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Argentina knocked out of men's Olympic football tournament

Aug 11, 2016

Argentina have been knocked out of the men's Olympic football tournament, after they missed a penalty and could only manage a 1-1 draw with Honduras in Group D.

This leaves Argentina, gold medal winners in the Athens and Beijing Games, 3rd in the group.

Another shock saw London 2012 champions Mexico also knocked out after losing 1-0 to South Korea, who topped Group C.

However, Germany progressed after beating Fiji 10-0.

Meanwhile, rugby powerhouse, New Zealand were knocked out of the inaugural Olympic sevens tournament, losing 12-7 to Fiji in the quarter-finals.

Over in basketball, the US star-studded men's team survived a scare, before beating Australia 98-88 in their group match, extending their winning streak to 20 games.

In the pool, Kazakhstan swimmer, Dmitry Balandin won the gold medal in the men's 200 metres breaststroke final.

Veteran Kuwaiti shooter Fehaid Aldeehani won the men's double trap event, becoming the first athlete competing under the Olympic flag to ever win a gold medal.

American cyclist Kristin Armstrong, just one day short of her 43rd birthday, won the women's road time trial, becoming the first person to win the same road cycling event at three Olympics.

And Japan's Kohei Uchimura became the first gymnast in 44-years to win back-to-back Olympic all around titles.

Catch the action from the Rio Olympics on Astro channel 760 and 780.