Olympics
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Olympic road cycling is a grueling, panoramic tour of Rio
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...
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All these years, surgeries later, Brian Baker makes Olympics
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 ...
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Column: Rio could prove that Olympics are too big to fail
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...
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Pressure increases on Brazil's soccer team after opening tie
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...
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Italian PM: 2024 Olympics in Rome would defy extremists
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...
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Women ready for kick off when rugby returns to the Olympics
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...
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WADA removes Kenya from non-compliant list
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 ...
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Brazilian musicians delight at Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony
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...
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Will truce in swimsuit wars carry on past Rio Olympics?
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...
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Water polo making most of better scouting
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 ...