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Mark Cavendish at long last gets Olympic cycling medal

By DAVE SKRETTA
Aug 15, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Mark Cavendish has triumphed in 30 stages of the Tour de France, won road racing's world title and captured dozens of other important races to beco...
Croatia beats Lithuania 90-81 in men's hoops, wins Group B

The Associated Press
Aug 15, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Croatia wasn't one of the favorites coming into the men's basketball competition at the Rio Games, yet they finished pool play atop Group B with a ...
IOC reprimands Egyptian who wouldn't shake Israeli's hand

The Associated Press
Aug 15, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - An Egyptian athlete who refused to shake his Israeli opponent's hand after their judo bout has been reprimanded and sent home from the Rio Olympics...
Overseas play has helped US women's basketball team dominate

By DOUG FEINBERG
Aug 15, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The U.S. women's basketball team's dominating performances at the Olympics over the past two decades isn't the result of simply having the best pla...
Darya Klishina wins appeal, can compete at Olympics

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH
Aug 15, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The lone Russian track and field athlete at the Olympics has won her appeal to compete at the Rio de Janeiro Games. The Court of Arbitration for Sp...
Second gold for Dujardin and Valegro in dressage

By DANIELLA MATAR
Aug 15, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Charlotte Dujardin and Valegro clinched a second successive gold dressage medal on Monday, setting an Olympic record in the process. In their last ...
Column: Judging problems return to Olympic boxing

By TIM DAHLBERG
Aug 15, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Maybe having pros box in the Olympics isn't such a bad idea after all. While they're at it, they might start getting some professional judges, too....
Inside an Olympian's testosterone ordeal

By JOHN LEICESTER
Aug 15, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The young athlete, now competing at the Rio Games, always considered herself to be a girl just like the others, a girl who loved to run. Then the g...
Foul weather hits Olympics, on the track and at sailing

By RAF CASERT
Aug 15, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - It was hectic for weather forecasters at the Olympics: high winds, driving rain, fire. Only ice was missing. It was a nightmare for the athletes. A...
The 'golden boy' Schooling mobbed on return to Singapore

By ANNABELLE LIANG
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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