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Ko and the women get their shot at Olympic golf

By DOUG FERGUSON
Aug 15, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Lydia Ko could hear the cheers as she played the Olympic Golf Course, only they weren't for her. Not yet, anyway. The No. 1 player in women's golf ...
Paralympics faces further cuts amid Rio funding crisis

By ROB HARRIS
Aug 15, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - More cuts will be made to services for athletes at the Paralympics next month unless additional funding is rapidly secured for the cash-strapped ga...
Close to a medal, Brazil tries not to get too optimistic

By TALES AZZONI
Aug 15, 2016 7:00 am - SAO PAULO (AP) - With the Olympic soccer gold medal only two games away, Brazil is trying hard to manage expectations. The Olympic title is the only significant champion...
Bolt says tight schedule slowed down 100-meter sprinters

By EDDIE PELLS
Aug 15, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Usain Bolt rarely complains about going too fast. After the rushed road to Sunday night's 100-meter final, he had to make an exception. Faced with ...
Cuban wrestler Mijain Lopez rolls to 3rd Olympic title

By LUKE MEREDITH
Aug 15, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Cuban heavyweight Mijain Lopez once again bested Turkish rival Riza Kayaalp - this time with an Olympic performance that put him in the company of ...
Brazil knocks US men out of Olympic beach volleyball

By JIMMY GOLEN
Aug 15, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - When Beijing gold medalist Phil Dalhausser teamed up with Nick Lucena less than one year ago for a longshot run at the Olympics, it was more out of...
Images: Monday at the 2016 Rio Olympics

Aug 15, 2016 1:00 am - See moments from Monday of the 2016 Rio Olympics. ...
Imrem: Phelps great, yes, but best athlete?

By Mike Imrem
Aug 14, 2016 5:01 pm - Michael Phelps has won enough Olympic gold to restock Fort Knox a few times over. But is he, as some suggest, the greatest athlete of any type ever? Nah. First of all, t...
Murray, del Potro, Puig, others cared about Olympic tennis

By HOWARD FENDRICH
Aug 14, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - For a sport supposedly filled with folks who don't care about the Olympics, there sure was a lot of crying during the tennis competition at the Rio...
Rio Olympics lacking 'look' that usually characterizes games

By STEPHEN WADE
Aug 14, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Looking for an Olympic venue? The IOC has acknowledged that the Rio Olympics are missing part of the so-called "look" that characterizes the games....

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