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Not just soccer in Brazil: Other Olympic medals matter, too

By STEPHEN WADE
Aug 12, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Winning a gold medal in soccer, and not worrying about anything else, is no longer good enough in Brazil with the country holding the Olympics. The...
Fiji celebrates 1st-ever Olympic gold medal

By STEVE McMORRAN
Aug 12, 2016 7:00 am - The Pacific Island nation of Fiji erupted into celebration on Friday after its rugby sevens team defeated Britain to capture the country's first Olympic medal. The fact ...
Without his wife, a bittersweet Olympics for Monty Williams

By BRIAN MAHONEY
Aug 12, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Ingrid Williams was supposed to be here. It was about this point of the Olympics that she planned to join her husband, U.S. men's basketball assist...
How often do 3-way ties happen at the Olympics?

The Associated Press
Aug 12, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - This will be a defining image of the Rio Olympics: Michael Phelps and two more of the world's greatest swimmers holding hands on one step of the po...
US women's basketball team visits Christ the Redeemer statue

By DOUG FEINBERG
Aug 12, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - A visit to Rio wouldn't be complete without a trip to see the famous Christ the Redeemer statue. The U.S. women's basketball team visited one of th...
US loses 8-5 to Montenegro, no chance for quarters

By JAY COHEN
Aug 12, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The future is now for the U.S. men's water polo team. That's about all the Americans can do with what's left of their time at the Olympics. The Uni...
Rio turns into an Olympic-sized disappointment for Franklin

By PAUL NEWBERRY
Aug 12, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Dance parties. Dark chocolate. Calls to mom. All are helping Missy Franklin cope with an Olympics gone wrong. A huge star at the London Games four ...
Kenya Olympic official suspended, IOC investigates runner

By GERALD IMRAY
Aug 12, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The IAAF suspended the Kenyan track team's manager on Friday and one of the country's runners was being investigated by the IOC after both became i...
Chinese, Polish and Bulgarian athletes sanctioned for doping

By STEPHEN WILSON
Aug 12, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - A Chinese swimmer, a Polish weightlifter and a Bulgarian steeplechaser were expelled or suspended Friday from the Olympics for doping, the first at...
Close calls! Nadal, Murray both squeak into Olympic semis

By HOWARD FENDRICH
Aug 12, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - After struggling for much of his Olympic singles quarterfinal against a Brazilian opponent backed by a raucous home crowd, Rafael Nadal finally sei...

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