Cycling: Post’s silver joy tempered as fiance misses a medal
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – American Alise Post’s joy at winning a silver medal in the women’s BMX final was tempered shortly afterwards on Friday as Australian husband-to-be Sam Willoughby finished off the podium.
Athletics : U.S. and Jamaica set up 4×400 women’s relay showdown
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Five-times defending champions the United States and Jamaica, who upset them at last year’s world championships, set up what should be a mouth-watering women’s Olympic 4×400 relay final after impressive semi-final performance…
United rediscovering vim and verve under Mourinho
MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – Jose Mourinho says Manchester United’s rehabilitation will be a steady process but Friday’s 2-0 win over Southampton indicated the team are quickly rediscovering their vim and verve under the new manager.
DeAndre Jordan comes up quietly on Team USA
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – DeAndre Jordan may not have been the starting center when Team USA arrived in Rio but the lowest drafted player among his Olympic teammates is the reason they will be playing for a third consecutive gold medal.
#LochteGate means lesser-known swimmers may miss their pay day
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Veteran swimmer Ryan Lochte’s brush with Rio police has already hurt his appeal to sponsors – but for two lesser-known team mates, it means they may never get a chance to sign their first major deal.
Muhammad Ali auction items seen fetching heavyweight prices
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Muhammad Ali’s 1974 WBC heavyweight championship boxing belt and a handwritten letter about his conversion to Islam are among items that will hit the auction block in September, in the biggest such sale since Ali’s death in June.
U.S. swimmers’ tall tale touches a raw nerve in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – When an angry crowd of Brazilians jeered U.S. Olympic gold medal swimmers Gunnar Bentz and Jack Conger, calling them ‘liars’ and giving one of them a tug on the ear, the young Americans looked shocked by the ferocity of their…
IOC sets up disciplinary commission for four U.S. swimmers
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has set up a disciplinary commission for United States swimmer Ryan Lochte and his three team mates after they were found to have lied about an armed robbery during the Rio Olympics, …
Brazil prosecutors seek stiffer fine for U.S. swimmer Feigen
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazilian prosecutors said on Friday they were seeking a heavier fine for U.S. Olympic gold medalist swimmer Jimmy Feigen for giving false testimony to police, after he had paid 35,000 reais to a charity as ordered by a Rio d…
U.S. Olympic Committee denies CNN report Lochte to be suspended
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – The U.S. Olympic Committee on Friday denied a CNN report that Ryan Lochte would be suspended by USA Swimming and the U.S. Olympic Committee for allegedly lying about being held up at gunpoint at the Rio Olympics.
