Miller's head-first dive at the finish line beats Felix (Yahoo Sports) For beating Allyson Felix, Shaunae Miller gets a gold medal. It took a head-first dive, Superwoman-style, for Miller to spring an Olympic upset Monday over America's top female sprinter in the 400 meters and deny her a record fifth gold medal. Neck-and-neck with two steps to go, Miller sprawled and tumbled across the … [Read more...]

US men's volleyball team beats Mexico to reach quarterfinals (Yahoo Sports) Taylor Sander leapt high for timely blocks. At last, the U.S. men's volleyball team is playing the very brand of volleyball the Americans knew they had in them to make a special run at the Olympics. Sander's kill from the left side on match point sealed it for the U.S. He is one of several among the team's eight … [Read more...]

Mark Cavendish at long last gets Olympic cycling medal (The Associated Press) Mark Cavendish has triumphed in 30 stages of the Tour de France, won road racing's world title and captured dozens of other important races to become one of Britain's most successful cyclists. The one thing missing was an Olympic medal. The sprinter from the Isle of Man finally accomplished that feat Monday … [Read more...]

Hall of Fame jockey Borel ending retirement after 4 months (The Associated Press) Hall of Fame jockey Calvin Borel didn't take long to realize that retirement wasn't for him right now. Borel announced Monday that he will end his retirement after just four months and return to racing on Aug. 27 at Ellis Park. The track confirmed Borel's return on its website. … [Read more...]

Olympics-Cycling-Tears flow as Meares makes Olympic exit (Reuters) By Martyn Herman RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Australian track cycling great Anna Meares usually leaves scorch marks on velodrome boards. Meares won her sixth Olympic medal in Saturday's keirin final, a bronze, making her the first Australian to win an individual medal at four Games. While she has yet to officially … [Read more...]

Olympics-Boxing-Clash of heads decides welterweight final lineup (Reuters) * Semifinal stopped after clash of heads * Kazakh goes through to final with Uzbek * Bronze medals for Morocco and France (Recasts after second semi-final) By Alan Baldwin RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Kazakhstan's Daniyar Yeleussinov won through to the Olympic welterweight final and a guaranteed silver … [Read more...]

David Rudisha retains Olympic title in 800, cements legacy (Yahoo Sports) David Rudisha glanced to his left twice as he came round the final bend, waiting for the challenge to come. Rudisha won in 1 minute, 42.15 seconds from Algeria's Taoufik Makhloufi, who ran a national record time of 1:42.61 to add an 800 silver here to his gold in the 1,500 at the last Olympics. Clayton Murphy powered … [Read more...]

Olympics-Cycling-Trott in command of women's omnium (Reuters) RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Defending champion Laura Trott took command of the women's track cycling omnium event at the Rio Games on Monday to close in on the fourth Olympic gold medal of her career. The 24-year-old finished second in the scratch race before winning the individual pursuit and elimination events. With three … [Read more...]

Cycling-Olympics-Cavendish wins long-awaited Games medal (Reuters) (Adds quotes) By Martyn Herman RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Mark Cavendish finally got his hands on an Olympic medal when he took silver in the omnium on Monday, and while the British rider said he was happy to be on the podium he conceded his impressive collection of honours is incomplete without a Games gold. The … [Read more...]

Five years after brutal diagnosis, Sauers wins U.S. Senior Open by one Gene Sauers celebrates winning the U.S. Senior Open (Getty Images) You might have been hard-pressed to convince Gene Sauers five years ago that he was still going to be playing professional golf in 2016. On Monday, he became a first-time major champion. Sauers won the U.S. Senior Open by a shot over Billy Mayfair and … [Read more...]