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AP Interview: Bach to continue push for Olympic doping bans

By STEPHEN WILSON
Aug 08, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The IOC will keep trying to enforce a rule that would prevent former doping cheats from competing in future Olympics. In an interview with The Asso...
Rio organizers not first to bungle country's flag

The Associated Press
Aug 08, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Tip to event organizers everywhere: Check your flags and anthems. Then, check them again. Rio Games organizers who managed to irritate China by usi...
Glasnovic earns trap gold after shoot-off in Rio

By JOHN MARSHALL
Aug 08, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Josip Glasnovic settled his feet into place, gently rocked back and forth to find balance, pausing a moment before loading his shotgun. The Croatia...
Ibtihaj Muhammad makes US history, wears hijab in Olympics

By LUKE MEREDITH
Aug 08, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - American Ibtihaj Muhammad looked like all the other fencers when she stepped on the piste, save for the non-descript black scarf covering her head....
Man-up situations critical in Olympic water polo

By JAY COHEN
Aug 08, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Matteo Aicardi is tough to guard in normal situations in water polo. When Italy plays with the man advantage, he becomes even more dangerous. Same ...
US men's basketball blasts Venezuela 113-69 after slow start

By TOM WITHERS
Aug 08, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Red, white and blase for one quarter, the U.S. Olympic team woke up and won with ease. Shaking off a sluggish, sloppy start and maybe some Brazilia...
Men's rugby ready for Rio after 92-year Olympic absence

By JOHN PYE
Aug 08, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Ben Ryan took his gold-medal favorite Fiji men's squad along to watch the women's rugby sevens quarterfinals, hoping their presence would inspire a...
Irish executive nabbed for scalping Olympic tickets

The Associated Press
Aug 08, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The Olympic Council of Ireland is investigating why tickets allocated to the organization were found in the possession of two men arrested by Rio d...
For 1 Brazilian, Olympics feel like his nation has arrived

By MAURICIO SAVARESE
Aug 08, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - "Go to bed," my grandmother implored. "It is late, and these Olympics are very far away." I was 6 years old, a boy in working-class Sao Paulo alrea...
Booing and bellowing, a different kind of tennis fan in Rio

By RACHEL COHEN
Aug 08, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Juan Martin del Potro bounced the ball, waiting to try to serve out his second-round match at the Olympic tennis tournament. Argentine fans sang fo...

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