IOC executive targeted in police probe into ticket scalping (Yahoo Sports) A senior international Olympic official was taken to a hospital Wednesday after police came to his hotel to arrest him as part of a probe into ticket scalping. Ireland's Patrick Hickey, a member of the International Olympic Committee's executive board, is accused of plotting with at least six others to illegally sell … [Read more...]

Klishina relieved to compete, qualify for Olympic final (Yahoo Sports) Darya Klishina, the only person from her country allowed to compete in the sport at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, jumped 6.64 meters Tuesday to finish in eighth place in the preliminary round. ''I have big support from the girls,'' said Klishina, who will jump again on Wednesday in the final. With the rest of what would … [Read more...]

Olympics-Cycling-Britain's dominance leaves rivals perplexed (Reuters) By Martyn Herman RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 16 (Reuters) - As Britain's track cyclists left Rio's velodrome on Tuesday with their saddle bags laden with gold, their rivals were left scratching their heads wondering just how they managed to keep peaking at the Olympics. "Of course we are wondering," Germany's Kristina Vogel, … [Read more...]

Cycling: Britain's dominance leaves rivals perplexed (Reuters) By Martyn Herman RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - As Britain's track cyclists left Rio's velodrome on Tuesday with their saddle bags laden with gold, their rivals were left scratching their heads wondering just how they managed to keep peaking at the Olympics. "Of course we are wondering," Germany's Kristina Vogel, who did stem … [Read more...]

Olympics-Boxing-Cuban fights Cuban and Azerbaijan wins (Reuters) By Alan Baldwin RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Olympic boxing witnessed the rare sight of two Cubans fighting each other in the ring at the Rio Games on Tuesday with the winner securing a medal for Azerbaijan. Lorenzo Sotomayor Collazo, the Havana-born cousin of Cuba's 1992 Olympic high jump champion Javier Sotomayor, was … [Read more...]

Olympics-Cycling-Britain's Kenny wins keirin gold to take haul to six (Reuters) * Britain's Kenny claims sixth career gold * Dutchman Matthijs Buchli clinches silver * Malaysia's Azizulhasni Awang takes bronze (Adds detail on controversy of restarts, quotes) By Stephen Eisenhammer RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Britain's Jason Kenny won the men's track cycling keirin on Tuesday, … [Read more...]

Brazil's Robson Conceicao wins historic boxing gold at home (Yahoo Sports) Robson Conceicao couldn't step up onto a medal podium without thinking about where his climb began. The lightweight won Brazil's first Olympic boxing gold medal Tuesday night, delighting a frenzied home audience with a unanimous decision over France's Sofiane Oumiha. ''It's amazing that my life has changed … [Read more...]

Brazil women beat US, ending Walsh Jennings' golden run (Yahoo Sports) If Kerri Walsh Jennings winds up with a fourth medal in Olympic beach volleyball, it will be bronze - not gold, like the other three she has earned in what had been an unblemished record at the Summer Games. Walsh Jennings and partner April Ross were relegated to the third-place game by Brazil's reigning world champions, … [Read more...]

US routs Japan 110-64, advances to women's basketball semis (Yahoo Sports) Diana Taurasi and the U.S. women's basketball brushed aside yet another opponent at the Rio Games after being challenged for the first time in the Olympics, albeit for just one half. While Japan played the Americans tough in the first half, the end result was another blowout victory for the U.S., although the 110-64 … [Read more...]

Olympics-Cycling-'Pocket rocket' wins Malaysia's first track medal (Reuters) By Stephen Eisenhammer RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Eight years after carrying Malaysia's flag at the opening of the Beijing Olympics, Azizulhasni Awang finally fulfilled the dream of winning his country's first ever track cycling medal on Tuesday. Awang, nicknamed the 'pocket rocket' because of his small … [Read more...]