Bubba Watson leading American charge to fringes of medal contention Bubba Watson posing in the third round of the 2016 men’s Olympic golf tournament. (Getty Images) Medal count | Olympic schedule |Olympic news Here come the Americans. The four Yankees — Bubba Watson, Matt Kuchar, Rickie Fowler and Patrick Reed — got off to a sluggish start during the first 36 holes of the 2016 men’s Olympic … [Read more...]

Olympics-Cycling-Dutchwoman Elis Ligtlee wins gold in women's keirin (Reuters) RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Dutch rider Elis Ligtlee won gold in the track cycling women's keirin on Saturday, edging out Britain's Rebecca James. Australian Anna Meares took the bronze while world champion Kristina Voegel was out of the medals. (Reporting by Martyn Herman; Editing by Alison Williams) … [Read more...]

Out of options, Olympic officials opt to drain green pool (Yahoo Sports) Olympic officials gave up on cleaning the green-tinged water in one of the pools at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Center. Instead, they began draining it Saturday and planned to transfer nearly 1 million gallons of clear water from a nearby practice pool in time for the start of synchronized swimming. Mario Andrada, a … [Read more...]

Highlights: Day eight at the Rio Olympics (Reuters) Latest news from the eighth day of competition at the Rio Olympics on Saturday (times GMT): 1905 KLISHINA, RUSSIA'S SOLE ATHLETICS COMPETITOR IN RIO SUSPENDED FROM THE GAMES -IAAF Russia's sole track and field competitor at the Rio Olympics, Darya Klishina, has been suspended from the Games, the International Association of Athletics … [Read more...]

A stunner in Rio: Phelps beaten by 21-year-old in 100 fly (Yahoo Sports) Michael Phelps is used to being in a league of his own. In a changing of the guard that left him totally at peace, Phelps was beaten Friday by a 21-year-old who grew up idolizing the most decorated athlete in Olympic history. Joseph Schooling of Singapore built a big lead in the 100-meter butterfly and easily held off … [Read more...]

Olympics-Boxing-Men's heavyweight semifinal results (Reuters) Aug 13 (Gracenote) - Olympic boxing men's heavyweight semifinal result in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday. Evgeny Tishchenko (Russia) beat Rustam Tulaganov (Uzbekistan) 3-0 … [Read more...]

Olympics-Cycling-U.S. and Britain trade team pursuit world records (Reuters) RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Britain and the United States traded world records in the Olympic track cycling women's team pursuit to set up a mouth-watering showdown for gold later on Saturday. Racing in their heat against Australia, the world champion Americans, led by Sarah Hammer, broke the record set by … [Read more...]

Olympics-Cycling-Track-Women's keirin repechage round results (Reuters) Aug 13 (Gracenote) - Olympic cycling-track women's keirin repechage round results in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday. Heat 41. Anastasiia Voinova (Russia) Q seconds 2. Kate O'Brien (Canada) 3. Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez (Cuba) 4. Shannon McCurley (Ireland) 5. Olivia Podmore (New Zealand) Heat 31. Laurine van Riessen … [Read more...]

HIGHLIGHTS-Olympics-Day eight at the Rio Olympics (Reuters) Latest news from the eighth day of competition at the Rio Olympics on Saturday (times GMT): 1458 U.S. SET WOMEN'S TEAM PURSUIT WORLD RECORD, BRITAIN BETTERS IT Britain and the United States traded world records in the Olympic track cycling women's team pursuit to set up a mouth-watering showdown for gold later on Saturday. Racing … [Read more...]

Olympics-Boxing-Men's welterweight quarterfinal results (Reuters) Aug 13 (Gracenote) - Olympic boxing men's welterweight quarterfinal result in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday. Mohammed Rabii (Morocco) beat Steven Donnelly (Ireland) 2-1 … [Read more...]