Swimming: Ledecky lights up pool with Phelps yet to come
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Freestyle queen Katie Ledecky swam the fastest women’s 400 meters of the year on Sunday while the U.S. men’s team, minus Michael Phelps for now, showed the Australians they mean business in the 4×100 relay.
Cycling: Dutch rider Van Der Breggen wins thrilling women’s road race
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Dutch cyclist Anna van der Breggen claimed gold after a thrilling climax to the Olympic women’s road race on Sunday.
Tennis: Williams, Kerber cruise into second round amid wind chaos
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – World number one Serena Williams and second seed Angelique Kerber progressed through the first round of the Rio Olympics tennis on Sunday despite windy conditions that delayed play on most of the smaller tennis courts.
Security concerns dog Games as Portugal minister robbed
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Portugal’s education minister was robbed at knifepoint on Saturday at the Olympic lake where rowing events are taking place, but escaped unharmed, authorities said.
Answers, assurances demanded over Rio bullet incident
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Organizers of the Rio 2016 equestrian event on Sunday demanded answers from Olympic bosses and assurances of safety after a bullet ripped through the plastic roof of their competition center a day earlier.
Brazil settles early nerves to beat Mexico
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazil’s male volleyball team settled early nerves to recover from a set down and beat Mexico in the first Olympic match for one of the host nation’s best gold medal hopes.
Swimming: Peaty ignores his room mate’s advice
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Adam Peaty rooms with James Guy at the Rio Olympics but Britain’s big swimming hope clearly pays no attention to his team mate’s advice.
Basketball: Senegal gets Rio mugging from the U.S.
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Rio visitors have been warned of the risk of muggings during the Olympics but Senegal still could not avoid a brutal beat down as the U.S. women’s basketball team began their bid for a sixth consecutive gold with a 121-56 rou…
Beach Volleyball: Crowd taunts U.S. players with ‘Zika’ jeers
(Reuters) – The crowd at Copacabana’s Beach Volleyball Arena loudly booed and taunted American volleyball players Lauren Fendrick and Brooke Sweat during an Olympic pool match Sunday, shouting “Zika” each time one of the duo served.
China’s first gold of Games won by woman shooter
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – First-time Olympian Zhang Mengxue secured China’s first gold medal of the 2016 Olympics on Sunday by winning the women’s 10-metre air pistol event and extending her nation’s gold medal streak in the sport.
