BWF clears four Russians for Rio, awaits ‘IOC validation’
(Reuters) – The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has included four Russian players in the draws for next month’s Rio de Janeiro Games, “pending the validation of the International Olympic Committee”.
Bolt arrives in Rio for shot at immortality
KINGSTON (Reuters) – Jamaica’s Usain Bolt has landed in Rio de Janeiro more than a week before the Olympics opening ceremony to fine tune his preparations for his attempt at an unprecedented triple-triple of gold medals in the men’s sprints.
Team USA look to sweep golds in Rio
TORONTO (Reuters) – Team USA will be without many star players in Rio due mainly to concerns over Zika and injuries, but such is the depth of the country’s basketball talent that they are expected to cruise to a third consecutive gold medal.
‘Best U.S. team’ set for high profile in Brazil
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Looking to fill a rare gap on its medal shelf, Team USA is sending the strongest fencing squad in memory to Rio, helped along by a generation of Olympic elders that has expanded the sport’s frontiers.
Namesake Russia coaches groom synchro stars for more gold
(Reuters) – Two namesake coaches who have propelled Russian synchronized swimming to one medal after another hope to blow rivals out of the water once again at the Rio Olympic Games.
Wiggo, Cav back but British supremacy faces test
LONDON (Reuters) – Big guns Bradley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish will bolster the British team for next month’s Olympic track cycling program but the powerhouse nation will have its work cut out repeating the supremacy of four years ago in London.
Doping tsunami leaves number one sport on brink
LONDON (Reuters) – A year of unrelenting misery, of corruption, cover-ups, bans, appeals and doping, doping, doping, has ripped the heart and soul out of athletics, the sport that likes to think of itself as the heart and soul of the Olympics.
Fitzpatrick, Jets agree on a new one-year deal
(Reuters) – Quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick agreed on a new one-year contract with the New York Jets on Wednesday, ending a long off-season standoff between the two sides.
No thanks for the London memories, says Campbell
(Reuters) – Australian swimming has moved on from the debacle in the London pool four years ago and it’s ‘disrespectful’ to keep reminding the Olympic team about it in the leadup to Rio de Janeiro, 100 meters freestyle world record holder Cate Campbell…
Rhode guns for medals – and children’s books
(Reuters) – Shotgun shooter Kim Rhode will be looking to extend her record as the only U.S. athlete to win medals at five consecutive Olympic Games in an individual sport when she arrives at next month’s Rio Summer Games.
