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Usme scores 2 goals in Colombia's 2-2 draw with US

By ANNE M. PETERSON
Aug 09, 2016 7:00 am - MANAUS, Brazil (AP) - In the first few moments Hope Solo had to reflect following the U.S. team's 2-2 draw with Colombia on Tuesday, she already had perspective on the t...
NBC brings the Cold War back to the Olympics

By DAVID BAUDER
Aug 09, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - For a few minutes, it felt like 1980 again. An American versus a Russian, this time squaring off in a swimming pool instead of an ice-skating rink. Lilly...
Brazil's other No. 10 _ Marta _ is getting respect

By ANNE M. PETERSON
Aug 09, 2016 7:00 am - MANAUS, Brazil (AP) - Known simply by her first name, Marta Vieira da Silva is one of the best women ever to play soccer. And with the Olympics in Brazil, people in her ...
Race walking at epicenter of Olympic doping problems

By EDDIE PELLS
Aug 09, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - For decades, race walking and all its straight-legged, hip-swaying awkwardness has largely been ignored, derided and sometimes ridiculed by those u...
Column: What to get the pro who has everything? Bug spray!

By JIM LITKE
Aug 09, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - What do you get the pro athlete who has everything? How about a cramped room, bad food and enough bug spray to last a lifetime? Welcome to the Rio ...
Spain 0-2 in men's basketball, face 'challenging' road ahead

By KAREEM COPELAND
Aug 09, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Two losses in two games by a total of three points have the Spanish men's basketball team in an unenviable, yet somewhat familiar position. Spain d...
Puerto Rico's Monica Puig upsets No. 3 Garbine Muguruza

By RACHEL COHEN
Aug 09, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Monica Puig still had goosebumps well after the biggest win of her career. The Puerto Rican tennis player routed French Open champion Garbine Mugur...
Hookup Games: Tinder usage up among athletes at Rio Olympics

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and MAURICIO SAVARESE
Aug 09, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Away from the games, some Olympians are looking for a different kind of match. Athletes increasingly are using apps like Tinder as they look to hav...
Brazilian judge orders Olympics to allow stadium protests

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON
Aug 09, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - A judge has ordered organizers of the Rio Olympics to allow peaceful protests inside venues after several fans were escorted out of stadiums for ho...
Ethiopia's new hope for the 10,000 is feisty and outspoken

By GERALD IMRAY
Aug 09, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Yigrem Demelash arrives for a training session and right away gets into an argument with one of the coaches. The coach has an idea of how this sess...

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