Biles' run at Olympic history ends with bronze on the beam (Yahoo Sports) Simone Biles felt her right foot slip. As she reached down to steady herself on the balance beam - her first visible misstep during an astonishing Olympics that includes three gold medals and some of the most boundary pushing gymnastics ever - one thought ran through her head. ''Wow, Simone, that's five-tenths,'' … [Read more...]

Olympics-Boxing-Russia's Tishchenko wins heavyweight gold to boos (Reuters) * Russia win heavyweight gold * Levit takes silver for Kazakhstan (Adds quotes) By Alan Baldwin RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Russia's Evgeny Tishchenko won the Olympic heavyweight boxing gold medal to a chorus of boos from the crowd on Monday after beating Kazakhstan's Vasily Levit on a unanimous points … [Read more...]

US, Hungary advance to women's water polo semifinals (Yahoo Sports) Led by Ashleigh Johnson's six saves, the Americans carried a shutout into the fourth quarter. Coach Adam Krikorian loved most of the game. Maggie Steffens, Kiley Neushul, Makenzie Fischer and Kaleigh Gilchrist scored two goals apiece to help the U.S. to a big lead in a 13-3 victory, but Brazil scored the final three goals … [Read more...]

Rory McIlroy watched Olympic golf after all, congratulated Justin Rose Justin Rose gives a thumbs up after winning Olympic gold. (Getty Images) At the British Open, Rory McIlroy said he was only going to watch the sports “that matter” at the Olympics. So, in the end, golf must have mattered. The four-time major winner tuned in to watch Justin Rose secure the first Olympic gold medal in golf … [Read more...]

Olympics-Cycling-Viviani recovers from crash to win omnium gold (Reuters) (Adds background) By Martyn Herman RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Elia Viviani's Olympic gold medal hopes seemed to have vanished in a tangle of legs and carbon fibre after a crash during the finale of the men's omnium but the Italian recovered to claim an emotional victory on Monday. Clambering back to his feet … [Read more...]

Olympics-Boxing-Women's champion Taylor loses opening bout (Reuters) RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Olympic women's lightweight boxing champion Katie Taylor of Ireland lost her quarter-final bout 2-1 to Finland's Mira Potkonen on Monday. The fight was Taylor's first of the tournament after a bye through the first round. Potkonen is now assured of at least a bronze medal after reaching … [Read more...]

Olympics-Boxing-Giyasov sure of welterweight silver (Reuters) By Alan Baldwin RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Uzbek welterweight and Cristiano Ronaldo fan Shakhram Giyasov made sure of at least a boxing silver medal on Monday after out-pointing Morocco's Mohammed Rabii 3-0 to reach the Olympic final. His opponent in the gold medal bout will be decided in the evening semi-final between … [Read more...]

Olympics-Cycling-Australian great Meares blows sprint medal hopes (Reuters) By Martyn Herman RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Australian track cycling great Anna Meares will be a spectator when the Olympic sprint gold is decided on Tuesday after failing to qualify for the quarter-finals. Reigning sprint champion Meares, who claimed a sixth Olympic medal when she finished third in the … [Read more...]

Biles' run at history ends with bronze in beam finals (Yahoo Sports) Simone Biles' run at Olympic history hit a roadblock on Monday when a mistake on balance beam kept the American gymnastics star from a record-tying fourth gold in Rio. While it was still good enough for bronze behind gold medalist Sanne Wevers of the Netherlands and silver medalist Laurie Hernandez of the U.S., it also … [Read more...]

Boxing: U.S. coach angered by judging after Mayer defeat (Reuters) By Alan Baldwin RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - U.S. coach Billy Walsh questioned the judging after his lightweight Mikaela Mayer lost her quarter-final on points to Russian Anastasia Beliakova at the Rio Games on Monday. Mayer, one of two U.S. women in the Rio boxing tournament with the other being reigning middleweight … [Read more...]