Olympians suit up in high-tech apparel to shave seconds (Yahoo Sports) For the Rio Olympics, Nike used 3-D printing technology to develop small silicone protrusions for redirecting air flow around the runner. Body scanners helped Adidas design suits to keep swimmers in ideal form. Swiss cycling specialist Assos turned to wind tunnels to craft custom, form-fitting suits for the U.S. cycling … [Read more...]

Power rankings: Travelers Championship Bubba Watson has won the Travelers Championship twice. (Getty Images) The PGA Tour moves from New Jersey into New England this week for the Travelers Championship. Typically played in June the week after the U.S. Open, the Hartford, Conn., area event made the move as part of the shuffling to accommodate golf’s return to the Olympics. Three of four … [Read more...]

IOC members reject 'nuclear option', bash anti-doping agency (Yahoo Sports) IOC President Thomas Bach lashed out Tuesday against those calling for the ''nuclear option''' - a complete ban on Russian athletes from the Rio de Janeiro Games - as he and other members blamed global anti-doping officials for a scandal that has rattled the Olympic movement. Bach opened the International Olympic … [Read more...]

Cyclist Armitstead wins appeal against doping violations (The Associated Press) British cyclist Lizzie Armitstead won an appeal against an anti-doping violation, clearing the world road race champion to compete at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Armitstead missed three doping tests in a 12-month period, triggering a charge by U.K. Anti-Doping, a provisional suspension and the possibility of … [Read more...]

Boxing -Fury sues British doping authorities over drug charge (Reuters) By Neil Robinson LONDON, Aug 2 (Reuters) - World heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury is suing Britain's anti-doping and boxing authorities over allegations he used a performance-enhancing drug. Fury, 27, was charged with a doping offence by UK Anti-Doping on June 24 after a urine sample taken in February 2015 - nine … [Read more...]

Olympics-Cycling-Trott unfazed by Zika fears ahead of Rio Games (Reuters) Britain's double Olympic champion cyclist Laura Trott says she is not worried about the Zika virus, which has led to a number of athletes withdrawing from the Rio Games. The build-up to the Olympics, which get underway on Friday, has been dominated by fears surrounding the mosquito-born Zika virus which has been … [Read more...]

Olympics-Swimming-FINA lets two Russian swimmers compete at Rio Olympics (Reuters) Swimming's world governing body FINA has allowed Russian swimmers Vladimir Morozov and Nikita Lobintsev to compete at the Rio Olympics, TASS news agency quoted their lawyer Artyom Patsev as saying on Tuesday. "Yes, Morozov and Lobintsev have been admitted to the Olympic Games by FINA," Patsev told the agency. … [Read more...]

Olympics-Boxing-AIBA dismiss corruption allegations as 'rumours' (Reuters) The International Boxing Association (AIBA) has dismissed allegations of corruption within the organisation and demanded proof after a British newspaper reported that some bouts in the Rio Olympics could be fixed. According to The Guardian, citing multiple sources, a group of senior referees and judges met before a … [Read more...]

US Olympic men's basketball team tops Nigeria in last tuneup (Yahoo Sports) Carmelo Anthony scored 19 points and the U.S. Olympic basketball team wrapped up its unbeaten exhibition tour with a 110-66 victory over Nigeria on Monday night. Klay Thompson had 17 points and Kevin Durant added 14 for the U.S., which went 5-0 and wasn't tested during its easy pre-Olympic schedule. The U.S. men … [Read more...]

Split deepens between IOC and anti-doping leaders on Russia (Yahoo Sports) The World Anti-Doping Agency fired back on Monday, a day after IOC President Thomas Bach suggested the agency was to blame for the last-minute chaos over the participation of Russian athletes in the Rio de Janeiro Games. Bach said the agency should have acted sooner on evidence of state-sponsored doping rather than … [Read more...]