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Argentina's handball team rescues del Potro, then loses

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH
Aug 08, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Argentina's handball team rescued tennis player Juan Martin del Potro from an elevator, but couldn't rescue themselves from an opening-match loss t...
Olympic cycling course leaves riders bloodied, broken

By DAVE SKRETTA
Aug 08, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - After a series of spills in the men's Olympic road race left cyclists with broken bones and bloody road rash, it seemed as if the women's race Sund...
US women hold off scrappy Netherlands team in 5 sets

By JANIE McCAULEY
Aug 08, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - This past year in Istanbul, U.S. assistant coach Jamie Morrison worked right alongside a man he considers among the best volleyball minds in the bu...
Rafaela Silva wins Brazil's 1st gold of Rio Olympics in judo

By MARIA CHENG
Aug 08, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - From the favela to the top of the podium, Rafaela Silva earned Brazil's first gold medal of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. And to celebrate, the 24-y...
Nigeria sports minister apologizes for Olympics travel chaos

By GERALD IMRAY
Aug 08, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Nigeria's sports minister apologized to the Olympic men's soccer team and took responsibility Monday for the travel chaos that resulted in players ...
NBC announcer says he regrets tweet about Biles' parents

By DAVID BAUDER
Aug 08, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - NBC announcer Al Trautwig said Monday he regrets tweeting that the adoptive mother and father of American gymnastics star Simone Biles were not her paren...
Fast feet: Bolt says sub-19 seconds in 200 still a goal

By EDDIE PELLS
Aug 08, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The "Usain Bolt Variety Hour" hit Brazil, big time, on Monday. The closing number said it all: After talking about life, sprinting and the Olympics...
Australian, Chinese swim officials tangle amid doping feud

By GERRY SHIH
Aug 08, 2016 7:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - Swimming officials from Australia and China have dived into the fray as a feud over doping between swimmers Mack Horton and Sun Yang boils over at the Rio...
Nadia Comaneci clarifies that she's Romanian, not Russian

The Associated Press
Aug 08, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Nadia Comaneci wants to make sure everyone knows she's Romanian, not Russian. Comaneci posted a screengrab to Twitter of a mention on Marie Claire'...
Brazilian selected to hit golf's first shot in 112 years

By DOUG FERGUSON
Aug 08, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The first Olympic golf shot in 112 years will be hit by the lone Brazilian in the men's field. The International Golf Federation tapped into what f...

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