Beach volleyball star's outfit attracts worldwide media attention in a sport used to seeing the tiniest of bikinis

Doaa Elghobashy (EGY) of Egypt and Kira Walkenhorst (GER) of Germany compete

Women's beach volleyball usually attracts criticism because the athletes' kit is too skimpy.

However, 19-year-old Egyptian player Doaa Elghobashy is turning perceptions of the sport on their head.

Whereas her rivals hit the sand on Copacabana beach in bikinis that would make a Page Three model think twice, Doaa competes in a headscarf, leggins and full-length sleeves. Her feet are bare.

Surprisingly, the most successful country in the history of the Olympics is Finland

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Since the first Olympic Games in Greece 1896, a total of 14,714 medals have handed out in the Summer Olympics. USA is by far the most successful country with 2,399 medals.

Counting per capita, Americans are however beaten by several nations. To surprise of many, it's Finland that receives the gold medal. With a total of 303 medals, and a population of 5.5 million in 2015, the Nordic country has won 2.3 medals per game, per million population, The Guardian has calculated.

Dutch cyclist in intensive care after fracturing her back in gruesome crash 6 miles from winning gold medal

Dutch cyclist Annemiek Van Vleuten had a comfortable lead in the women's Olympic road race just six miles shy of the finish line when she suffered an awful crash on a steep, slippery descent. She went head-over-handlebars and appeared to land headfirst on the road's curb.

After the race, the Dutch cycling federation announced the she had fractured her back in three places, and suffered a concussion from the crash. She will spend the night in intensive care.

Nigeria's Chierika Okogu celebrates as she qualifies for Quarterfinals

23-year-old first Nigerian rower at the 2016 Rio Olympics, Chierika Okogu took to her Instagram to celebrate her advancement to the Quarterfinals. She shared a photo of herself rowing to victory, writing:

  "What a time to be alive...onto quarterfinals on Tuesday! #teamnigeria #NGR #rowing #olympics #rio #drake"

'You should cut their d***s off': German reality TV model screams as she appears in court for 'falsely accusing two men of rape' even though video showed her saying 'no, stop it' during sex

A German reality TV model has appeared in court today over claims she falsely accused two men of rape - even though a video showed her saying 'no, stop it' during the sex. 

Gina-Lisa Lohfink, 29, is accused by the men - identified as Pardis Fardjad-Azad and Sebastian Pinto - of inventing rape allegations against them after they had a threesome.

When she appeared in court - and heard that the judge was going to play parts of a sex tape in public - she burst into tears and the process had to be interrupted for nearly 15 minutes. 

'It is really bad what is being done to me here,' she sobbed. 

The public prosecutor in Berlin believes her rape testimony was false in a case dating back to June 2012. 

As the judge looked at the sex video on a laptop, he turned to her and with the sound down Gina-Lisa shouted out: 'Sex with two men - I say I don't want that! Horny - OK, we'll watch more movies. It was bad what was done to me, sex with two men. You should cut their d***s off.'

When Pinto took the stand to testify, she left the court, saying she could not bear to see him.

He said he got to know her at a celebrity event. Then 'from 11pm on we were in my club Maxxim. In the meantime Pardis came in. She took him to her table.

'When I had finished work around 5am I got the message that they are waiting for me. Our night started around 6am or 7am. We had a fun threesome. Everything was filmed on my mobile phone.

SHULEYDEE - AYAMA (Prod by Mekoyo) @realshuleydee

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Shuleydee is a cosmopolitan artiste whose sound is a hybrid of pop highlife and dancehall. She writes her material and one special quality is she has the power in her vocal delivery. 

She has recorded with the likes of Wried MC, Mr Mekoyo and K Switch. She is one of the most promising acts to emerge from Africa in very recent times. She has spent time honing her craft in Abuja, Port Harcourt, Lagos and America. She recently signed an endorsement deal with a construction company, SUTOL CRUSHED ROCK INDUSTRIES NIGERIA Ltd and DLG Clothing. 

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The most chilling details from the recently found diary of the head of the Nazi SS

Thought to have been missing for 71 years, around 1,000 pages ofHeinrich Himmler's office diary have been recently discovered in a Russian military archive.

The entries, which are beingpublished by a German newspaper and in turn translated by the British press, contain personal insights into the life of the head of the SS in Nazi Germany.

In the excerpts, Himmler can be found to have started his days with two-hour massages with a doctor, followed by his murderous duties that shocked the world.

"The most interesting thing for me is this combination of doting father and cold-blooded killer," said Damian Imoehl, a journalist who assisted in finding the diary pages.

"One day he starts with breakfast and a massage from his personal doctor, then he rings up his wife and daughter ... and after that he decides to have 10 men killed," Imoehl told The Times of London.

Intricate details into the daily horrors of the Holocaust remain scant or casual, either intentionally or because of the fact that he may have had a void in his emotions.