Croatia upsets Spain 72-70 as Saric blocks Gasol's last shot (Yahoo Sports) RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Dario Saric blocked Pau Gasol's shot just before time expired, preserving Croatia's 72-70 upset of Spain in an Olympic men's basketball Sunday night. … [Read more...]

US women hoops rout Senegal 121-56 in record fashion (Yahoo Sports) Diana Taurasi and the U.S. women's basketball team opened their Olympics with a record rout. The Americans were not expected to be challenged on Sunday by Senegal, and the only real suspense was how many records they would set. Sue Bird had eight of the team's US record 36 assists. … [Read more...]

With a new scoring system, boxing ready for an Olympic fight (The Associated Press) After Roy Jones Jr. was infamously robbed of a gold medal by horrific judging in the 1988 Seoul Olympics, amateur boxing began a 25-year search for a better way to determine a winner. Rio de Janeiro is hosting the first Olympic tournament since the sport abandoned its derided punch-counting system three … [Read more...]

Australia's Lachlan Morton wins Tour of Utah (The Associated Press) PARK CITY, Utah (AP) -- Australia's Lachlan Morton won the final stage of the Tour of Utah on Sunday to take the overall title in the seven-leg competition. … [Read more...]

Serena Williams wins Rio opener; 1st match since Wimbledon (Yahoo Sports) Or maybe simply that Serena Williams hadn't played a match in a month. Whatever the cause, Williams opened defense of her Olympic singles gold medal with a patchy-at-times 6-4, 6-2 victory over Australia's Daria Gavrilova on Sunday, gesturing or yelling at herself as she often does when not all goes her way. Williams … [Read more...]

With an eye-popping score, US gymnasts put world on notice (Yahoo Sports) If the U.S. had swapped out its highest score on each event with its lowest, it would still be up by six points. Three-time world champion Simone Biles led the way. ''I do a very good job at hiding it,'' Biles said. … [Read more...]

Raucous Brazil fans turn deaf ear to Olympic spirit (Reuters) By Paulo Prada and Drazen Jorgic RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Olympic athletes and visitors might be forgiven if they feel like they accidentally stepped into one of Brazil's notoriously raucous football arenas, where insults, boos and outright hostility toward rival teams are common. Be it at boxing, judo, fencing, or even … [Read more...]

Russia banned from Paralympics over state-backed doping (Reuters) By Jack Stubbs RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Russia was barred from taking part in next month's Rio Paralympics on Sunday, with organizers blasting a "medals over morals mentality" as they announced the blanket ban over state-backed doping that Olympics bosses avoided. International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Philip … [Read more...]

Jim Furyk shoots first 58 in PGA Tour history at the Travelers Your browser does not support iframes. Jim Furyk made history early on Sunday at the Travelers Championship. For the second time in his career, Furyk shot a sub-60 round on the PGA Tour, shooting the first ever 58 in PGA Tour history in the final round of the Travelers Championship. Furyk got off to a hot start on the par-70 TPC … [Read more...]

Cycling: Dutchwoman Van Vleuten conscious after horror crash (Reuters) Dutch rider Anna van Vleuten was conscious after an horrific-looking crash as she lost control of her bike while leading in the latter stages of the Olympic women's cycling road race on Sunday. Van Vleuten's compatriot Anna van der Breggen won the women's race. … [Read more...]