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Two-time defending champion Brazil breezes past Cameroon

By JANIE McCAULEY
Aug 06, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Breezing to a three-set victory in their Olympic debut at home, the Brazilian women ran around the court perimeter slapping hands with any fans the...
First gold medal in Rio goes to US shooter Virginia Thrasher

By JOHN MARSHALL
Aug 06, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Virginia Thrasher went through a three-week spring whirlwind, winning three NCAA titles and a spot on the U.S. Olympic Shooting team. The precociou...
At the Olympics, table tennis may be the fountain of youth

By FOSTER KLUG
Aug 06, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - When 19-year-old American Yijun Feng played Spaniard Zhiwen "Juanito" He on Saturday, Feng entered the table tennis match with a slight but unusual...
Not just Serbia in men's water polo tournament

By JAY COHEN
Aug 06, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Hungary is the home of 15 Olympic men's water polo medals, more than any other country. It owned the pool in Sydney, Athens and Beijing, winning th...
South Korea nearly flawless in team archery, beats US

By PAT GRAHAM
Aug 06, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - One of the South Korean archers had a perfect response for a nearly flawless show. "We shoot always like this," Lee Seungyun said through a transla...
Tackling any challenge, women's rugby makes Olympic debut

By JOHN PYE
Aug 06, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - It's promoted as a party, the loud music and dancing in the crowd as synonymous with rugby sevens as the free-running attacking movements and copio...
Peaty sets world mark in heats on 1st day in Olympic pool

By BETH HARRIS
Aug 06, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Swimming got off to a fast start in preliminaries at the Olympic pool on Saturday, with a world record in the men's 100-meter breaststroke, the sec...
In Rio's Olympic water, it's all about avoiding the splash

By STEPHEN WADE
Aug 06, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - There's a contradictory mission for rowers competing in this year's Summer Olympics. Get into your boat, work your hardest - but try to avoid the w...
Janine Beckie scores twice, Canada beats Zimbabwe 3-1

The Associated Press
Aug 06, 2016 7:00 am - SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Janine Beckie scored twice and Christine Sinclair had her 10th Olympic goal as Canada defeated Zimbabwe 3-1 Saturday at the Rio de Janeiro Games...
Olympics spat as Lebanese stop Israelis joining them on bus

By ROB HARRIS
Aug 06, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The Israeli and Lebanese Olympics teams became involved in a heated argument about access to a bus to the opening ceremony of the Rio de Janeiro Ga...

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