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Olympic road cycling is a grueling, panoramic tour of Rio

By DAVE SKRETTA
Aug 05, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Olympic road cycling races promise to be a grueling, 6-hour showcase featuring everything from the sun-splashed beaches of Copacabana and Ipanema t...
All these years, surgeries later, Brian Baker makes Olympics

By HOWARD FENDRICH
Aug 05, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Brian Baker is not among the collection of highly ranked players and Grand Slam champions playing tennis at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Baker was ...
Column: Rio could prove that Olympics are too big to fail

By TIM DAHLBERG
Aug 05, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - On a corner outside the athlete's village, a soldier carrying an automatic weapon tried his best to keep from smiling as he posed for a cameraman t...
Pressure increases on Brazil's soccer team after opening tie

By TALES AZZONI
Aug 05, 2016 7:00 am - BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - The last thing Brazil's men's soccer team needed in its first game at the Olympics was to leave the field without a win and jeered by fans. The d...
Italian PM: 2024 Olympics in Rome would defy extremists

By STEPHEN WILSON
Aug 05, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Holding the Olympics in Rome in 2024 would send a message of defiance to terrorists trying to cower people into a "life of fear" and rob them of th...
Women ready for kick off when rugby returns to the Olympics

By JOHN PYE
Aug 05, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - It'll be a first for women, and the first time in 92 years for the sport when the Olympic rugby sevens tournament kicks off with a match between Fr...
WADA removes Kenya from non-compliant list

The Associated Press
Aug 05, 2016 7:00 am - MONTREAL (AP) - Kenya has been removed from the World Anti-Doping Agency's list of "non-compliant" countries, three months after WADA described the nation's anti-doping ...
Brazilian musicians delight at Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony

By MAURICIO SAVARESE
Aug 05, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Music is a central part of Brazilian culture, and many of the country's stars performed during in the opening ceremony of the 2016 Olympic Games in...
Will truce in swimsuit wars carry on past Rio Olympics?

By PAUL NEWBERRY
Aug 05, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - There's one question swimmers won't hear this month around the Olympic Aquatics Stadium in Rio de Janeiro: What are you wearing? Olympic coaches an...
Water polo making most of better scouting

By JAY COHEN
Aug 05, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - When Merrill Moses first started playing for U.S. water polo, the team manager would pack a TV and VCR for overseas tournaments, and players would ...

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