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France breaks golden drought in fencing, wins men's epee

By GENARO C. ARMAS
Aug 14, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The golden drought is over for France in fencing. One of the sport's traditional powers won its first fencing gold medal since 2008, easily defeati...
British cyclist Jason Kenny wins 2nd gold of Rio Olympics

By DAVE SKRETTA
Aug 14, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - British cyclist Jason Kenny insists there was nothing awkward about the 24 hours leading to the individual sprint finals. Even though he was sharin...
Simone Biles dominates vault to win 3rd gold in Rio

By WILL GRAVES
Aug 14, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Simone Biles spent Sunday morning in the warm-up gym thinking not of history but perfection. When it didn't happen - and really, it never does in g...
Aussies roll to 81-56 win vs. Venezuela in men's basketball

The Associated Press
Aug 14, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Pool play is over for the Australia men's basketball team after the Aussies defeated Venezuela 81-56 on Sunday night. Australia (4-1) had already s...
NBC's valedictory to Phelps _ if it turns out to be true

By DAVID BAUDER
Aug 14, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - NBC may believe that Michael Phelps means it when he says his swimming career is over, but ultimately isn't ready to bet the house on it. The network tur...
Nadal says ailing left wrist bothers him only on forehand

The Associated Press
Aug 14, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Rafael Nadal says his ailing left wrist bothers him on his forehand but not on his backhand or serve. The 14-time major champion elaborated on the ...
Silver medal and an engagement ring for Chinese diver

By BETH HARRIS
Aug 14, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Love is in the air at the Olympic diving pool. He Zi of China settled for silver in women's 3-meter springboard on Sunday before accepting an even ...
Big 3 in 400 at Olympics pushing each other to the limit

By GERALD IMRAY
Aug 14, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The quality is so high in the 400 meters right now that Kirani James really isn't comfortable with his defending Olympic champion tag. He doesn't w...
Formiga, 'the ant,' just keeps on going in women's soccer

By TALES AZZONI
Aug 14, 2016 7:00 am - SAO PAULO (AP) - It was the 100th minute of a physical and tense game in the quarterfinals of the women's Olympic soccer tournament. Sweden was moving the ball dangerous...
Boy to man: Dusmatov wins first Rio Olympic boxing gold

By GREG BEACHAM
Aug 14, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Hasanboy Dusmatov was 7 years old when Mahammatkodir Abdullaev came out of their shared hometown to win the first summer Olympics gold medal in Uzb...

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