to deploy 9,000 soldiers in Rio de Janeiro's metropolitan area until Feb. 22, one week before Carnaval ends. That's almost half the troops used during last year's Olympic Games.

Welcome to the latest fashion fad in beauty-obsessed Rio de Janeiro, where some women are sun-baking in bikinis made of black tape in search of tan lines so perfect that they practically jump off the skin.

While most headlines dealing with the Olympics in Rio this summer focused on the big sporting powers like the US, China and Russia, there were hundreds of lower-profile stories playing out right across the city.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 22: Shaking to samba and expressing a sense of longing with uniquely Brazilian words, Olympians and fans said goodbye to the Rio Games with one last big bash that was both revelatory and a sigh of relief.

KATHMANDU, Aug 20: Taekwando player Nisha Rawal faced defeat in the first round of the above 67 Kg weight category bout in the Rio Olympics currently underway in Rio de Janiero, Brazil.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 17: Rio de Janeiro authorities issued an arrest warrant for an International Olympic Committee executive accused of scalping tickets for the Summer Games as part of a wider probe of tickets allocated to Ireland that were being sold for higher fees.

IRVINE, Aug 17: Los Angeles Rams defensive end Robert Quinn missed practice Tuesday to watch his sister Jasmine Camacho-Quinn compete in the 100-meter hurdles at the Rio Olympics.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 14: The world's fastest man will be crowned Sunday night as Olympic athletes in Rio de Janeiro compete for 22 gold medals in 12 sports.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 13: Michael Phelps is used to being in a league of his own.

KATHMANDU, Aug 13: Nepal's Saraswoti Bhattarai has set a new national record in 1500 meter race held under the ongoing Rio Olympics – 2016 in Brazil.

SEOUL, South Korea, Aug 12: Despite a continuing nuclear standoff and virtually no interactions between each other politically, some North and South Koreans are making an exception — among their athletes at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 10: Rio Olympic officials say military police are stepping up security after a bus carrying journalists had two windows broken after being struck by what it calls "unknown projectiles."

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 10: Michael Phelps sat alone, thoroughly exhausted. He put his head in his hands and then motioned at his neck as though he had nothing left to give.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 8: Day 3 of the Rio Games features medal action in gymnastics, swimming, fencing, women's rugby, judo and more. Here are some things to watch (all times local):

KATHMANDU, Aug 7: Swimmer Gaurika Singh of Nepal is competing in the qualifying round of the 100 meters backstroke in Rio Olympics on Sunday.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 5: With fireworks forming the word "Rio" in the sky, hip-wiggling dancers and supermodel Gisele Bundchen shimmering to the tune of the "Girl from Ipanema," Rio de Janiero welcomed the world to the first Olympic Games in South America with a serious message: Let's take better care of our planet.

KATHMANDU, Aug 5: Nepal Athletics Association on Friday bade farewell to Nepali athletics team which will contest in the Rio Olympics.

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KATHMANDU, Aug 3: Teenage swimming sensation of Nepal, Gaurika Singh, is the youngest player to compete in the Rio Olympics beginning from Friday, the official Olympic News Service has confirmed. She will compete in women's 100 m backstroke.

KATHMANDU, Aug 1: Gaurika Singh, who broke Nepal’s medal drought in international swimming in individual event during the 12th South Asian Games in February, will join Nepal’s swimming team in Rio.

MOSCOW, July 26: The International Canoe Federation has barred five Russian canoeists from the Rio de Janeiro Olympics including Olympic champion Alexander Dyachenko after they were named in a report alleging a state-sponsored doping cover-up.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, July 15: Forty years after coaching John Walker to an Olympic gold medal, 93-year-old track coach Arch Jelley will try to guide another New Zealand athlete to victory in the 1,500 meters at the Rio de Janeiro Games.

KATHMANDU, July 13: Swimmers Sirish Gurung and Gaurika Singh have secured places for Rio Olympics 2016 to be held from August 5-21.

KATHMANDU, June 24:South Asian Games judo gold medalist Phupu Lhamu Khatri and archer Jeet Bahadur Moktan's participation in 2016 Rio Olympic has been confirmed by Nepal Olympic Committee (NOC) taking the number of Nepali participant in Olympic to seven.