Rowing – Cuban Fournier aims for number one
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Cuba is better known for baseball and basketball than rowing, while the name of Guantanamo has become synonymous with the U.S. military prison there, but Cuban rower Angel Fournier Rodriguez wants to change all that.
In favela above opening ceremony, pride and disappointment
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – They could see the fireworks but they have felt no impact from the Olympic Games.
Kerry confident Rio Olympics will be ‘safe, sound, secure’
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday he is confident the Olympics Games will be “safe, sound, secure” and said the United States and Brazil are working together to ensure they are.
American TV viewers slam NBC for delaying Rio broadcast
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – American TV viewers used social media on Friday to vent their anger at U.S. broadcaster NBC for delaying the screening of the opening ceremony of the Rio Games by an hour and then going to repeated commercial breaks during th…
Carried by samba stars and a prince, Olympic torch nears ceremony
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Carried by samba stars, a supermodel and Prince Albert of Monaco, the Olympic torch made its final journey on Friday from Rio de Janeiro’s iconic Christ the Redeemer statue to the Games’ opening ceremony amid anti-government …
Swimming: Lifeguards at the Olympic pool? It’s the law
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – It is safe to say Michael Phelps has no need for a lifeguard watching over him in the Olympic pool but the most decorated Olympian of all time, with 18 gold medals among his career haul of 22, will have one anyway at the Rio …
Golf: Four share halfway lead at tight Travelers Championship
(Reuters) – American Daniel Berger drove the green at the short par-four 15th hole for a two-putt birdie that put him into a four-way tie for the lead on Friday halfway through the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Connecticut.
Messi tops Bauza’s agenda as Argentina coach is formally unveiled
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – New Argentina coach Edgardo Bauza believes a softy, softly approach is the way to try to bring talisman Lionel Messi back into the national team.
‘Relieved’ Efimova says she’s cleared for Rio
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Russian breaststroker Yulia Efimova said on Friday she would take part in the Rio Olympics, a day after winning an appeal against a doping ban, but there was no immediate confirmation from swimming’s governing body FINA.
Yankees Teixeira to retire at end of season
(Reuters) – New York Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira is retiring at the end the season, he said on Friday.
