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US-Argentina again in men's basketball, only now in quarters

By BRIAN MAHONEY
Aug 16, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - In the last three Olympics it was a semifinal matchup, the penultimate step on the winner's climb to the gold-medal podium. Now the U.S. men's bask...
Money May in the house: Mayweather roots for Stevenson

By DAN GELSTON
Aug 16, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - His focus seemingly unflappable, Shakur Stevenson was briefly distracted when he heard a familiar voice as he walked out for his Olympic bout. "Aug...
Biles wins floor exercise for record-tying 4th Olympic gold

By WILL GRAVES
Aug 16, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The Simone Show went out in style. And gold. Again. Simone Biles put the finishing touches on one of the greatest Olympics by a gymnast, capturing ...
2 US women volleyballers stung by London are thriving Rio

By JANIE McCAULEY
Aug 16, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - So stung by a devastating defeat to Brazil in the championship match of the London Games four years ago, silver medalists Foluke Akinradewo and Jor...
Americans rolling in medal-count standings at Rio Olympics

By TIM REYNOLDS
Aug 16, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The medal race at the Rio Olympics will likely remain close going into the final weekend. For second place, that is. The U.S. - which has left the ...
Brazil hopes to feed off famed Maracana in soccer semifinal

By TALES AZZONI
Aug 16, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Brazil will look for inspiration from playing at the historic Maracana Stadium when it faces Honduras in the semifinals of the men's Olympic soccer...
Rio Games shine light on lack of sports for Brazilian girls

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON
Aug 16, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Every Friday after nightfall, teenage girls and young women make their way through a middle-class apartment complex and take over a field of emeral...
Germany fails to earn 3rd straight men's field hockey gold

By CLIFF BRUNT
Aug 16, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Even the resilient Germans couldn't work their way out of this mess. The men's field hockey team has lived dangerously throughout the Rio de Janeir...
Having fun in shootouts, Hedvig Lindahl keeps Sweden alive

By TALES AZZONI
Aug 16, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Goalkeeper Hedvig Lindahl wouldn't mind a third straight penalty shootout for Sweden in the women's Olympic soccer final on Friday. After all, it's...
Russian loses women's relay gold from '08 in doping case

By STEPHEN WILSON
Aug 16, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Russia was stripped of a relay gold medal from the 2008 Beijing Olympics on Tuesday after one of its female runners tested positive for steroids in...

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