Olympics-Boxing-Women's flyweight quarterfinal results (Reuters) Aug 16 (Gracenote) - Olympic boxing women's flyweight quarterfinal results in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday. Sarah Ourahmoune (France) beat Zhaina Shekerbekova (Kazakhstan) 3-0 Ingrid Valencia (Colombia) beat Peamwilai Laopeam (Thailand) 3-0 Ren Cancan (China) beat Mandy Bujold (Canada) 3-0 Nicola Adams (Britain) beat Tetyana Kob … [Read more...]

Olympics-Boxing-Men's light welterweight quarterfinal results (Reuters) Aug 16 (Gracenote) - Olympic boxing men's light welterweight quarterfinal results in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday. Collazo Sotomayor (Azerbaijan) beat Yasnier Toledo Lopez (Cuba) 3-0 Artem Harutyunyan (Germany) beat Batuhan Gozgec (Turkey) 3-0 Fazliddin Gaibnazarov (Uzbekistan) beat Gary Russell (U.S.) 2-1 Vitaly Dunaytsev … [Read more...]

Olympics-Cycling-Vogel wins individual sprint gold for Germany (Reuters) (Repeats changing spelling of Vogel) RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Germany's Kristina Vogel won the women's sprint in the Olympic velodrome on Tuesday, out-pacing Britain's Rebecca James in the final to take the gold medal. James's team mate Katy Marchant took the bronze after edging out keirin champion Elis … [Read more...]

Olympics-Cycling-Mountain bike course undamaged by fire-organisers (Reuters) By Martyn Herman RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 16 (Reuters) - The Olympic mountain bike venue escaped serious damage after a fire swept through nearby land on Monday, organisers of this weekend's men's and women's events said on Tuesday. "Following careful assessment carried out this morning, the Union Cycliste … [Read more...]

Olympics-Boxing-Men's bantamweight quarterfinal results (Reuters) Aug 16 (Gracenote) - Olympic boxing men's bantamweight quarterfinal results in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday. Shakur Stevenson (U.S.) beat Erdenebat Tsendbaatar (Mongolia) 3-0 Vladimir Nikitin (Russia) beat Michael Conlan (Ireland) 3-0 … [Read more...]

Olympics-Boxing-Men's light heavyweight semifinal results (Reuters) Aug 16 (Gracenote) - Olympic boxing men's light heavyweight semifinal result in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday. Julio Cesar La Cruz (Cuba) beat Mathieu Bauderlique (France) 3-0 … [Read more...]

Dale Coyne Racing to honor Bryan Clauson at Pocono (The Associated Press) Dale Coyne Racing announced Tuesday that Conor Daly will drive the No. 88 in Sunday's IndyCar race at Pocono Raceway to honor the memory of Bryan Clauson. Clauson, who died Aug. 8 from injuries sustained in an open-wheel accident in Kansas, finished 23rd in the Indianapolis 500 in May in the No. 88 for Jonathan Byrd's … [Read more...]

Money May in the house: Mayweather roots for Stevenson (The Associated Press) His focus seemingly unflappable, Shakur Stevenson was briefly distracted when he heard a familiar voice as he walked out for his Olympic bout. Floyd Mayweather Jr. was in the house and shouting at U.S. boxing assistant coach Augie Sanchez. Stevenson had been bummed out when he was told Mayweather had left the Rio … [Read more...]

Serbia stunner: Australia ousted 73-71 in women's basketball (Yahoo Sports) Liz Cambage cried. Penny Taylor, whose long career is over when the WNBA season ends, stood with her hands on her head staring into space in stunned disbelief. The Serbs, playing in the Olympic tournament for the first time, shocked Australia by eliminating the three-time silver medalists 73-71 Tuesday in the first … [Read more...]

In a breeze, Bolt starts pursuit of 200-meter title (Yahoo Sports) More importantly, he coasted into the finish line after triple-checking on Nigeria's Ejowvokoghene Oduduru simply to make sure nothing crazy was happening. Among those who will challenge him include American Justin Gatlin and Canadian Andre De Grasse, who finished 2-3 to Bolt in the 100, along with LaShawn Merritt of the … [Read more...]