Olympics
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Horton wins gold after calling out Sun Yang as drug cheat
Aug 06, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Mack Horton called Chinese swimmer Sun Yang a drug cheat, and then went out and dethroned the defending Olympic champion in the 400-meter freestyle...
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Column: Filthy water nothing to make a stink about in Rio
Aug 06, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Apparently filthy water is nothing to make a stink about at the Olympics. All seemed well Saturday at the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon, a picturesque ...
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Man shot dead near Maracana after Olympic opening ceremony
Aug 06, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Spectators leaving the opening ceremony of the Olympics were confronted by the body of a man shot dead near Maracana Stadium. Eyewitnesses said ear...
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US men romp past China 119-62 in Olympic basketball opener
Aug 06, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Kevin Durant looks ready to lead a new group of Americans to the gold-medal podium. Durant picked up right where he left off in the 2012 Olympics w...
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After 55 hours of travel, No. 4 Radwanska loses 1st match
Aug 06, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Agnieszka Radwanska, a player not known for outbursts on court, had plenty of good reasons to take out her frustrations on her racket in her first-...
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2016 Rio Olympics medal countAug 06, 2016 1:00 am - Here's how the top teams are faring so far for the 2016 Rio Olympics. ...
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Images: Saturday at the 2016 Rio OlympicsAug 06, 2016 1:00 am - See moments from Saturday of the 2016 Rio Olympics, including men's swimming, gymnastics, boxing and fencing. ...
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From plane to pitch, Nigeria soccer team wins Olympic opener
Aug 05, 2016 7:00 am - The Nigerian men's soccer team didn't show any fatigue from a last-minute trip that brought the players to Brazil just hours before their Rio Olympics opener, beating Ja...
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Balderas, Hernandez try to boost US boxing fortune in opener
Aug 05, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Carlos Balderas qualified for the Olympics nearly nine months ago, and he has been waiting anxiously for his next fight ever since. The American li...
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Rio delivers a simple, but spirited, Olympic welcome
Aug 05, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - What it lacked in flash, Rio made up for with feeling. With a limited budget, the consequence of a biting recession that roiled preparations for So...