Michael Phelps secured a gold medal in his final race as an Olympic athlete as the US won the 4x100m medley relay at the Rio Games on Saturday.
Schooling, 21, touched the wall in 50.39 seconds, 0.75sec ahead of Phelps at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.
Xiang Yanmei of China shrugged off the unexpected neck injury to win the gold medal for China in the women's 69kg category final on Wednesday.
Michael Phelps won two gold medals on Tuesday, avenging his 200 meters butterfly defeat from the London Olympics and then anchoring the U.S. 4x200 freestyle team to victory on a night of high drama and emotion in the pool.
The Chinese team scooped three gold medals on the second day of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games after failing to open an account on the first day, capping the tally with three golds, two silvers and three bronzes.
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) decided to lower the cash rate by 25 basis points again this Tuesday after announcing interest rate cut in May. After rolling out small stimulus packages including a bigger ETF buying program last week, the Japanese cabinet approved an economic stimulus package worth 28.1 trillion yen, aiming to boost the Japanese economy in next two years.
Romania on Tuesday opened a museum to reflect "the odyssey" of the country's gold at the end of World War II.
Retired Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant was given the traditional golden sliming at the Kids Choice Sport awards on Thursday after picking up the "Legend" prize.
An Indian businessman who made headlines in 2013 for purchasing one of the world’s most expensive shirts made entirely of gold has been beaten to death in western India, according to a report Friday.
China imported five times more gold from Hong Kong in May amid global and regional economic and geopolitical uncertainties, with gold traders expecting the trend to continue as prices keep rising and investors keep buying as a hedge to the falling value of the Chinese yuan.
Vietnamese domestic price of gold has been fluctuating over the past three days due to psychological effects among investors following exit of Britain from the European Union (Brexit).
Chinese people are likely to be on gold investment fever again as international gold prices have rebounded. The country has consumed 318.28 tons of gold in the first quarter.
Three amateur archaeologists have made an unique finding of the largest ever treasure of Viking gold in Denmark, it was reported here Thursday.
A helicopter crashed in Papua province of eastern Indonesia on Saturday, killing the pilot and wounding three others, senior local police officer said.
With the launch of its own gold price benchmark, China, the world's biggest producer and consumer of gold, has more influence in the pricing of the precious metal.
The scale of sex trafficking around illegal gold mines in parts of Latin America is "staggering," and thousands of people working there are prey to labor exploitation by organized crime groups, a think-tank said on Wednesday.
Try as it might, the Indian government appears to be unable to curb the country's love for gold.
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