Olympics
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Man-up situations critical in Olympic water polo
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 ...
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US men's basketball blasts Venezuela 113-69 after slow start
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...
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Men's rugby ready for Rio after 92-year Olympic absence
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...
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Irish executive nabbed for scalping Olympic tickets
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...
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For 1 Brazilian, Olympics feel like his nation has arrived
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...
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Booing and bellowing, a different kind of tennis fan in Rio
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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World record holder Chen withdraws from weightlifting
Aug 08, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - World record holder Chen Lijun pulled out of the men's weightlifting 62-kilogram class because of leg cramps, which opened the class for Oscar Albe...
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With Neymar struggling, Brazilian soccer fans turn to Marta
Aug 08, 2016 7:00 am - BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - The frustration with Brazil's soccer team is so great that fans are jeering Neymar and wishing women's star Marta could come to the rescue. While...
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US knocks off No. 3 Australia in women's field hockey
Aug 08, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Once again, the United States got off to a slow start. And again, the Americans regained their composure and knocked off a world power at the Olymp...
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Missy Franklin's Rio debut is nothing like she planned
Aug 08, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Missy Franklin finally got in the pool at the Rio Olympics only to endure another disappointment in the most unsettling year of her career. The usu...