Olympics schedule at 0530 GMT on Saturday (Reuters) Aug 20 (Reuters) - Olympic schedule at 0530 GMT on Saturday (times GMT): Lochte controversy continues Continuing coverage of the scandal surrounding four U.S. swimmers, including Ryan Lochte, who Brazilian police say lied about an armed robbery. Gunnar Bentz released a statement giving the first inside account of what happened and accused … [Read more...]

Neid goes out with gold as Germany defeats Sweden 2-1 (Yahoo Sports) With her arms raised in victory, coach Silvia Neid ran onto the field to join the celebration of Germany's first Olympic gold medal - even jumping onto the players' dogpile. Dzsenifer Marozsan scored early in the second half Friday and Germany went on to give Neid a 2-1 victory over Sweden for the nation's first Olympic … [Read more...]

In Bolt's shadow, US team keeps raking in medals (Yahoo Sports) In the shadow of mighty Usain Bolt, Allyson Felix achieved something unprecedented in women's track and field Friday by winning her fifth Olympic gold medal. Running the second leg in the relay, Felix kept the U.S. up there with the mighty Jamaicans, before English Gardner and Tori Bowie brought the baton, tightly clenched in … [Read more...]

Inbee Park two clear heading into women's Olympic finale Inbee Park has a two-shot lead through three rounds in Rio. (Getty Images) Inbee Park is a round away from winning the first women’s Olympic golf gold medal since 1900. The seven-time major winner carries a two-shot lead into the final round in Rio de Janeiro, leading over American Gerina Piller and world No. 1 Lydia Ko at … [Read more...]

Olympics-Cycling-Post's silver joy tempered as fiance misses a medal (Reuters) By Martyn Herman RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 19 (Reuters) - American Alise Post's joy at winning a silver medal in the women's BMX final was tempered shortly afterwards on Friday as Australian husband-to-be Sam Willoughby finished off the podium. Minutes after Post crossed the line second behind winner Mariana Pajon, … [Read more...]

Cycling: Post's silver joy tempered as fiance misses a medal (Reuters) By Martyn Herman RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - American Alise Post's joy at winning a silver medal in the women's BMX final was tempered shortly afterwards on Friday as Australian husband-to-be Sam Willoughby finished off the podium. Minutes after Post crossed the line second behind winner Mariana Pajon, she watched … [Read more...]

Serbia beats Australia 87-61, plays US for men's hoops title (Yahoo Sports) Serbia had a late last look against the U.S. and missed. Milos Teodosic scored 22 points as Serbia, which pushed the star-studded American squad to the final seconds before losing earlier in the Rio Games, moved into the Olympic gold-medal game with a shockingly easy 87-61 semifinal win over Australia on Friday. … [Read more...]

US beats Spain 82-76 in men's basketball, will play for gold (Yahoo Sports) To get by Spain again, the U.S. Olympic men's basketball team would have to win ugly, so unusual it's practically un-American. ''It was just a real different game today,'' coach Mike Krzyzewski said. Klay Thompson scored 22 points for the Americans, who will play Serbia on Sunday for their third consecutive Olympic … [Read more...]

Olympics-Athletics-Bolt seals triple-triple as Jamaica win sprint relay (Reuters) RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Usain Bolt secured a sweep of the three men's sprint titles for a third successive Olympics when Jamaica successfully defended their 4x100 metres relay title in 37.27 seconds on Friday. Bolt ran the anchor leg to add the Rio relay crown to the 100 metres and 200 metres titles … [Read more...]

Devastating loss for champion US wrestler Jordan Burroughs (Yahoo Sports) U.S. wrestler Jordan Burroughs came to the Rio Olympics expecting to build a legacy so great he could transcend his sport. Instead, the defending Olympic and world champion was left to try and explain the unexplainable. Burroughs, considered by many the best wrestler in the world, was stunned by Russia's Aniuar … [Read more...]