Olympics--Cycling-Colombia's Pajon retains Olympic BMX title (Reuters) RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Mariana Pajon sparked noisy celebrations from a yellow army of Colombian fans as she retained her Olympic BMX title on Friday. The 24-year-old from Medellin, who became a national treasure after winning Colombia's second-ever Olympic gold medal in London, did not put a wheel out of place … [Read more...]

Volleyball classic: US men lose 5-set semifinal to Italy (Yahoo Sports) Matt Anderson, Aaron Russell and Taylor Sander provided power hitting from every corner. Mighty Italy just had a little more in a match that will surely become an Olympic volleyball classic. For nearly 2 1/2 hours Friday, the young, overachieving Americans stayed with an Italian group that U.S. coach John Speraw … [Read more...]

Olympics-BMX-Men's individual final results (Reuters) Aug 19 (Gracenote) - Olympic bmx men's individual final result in Rio de Janeiro on Friday. 1. Connor Fields (U.S.) 34.642 seconds 2. Jelle van Gorkom (Netherlands) 35.316 3. Carlos Ramirez (Colombia) 35.517 4. Nicholas Long (U.S.) 35.522 5. Tory Nyhaug (Canada) 35.674 6. Sam Willoughby (Australia) 36.325 7. Niek Kimmann (Netherlands) … [Read more...]

Juan Pablo Montoya still fast, bemoans bad luck (The Associated Press) Juan Pablo Montoya finds himself in a different place as the IndyCar Series returns to Pocono Raceway. Heading into Sunday's race at Pocono, the one-year anniversary of the tragic death of Justin Wilson after a freak accident at the 2.5-mile track, Montoya sits 12th in the standings, the last of Roger Penske's four cars. … [Read more...]

Olympics-Boxing-Men's flyweight semifinal results (Reuters) Aug 19 (Gracenote) - Olympic boxing men's flyweight semifinal results in Rio de Janeiro on Friday. Misha Aloian (Russia) beat Hu Jianguan (China) 3-0 Shakhobidin Zoirov (Uzbekistan) beat Yoel Finol (Venezuela) 3-0 … [Read more...]

Olympics-Boxing-Women's lightweight final results (Reuters) Aug 19 (Gracenote) - Olympic boxing women's lightweight final result in Rio de Janeiro on Friday. Estelle Mossely (France) beat Yin Junhua (China) 2-1 … [Read more...]

Olympics-Boxing-Men's light welterweight semifinal results (Reuters) Aug 19 (Gracenote) - Olympic boxing men's light welterweight semifinal result in Rio de Janeiro on Friday. Fazliddin Gaibnazarov (Uzbekistan) beat Vitaly Dunaytsev (Russia) 2-1 … [Read more...]

Lydia Ko makes second ace of the day at Olympic women's golf tourney Lydia Ko is making a big charge up the leaderboard in Friday’s third round of the women’s Olympic golf tournament, thanks in part to a hole-in-one. Ko was playing the 140-yard eighth hole already 3 under par through seven holes of her round. With a 7-iron, the New Zealander hit a 7-iron that landed just short of the … [Read more...]

PODCAST: The success of golf's return to the Olympics Justin Rose of Britain celebrates his gold medal win in the men’s Olympic golf competition at the Rio Olympics on August 14, 2016. (REUTERS/Andrew Boyers) Golf’s return to the Olympics is a success, both with the men’s tournament and the Rose-Stenson showdown, as well the women’s event with a strong, yet varied, leaderboard. Now, … [Read more...]

Authorities: Woman accused of drugging horses to rig races (The Associated Press) A groom at the Parx Casino and Racing facility in suburban Philadelphia is accused of giving performance-enhancing drugs to racehorses. The state Attorney General's Office announced Thursday that 25-year-old Marian Vega has been charged with rigging a publicly exhibited contest. Prosecutors allege the … [Read more...]