LPGA star Lewis would advocate for team portion to Olympic golf Stacy Lewis prepares for the women’s Olympic golf tournament. (Getty Images) One of the drags on golf’s return to the Olympics — at least within golf circles — was the format of the two 60-player tournaments that would unfold in Rio. Yet another 72-hole, stroke-play, no-cut event? Don’t we have enough of those? Many in golf … [Read more...]

Rio police: Scant evidence so far in Lochte robbery probe (Yahoo Sports) Police investigating reports that American swimmer Ryan Lochte and three of his teammates were robbed at gunpoint in a taxi so far have found little evidence supporting the account, and say the swimmers were unable to provide key details in police interviews. A police official with knowledge of the investigation told … [Read more...]

LPGA commish Mike Whan explains tour's 2-week Olympic break LPGA commissioner Mike Whan presents a trophy to Inbee Park. (Getty Images) The LPGA Tour has gone dark since the Ricoh Women’s British Open, taking two weeks off after the season’s fourth major in preparation for the women’s Olympic golf tournament in Rio de Janeiro. The approach is a contrast to the PGA Tour, which, two weeks … [Read more...]

Olympics-Boxing-Cuba's La Cruz cruises into light-heavy final (Reuters) * Cuban and Kazakh to fight for light-heavy gold * Britain gains another medal with super-heavy Joyce. * Cuban-born Sotomayor in the medals for Azerbaijan (Adds details on later fights) By Alan Baldwin RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Cuba's triple world champion Julio Cesar La Cruz made sure of at least an … [Read more...]

Argentine cancer survivor wins Olympic sailing gold at 54 (Yahoo Sports) Santiago Lange lost count of how many times he broke down during the celebration on the shore of Guanabara Bay, where one of the more remarkable stories of the Olympics played out. ''It was many,'' said Lange, a 54-year-old Argentine who became the oldest medalist at the Rio de Janeiro Games. Lange, a cancer survivor … [Read more...]

Brazil's Robson Conceicao wins historic boxing gold at home (The Associated Press) 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...]

Olympics-Cycling-Trott dominant as she hammers omnium field (Reuters) Britain's Trott romped to victory in the women's track cycling omnium on the Rio boards on Tuesday, leaving her rivals trailing in her tyre tracks and scrapping for podium places. In winning the multi-discipline, two-day event and beating American veteran Sarah Hammer by a massive 24-point margin, she matched her feat at … [Read more...]

Olympics-Boxing-Conceicao secures golden first for Brazil (Reuters) * Conceicao is Brazil's first Olympic boxing champion * Oumiha wins France's first boxing medal since 2008 (Adds quotes) By Alan Baldwin RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Lightweight Robson Conceicao won Brazil's first ever Olympic boxing gold medal on Tuesday, with a raucous home crowd roaring him on to a unanimous … [Read more...]

Cycling: Britain's Kenny wins keirin gold to take haul to six (Reuters) By Stephen Eisenhammer RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Britain's Jason Kenny won the men's track cycling keirin on Tuesday, taking his gold medal haul to six and equaling Chris Hoy's record for the country's most Olympic titles. In a race that was controversially restarted twice without disqualifying any riders, Kenny … [Read more...]

Biles wins floor exercise for record-tying 4th Olympic gold (Yahoo Sports) Simone Biles put the finishing touches on one of the greatest Olympics by a gymnast, capturing her fourth gold of the games with an electric performance in the floor exercise on Tuesday. ''It's been a long journey,'' Biles said. Biles embraced her longtime coach shortly after her routine - which includes a tumbling … [Read more...]