Olympics-Cycling-Track-Women's keirin repechage round results (Reuters) Aug 13 (Gracenote) - Olympic cycling-track women's keirin repechage round results in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday. Heat 41. Anastasiia Voinova (Russia) Q seconds 2. Kate O'Brien (Canada) 3. Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez (Cuba) 4. Shannon McCurley (Ireland) 5. Olivia Podmore (New Zealand) Heat 31. Laurine van Riessen … [Read more...]
Puck Daddy Summer Series: Weird Florida Panthers
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Lane Johnson isn't happy with NFLPA over positive PED test
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Injured Mertesacker named Arsenal captain
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Nationals reportedly on verge of releasing Jonathan Papelbon
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Tim Duncan turned down President Obama's invitation to Rio Olympics
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Rio mystery solved: Can NCAA athletes keep their Olympic medal bonuses?
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HIGHLIGHTS-Olympics-Day eight at the Rio Olympics (Reuters)
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Olympics-Boxing-Men’s welterweight quarterfinal results (Reuters)
Olympics-Boxing-Men's welterweight quarterfinal results (Reuters) Aug 13 (Gracenote) - Olympic boxing men's welterweight quarterfinal result in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday. Mohammed Rabii (Morocco) beat Steven Donnelly (Ireland) 2-1 … [Read more...]
Olympics-Cycling-Track-Women’s team pursuit 1st round results (Reuters)
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