Europe’s top Olympic official arrested in Rio ticketing probe
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazilian police arrested Europe’s top Olympic official in a dawn raid of his Rio beachfront hotel on Wednesday, in connection with an investigation into ticket scalping at the Olympics.
Water polo: U.S. women advance to gold-medal game
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – The U.S. women’s water polo team beat Hungary on Wednesday to reach the finals at the Rio Games where they will look to become the first women’s squad to win back-to-back Olympic gold medals in the sport.
Club de Golf Chapultepec in Mexico City to host WGC event
(Reuters) – Club de Golf Chapultepec will host next year’s World Golf Championships-Mexico Championship, the PGA Tour announced on Wednesday.
Basketball: No gold but plenty of golden moments for Parker
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – There will be no golden end to Tony Parker’s international career, nor silver or bronze either after France bowed out of the Olympic men’s basketball tournament with a whimper on Wednesday falling 92-67 to Spain.
Reed, Fowler rush back from Rio in bid to make Ryder Cup
GREENSBORO, North Carolina (Reuters) – With the Rio Olympics in their rear view mirror, Patrick Reed and Rickie Fowler are turning their thoughts to the Ryder Cup, the main reason they are playing the Wyndham Championship starting here on Thursday.
American Reed wants Olympic golf format tweaked for 2020
GREENSBORO, North Carolina (Reuters) – As much as Patrick Reed enjoyed the Olympic experience, he would like to see the format tweaked for Tokyo 2020.
Most cities too hot to host the summer Olympics by 2085: study
BERKELEY, Calif. (Reuters) – In 70 years, most cities in the Northern Hemisphere will be unfit to host the summer Olympics due to rising temperatures associated with climate change, according to a medical journal’s findings published this week.
Boxing: U.S.’s Shields makes sure of another medal
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Reigning Olympic champion Claressa Shields of the United States made sure of another medal after reaching the women’s middleweight semi-finals on Wednesday.
Europe’s top Olympic official steps down after arrest
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Europe’s top Olympic official, Ireland’s Pat Hickey, on Wednesday temporarily stepped down from his position as executive board member on the International Olympic Committee, after his arrest in connection with a probe into t…
Athletics: Semenya through as gender debate re-opens
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Caster Semenya qualified for the Olympic women’s 800 meters semi-finals with supreme ease on Wednesday and was immediately plunged into a new gender controversy after a race rival questioned whether it was fair for her to com…
