Athletics: Last-gasp Carter wins shot gold to deny Adams
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – American Michelle Carter stunned champion Valerie Adams with a throw of 20.63 meters on her final attempt to win Olympic shot put gold and deny the New Zealander a third successive title on Friday.
Tennis: Spain’s Nadal and Lopez win gold in men’s doubles
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Rafa Nadal and Marc Lopez of Spain won the Olympic men’s doubles tennis title on Friday, beating Romania’s Florin Mergea and Horia Tecau to secure their country’s third gold medal of the Rio Games.
Fencing: Russia stun France as U.S. nabs rare medal
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Russia’s fencers stormed back against France in the closing minutes of the team foil final to clinch gold on Friday, while the U.S. men beat defending champions Italy for bronze, their first medal in the event since 1932.
Soccer: Holders U.S. suffer penalty heartache against Sweden
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Sweden knocked the United States out of the women’s Olympic soccer tournament on Friday, recording one of the sport’s biggest shocks by beating the holders 4-3 on penalties in the quarter-final after the two sides drew 1-1 af…
Boxing: Women’s bouts begin with wins by Colombia, U.S
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – The first day of women’s bouts, only the second ever in Olympic boxing, began on Friday with a technical knockout by a Colombian fighter and a victory by Mikaela Mayer, a 26-year-old U.S. national champion making her Games de…
Archery: Big game hunter Ellison bags elusive medal
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – American archer Brady Ellison shot with the steely gaze of a game hunter but wept in relief after securing the men’s individual bronze at the Olympics on Friday, having nearly tossed away the medal chance as he raged at himse…
Tennis: Murray, Nadal both squeak into semi-finals
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – London Olympic champion Andy Murray reached the semi-finals of the men’s tennis on Friday after winning a third-set tie-break to scrape through a testing encounter against American Steve Johnson.
Archery: Cool Ku secures South Korean sweep
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Ku Bon-chan outlasted Frenchman Jean-Charles Valladont in the final of the men’s individual archery on Friday to capture his second gold of the Rio Olympics and ensure South Korea completed an unprecedented sweep of all four …
Soccer: Messi back for Argentina after reversing decision
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Lionel Messi has announced that he will play on for Argentina, reversing his decision in June to retire from international soccer.
Swimming: Britain fastest through to relay final, Phelps’ last race
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Britain qualified fastest on Friday in the men’s 4×100 meters medley relay, threatening to spoil the party for Michael Phelps when he swims the last race of his epic Olympic career on Saturday.
