Olympics
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Last-gasp goals fuel German belief in men's field hockey
Aug 15, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - With 5 minutes left, Moritz Furste thought he was playing his last game for Germany. With 40 seconds left, he was mentally tuning in for a draw. An...
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The 'golden boy' Schooling mobbed on return to Singapore
Aug 15, 2016 7:00 am - SINGAPORE (AP) - It was a photo taken with Michael Phelps that inspired Joseph Schooling to Olympic gold. So when he was mobbed by fans on his return to Singapore, he ma...
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Brush fire near Olympic sites rains down ash
Aug 15, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - A brush fire caused light ash to fall on the playing surface of the Olympic field hockey venue Monday, and officials are monitoring the nearby moun...
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Column: Olympic excellence now leads to whispers of cheating
Aug 15, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - There may have been a time, when athletes smoked pipes, competed in everyday clothes and didn't tweet sponsored messages, a time that fewer and few...
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The Latest: Cuba's surprise beach volleyball run ends
Aug 15, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The Latest on the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times local): 1:25 p.m. Viacheslav Krasilnikov and Konstantin Semenov of Russia beat ...
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German Olympic coach dies following car accident in Rio
Aug 15, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - A canoe slalom coach from Germany died Monday after sustaining head injuries last week in a car crash in Rio de Janeiro, the country's Olympic team...
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Sharon van Rouwendaal romps to open water win at Copacabana
Aug 15, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The sewage-filled waters off Copacabana weren't much of an issue for the open water swimmers. "It tastes like ocean," American Haley Anderson said ...
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IAAF explores tightening rules on athletes changing nations
Aug 15, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The IAAF is exploring tightening the rules that allow athletes to switch the country they represent in track and field. Sebastian Coe's IAAF leader...
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Jamaican Campbell-Brown bows out in 1st round of 200 in Rio
Aug 15, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Highly decorated Jamaican sprinter Veronica Campbell-Brown will see a 200-meter Olympic final from a peculiar spot - the sideline. The two-time Oly...
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Big shot: Brazil's Schmidt changed Olympic basketball
Aug 15, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - That's him, the man who changed international basketball. He's the one who single-handedly beat the United States on its own soil nearly 30 years a...