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CBS News
Deadly elevated bike lane collapse in Olympics host city
CBS News
Last Updated Apr 21, 2016 4:24 PM EDT. RIO DE JANEIRO -- At least two people were killed Thursday in the collapse of a new elevated bike path that has been heralded as a top legacy project of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. The accident on the Tim Maia ...
Rio Olympics 2016: Louis Oosthuizen joins list of top golfers skipping the GamesSydney Morning Herald
Four-time gold medalist rips Adam Scott for skipping OlympicsFO

Asheville Citizen-Times
Local deputy to carry Flame of Hope in Special Olympics World Games
Asheville Citizen-Times
WAYNESVILLE – Haywood County Sheriff's Deputy Daniel Blagg has been chosen as North Carolina's sole law enforcement official to participate in the Final Leg team for Special Olympics throughout Austria in March 2017. Across the world, 123 Final Leg ...
Entities Pledge $3.5 Million to Special Olympics JamaicaGovernment of Jamaica, Jamaica Information Serviceall 14 news a

RT
IAAF to decide in June on Russian athletes' Olympics participation
RT
Russia will find out in June if its track and field athletes can compete at this summer's Rio Olympics. The decision will be made at an IAAF council meeting in Vienna on June 17. IAAF expected to rule on Russian athletes in June: Russian's federation ...
Olympics 2016: Russia fate to be decided on 17 JuneBBC Sport
Russia's Rio Olympics athletics fate to be decided in JuneThe Indian Express
Russia announces anti-doping refo

Sporting News
Pro boxers at Olympics 'recipe for disaster': Lennox Lewis
Boxing News 24
One such official is Wu Ching-kuo, president of AIBA (the world governing body of amateur boxing). Wu is pushing hard to have pro boxers allowed into the Olympics, as early as this summer in Rio de Janeiro. It's become a very hot topic in world Olympic ...
Kenya: Okwiri Ready for Pacquiao Challenge in OlympicsAllAfrica.comall 4 news articles »

Metro
40-year-old German gymnast Oksana Chusovitina qualifies for Olympics for 7th time
Metro
Oksana Chusovitina is an incredibly skilled gymnast who's performed at the Olympics six times. She's just qualified for 2016's Summer Olympics, making this year her seventh time competing. The thing that makes her different from your average Olympic ...
This 40-Year-Old Gymnast Just Qualified For The OlympicsRefinery29all 7 news articles »

The Hindu
Neymar to skip Copa America for Olympics
The Hindu
The confederation and the club had been in talks for several months before finally reaching a deal. Neymar will play for Brazil at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics but will skip the Copa America, Barcelona said Wednesday. The news was announced by the ...
Neymar decision to play Olympics but not Copa America will help him rest, says Guillem BalagueSkySports
Barcelona, Brazil confirm that Neymar will play only in Rio OlympicsESPN FC
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ESPN FC
Barcelona, Brazil confirm that Neymar will play only in Rio Games
ESPN FC
The ESPN FC crew debate whether playing in the Olympics over Copa America makes sense for Neymar and Brazil. Former Brazil star Cafu says only Neymar can decide if he plays in either the Copa America or the Olympics. Perhaps as a means of ...
Neymar to skip Copa America for OlympicsThe Hindu
Neymar decision to play Olympics but not Copa America will help him rest, says Guillem BalagueSkySports
Neymar to play