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Bad economy may spoil future plans for Rio's Olympic Park

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON
Aug 22, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The celebrations are done and the torch extinguished, but now that the Olympics are gone, Rio is left with questions about what will become of the ...
No gold, but Spain thrilled with bronze in Olympic hoops

By TOM WITHERS
Aug 21, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Not golden, not the Olympic medal it still covets, but Spain got something. Australia would take anything. Pau Gasol scored 31 points in perhaps hi...
US romps to men's basketball gold, beats Serbia 96-66

By BRIAN MAHONEY
Aug 21, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The trip wasn't always easy, though they arrived at their expected destination. The players on the U.S. Olympic men's basketball team never doubted...
New Zealand's Walker appointed to IOC athletes commission

The Associated Press
Aug 21, 2016 7:00 am - WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - New Zealand BMX rider Sarah Walker has been appointed to the International Olympic Committee's athletes commission. Walker was nominated b...
Brazil grabs men's volleyball gold, with Neymar watching

By JANIE McCAULEY
Aug 21, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - With Neymar in a courtside seat cheering his countrymen, Wallace pumped his arms and let out screams from deep in his lungs as Brazil fed off the e...
Nino Schurter of Switzerland wins Olympic mountain bike race

By DAVE SKRETTA
Aug 21, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - It took Swiss mountain biker Nino Schurter eight years to climb all the way up the Olympic podium, a slow ascent that was at times frustrating, hea...
Police seize more Irish Olympic executives' passports in Rio

By ROB HARRIS
Aug 21, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Police are blocking Ireland's top four Olympic executives from leaving Brazil as their ticket scalping investigation expanded with a raid on the te...
After Rio, Olympics headed for Asian venues seen as safe

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN
Aug 21, 2016 7:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - For the Olympics, it's so-long Rio, hello Asia. The next three Olympics are headed for relatively calmer ports of call in South Korea, Japan and China fol...
Brazil hopes young Olympic champions can boost senior team

By TALES AZZONI
Aug 21, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - With Olympic gold finally in hand, the pressure is squarely on Brazil's senior team now. The home of "Jogo Bonito" is considered by many to be the ...
AIBA head talks judging, losing, and boxing's Olympic future

By GREG BEACHAM
Aug 21, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - International Boxing Association President Ching-Kuo Wu attended all 16 days of the Olympic boxing tournament, and he believes Rio de Janeiro saw t...

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