Sailing: Britain’s Scott wins Finn gold, Paine takes first U.S. medal
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Britain’s Giles Scott, who has carried the bulk of his country’s medal hopes since the legendary Ben Ainslie retired from Olympic sailing, secured the Finn gold in the medal race on Tuesday that he was already assured of on p…
McIlroy Irish Open win raises almost one million euros for charity
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Rory McIlroy’s Irish Open win earlier this year raised almost one million euros ($1.13 million) for three children’s charities thanks to a donation by the Northern Irishman’s Foundation.
Athletics: American Claye hops, skips and jumps to the altar in Rio
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – When American Will Claye took to the track in the men’s triple jump final on Tuesday, he had more than just a medal in his sights; he was also keeping a close eye on his bag.
Athletics: Russians fear Klishina’s performance will suffer
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – The head of Russia’s Olympic delegation on Tuesday criticized athletics’ governing body for flip-flopping over the eligibility of long-jumper Darya Klishina to compete in Rio, and said he feared her performance will suffer.
Gymnastics: Verniaiev swings to gold on parallel bars
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Ukrainian Oleg Verniaiev made up for narrowly missing out on the all-around gymnastics title by winning the parallel bars gold at the Olympics on Tuesday.
Rio’s reputation on the line as organizers struggle for answers
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – With the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in imminent danger of cementing a reputation as the most trouble-plagued Games in recent history, organizers are struggling to convince the world of their good intentions as problems increase …
Del Potro gets wild card for U.S. Open
(Reuters) – Olympic tennis silver medalist Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina has received a wild card into this month’s U.S. Open, which could be bad news for one of the top 32 seeds.
Washington police chief to leave, head NFL security
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Cathy Lanier, who became Washington, D.C.’s first female police chief in 2007, announced on Tuesday she will step down next month to oversee security for the National Football League.
Havelange reshaped FIFA but career ended in disgrace
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – One of Joao Havelange’s favorite utterances was that when he arrived at FIFA house to take over as president in 1974, he found $20 in the till and headquarters that were falling apart.
Early bird Bolt coasts into 200m semis
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Usain Bolt roused a quiet morning at the Olympic stadium as only he can on Tuesday, remaining firmly on course for his historic ‘triple triple’ by coasting through the 200 meters heats in 20.28 seconds.
