Olympics-Boxing-Boxing body AIBA reassigns top official after scoring uproar (Reuters) Olympic boxing body AIBA has reassigned its French executive director Karim Bouzidi to a new role, a day after announcing that some judges and referees had been dropped from the tournament at the Rio Games. It said in a statement that Franco Falcinelli, AIBA's most senior vice-president and European … [Read more...]

Venue announced for inaugural WGC-Mexico Championship Adam Scott won the final WGC-Cadillac Championship at Doral. (Getty Images) The PGA Tour announced Wednesday that the inaugural WGC-Mexico Championship will be held next March at Club de Golf Chapultepec outside Mexico City. The transition away from hosting the World Golf Championships event at Trump National Doral in South Florida was … [Read more...]

Kyrgyz weightlifter stripped of bronze medal in doping case (Yahoo Sports) A male weightlifter from Kyrgyzstan became the first athlete at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics to be stripped of a medal after a positive drug test. Izzat Artykov tested positive for strychnine after winning the bronze medal in the 69-kilogram division, the Court of Arbitration's anti-doping division said Thursday. … [Read more...]

Stevenson advances to boxing final after Nikitin ruled out (The Associated Press) U.S. boxer Shakur Stevenson has reached the Olympic bantamweight final after Russian semifinal opponent Vladimir Nikitin was ruled out with an injury. The International Boxing Association (AIBA) confirmed Thursday that Stevenson advanced by walkover. Stevenson will fight in Saturday's final against either … [Read more...]

Olympics-Triathlon-Brownlee retains title in British family 1-2 (Reuters) By Mitch Phillips RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Alistair Brownlee won the Olympic triathlon in dominant style on Thursday, out-running brother Jonny in a British 1-2 to become the first to retain the title and underlining his position as the greatest-ever exponent of the swim-bike-run sport. Jonny, 26, third in … [Read more...]

Cycling: Britain bids to host world road championships in 2019 (Reuters) Britain has submitted a bid to host the world road cycling championships in Yorkshire in 2019, following two highly successful stages of the Tour de France two years ago. London hosted the world track championships this year with thee races watched by a capacity crowd in the Olympic velodrome. "We have the experience … [Read more...]

Walsh Jennings, Ross rebound to win beach volleyball bronze (Yahoo Sports) Cursing and crying and blaming herself after falling short of her goal to win a fourth consecutive Olympic gold medal. Staggered by her first-ever loss at the Summer Games, behind by one set in the bronze medal match and trailing in the second, Kerri Walsh Jennings pulled herself together on the Copacabana sand to … [Read more...]

Britain's track cycling medal haul leaves rivals flummoxed (The Associated Press) Kristina Vogel proudly watched the German flag rise to the rafters of the Olympic velodrome, her victory in the women's individual sprint a validation of all her hard work the past four years. Vogel was just about the only track cyclist to stop Britain's gold rush at the Rio Games, beating Katy Marchant in the … [Read more...]

German women beat Brazil for Olympic beach volleyball gold (Yahoo Sports) On their left was the United States, the birthplace of beach volleyball and the most successful country in its Olympic history. To their right was one of two Brazilian women's teams to reach the medal round on their home sand at Copacabana beach, the sport's spiritual home. ''I'm speechless,'' Ludwig said after the … [Read more...]

Track: A challenge for Bolt, gold for Jamaica, sweep for US (Yahoo Sports) It's no easy thing to push Usain Bolt, even in an Olympic warm-up race. It kept going with another Jamaican, Elaine Thompson, completing the first 100-200 women's double since 1988. Brianna Rollins, Nia Ali and Kristi Castlin finished 1-2-3 in the 100-meter hurdles to give the United States its first sweep in the … [Read more...]