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• Wu Minxia makes Olympic history with diving gold

  07-08-2016 23:59
  By Brenda Goh RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - China's Wu Minxia became the Olympics' most decorated female diver on Sunday with her gold medal in the women's 3 metres synchronised springboard. The 30-year-old and partner Shi Tingmao beat their competition in all five dives for a score of 345.6, way ahead of Italy's Tania Cagnotto and Francesca Dallape on 313.83 points. Australia took the bronze with 299.19 points.
  
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• Nobody should gasp for air in Beijing to keep the elite happy... Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho was right to hit out at greedy European rivals

  07-08-2016 23:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTIN SAMUEL: The Champions League, we are frequently reminded, is under threat from cartels to the east and west, in cahoots with the elite clubs of Europe.
  
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• It was a relief Great Britain's Lizzie Armitstead didn't grab gold in Rio

  07-08-2016 23:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MARTIN SAMUEL: It was the strangest sensation. Watching a British athlete, body on the line and going all out for gold, and yet wanting someone, anyone, to cross the line first.
  
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• Stray bullet possibly aimed at police blimp - minister

  07-08-2016 23:53
  By Ossian Shine and Caroline Stauffer RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil's government is investigating whether a bullet that tore through the roof of the press centre in the Olympic equestrian centre was fired by a gang member trying to shoot down a police blimp or drone, the defence minister said on Sunday. "One hypothesis is that someone who felt they were being filmed and observed made the shot," Defence Minister Raul Jungmann told reporters on Sunday. "Obviously this is a worrying situation a
  
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• Rio Olympics 2016 athletics venue's temporary seating has not been fully tested ahead of track-and-field event

  07-08-2016 23:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHARLES SALE:Serious concern about the safety of the temporary seats at the Olympic Stadium, where the track and field programme starts on Friday, has been expressed by officials.
  
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• Your guide to the day ahead: The big events you can't miss on day three of Rio 2016 Olympics

  07-08-2016 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Michael Phelps — who holds the world and Olympic records in this event — is back in the pool at for his heat, while Tom Daley is out to better his fourth place in the synchro at London 2012.
  
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• Volleyball - Brazil coach looks to add home gold to stellar career

  07-08-2016 23:31
  By Stephen Eisenhammer RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Bernardo Rezende might not be a household name like Michael Phelps, Usain Bolt or Rafael Nadal but in volleyball-mad Brazil the veteran coach cannot move around his native city without being stopped for autographs and selfies. Taking part in his ninth Olympics, the Rio-born 56-year-old known as Bernardinho or "little Bernardo" due to his modest stature in a game played by giants, is the most successful volleyball coach of all time with over 30 ma
  
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• Robin Goodfellow's Racing Tips: All the best bets for Monday, August 8

  07-08-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sportsmail's racing expert Robin Goodfellow gives his hottest selections ahead of Monday's meetings at Ayr, Wolverhampton, Ffos Las and Windsor. 
  
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• Paul Pogba is perfect for us, says Jose Mourinho as Manchester United boss promises to make him the world's best

  07-08-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jose Mourinho has told Paul Pogba that Manchester United is the ‘perfect’ club to help him become the best player in world football. He has no doubts Pogba has made the right decision.
  
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• From Barcelona beaters to Jurgen Klopp's big flops... Liverpool thrash Lionel Messi and Co but lose to Mainz 

  07-08-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Liverpool’s fortunes went from the sublime to the ridiculous in 24 hours. They trounced Barcelona 4-0 at Wembley on Saturday but slumped to defeat by the same scoreline against Mainz.
  
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• Judo - Italy's Basile stuns top seed to take gold

  07-08-2016 23:25
  Italy's Fabio Basile, ranked 29th in his weight class, stunned top seed An Baul of South Korea to win gold in the men's -66kg judo at the Rio Olympics on Sunday. The 21-year-old had been on fire all day, winning his first three contests by ippon - judo's equivalent of a knockout - including beating second-ranked Tumurkhuleg Davaadorj of Mongolia. World champion An had also been on a tear, overcoming Japanese ace Masashi Ebinuma to reach the final, but he was no match for Basile who tossed him fo
  
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• Machado hits 3 homers in 3 innings, Orioles crush White Sox

  07-08-2016 23:20
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Manny Machado became the second player in major league history to homer in the first, second and third innings, driving in a career-high seven runs in a 10-2 rout of James Shields and the Chicago White Sox on Sunday.
  
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• Tennis - Not fully fit, Nadal makes winning return in Rio

  07-08-2016 23:13
  By Drazen Jorgic RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Spain's Rafa Nadal made a winning return to competition on Sunday at the Rio Games but the former Olympic champion conceded he was not fully fit after being sidelined over two months with a wrist injury. Third seed Nadal was pumped up for his return and easily overpowered world number 43 Federico Delbonis of Argentina 6-2 6-1 in the first round but the 14-time grand slam winner admitted he was not at his best. "The wrist needs little bit more time to b
  
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• The Latest: Handball team helps del Potro, loses opener

  07-08-2016 23:12
  
  The Latest on the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times local): 6:05 p.m. They started their day by rescuing tennis star Juan Martin del Potro from a broken elevator, but Argentina's handball players couldn't ...
  
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• Favre's spot in Hall of Fame all about his father

  07-08-2016 23:10
  
  CANTON, Ohio (AP) — Brett Favre's love of football never wavered. Not even in the toughest hours of a 20-year career that led him to induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame this weekend.
  
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• Richard Kruse’s pursuit of unlikely fencing medal for GB foiled at the last

  07-08-2016 23:07
  
  • Kruse rallies from 12-5 down to 14-13 but loses bronze medal match• Brit defeated double Olympic champion Andrea Cassara en route to semisOdds would have been long indeed for Britain’s first medal in these Games to come from a discipline in which it had not managed one since 1964 but the fencer Richard Kruse came agonisingly close here before falling in the bronze match.Kruse, a 33-year-old Londoner and world No6, competing in his fourth consecutive Games, lost 13-15 against th
  
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• Kenyan athletics chief sent home over claims of bribes for dope test warnings

  07-08-2016 23:03
  
  • Undercover reporters claim Michael Rotich was filmed offering tip-offs• Wada says ‘troubling allegations’ must be investigated ‘without delay’The World Anti-Doping Agency has urged the Kenyan authorities to investigate “without delay” the “troubling allegations” about its Olympic athletics team manager, Michael Rotich.Rotich, who marched with Kenya’s team in the opening ceremony in Rio, was sent back to Kenya on Saturday when it e
  
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• Anna van der Breggen wins women's road race gold at the Rio Olympics 2016 as Lizzie Armitstead misses out on the medals

  07-08-2016 23:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lizzie Armitstead missed out on road race gold as Dutch rider Anna van der Breggen claimed victory in Brazil, after Mara Abbott was overtaken in the final stages of the race to also miss the medals.
  
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• The horrific moment a Dutch woman cyclist crashes and flies over her bars while she's just a few miles from winning Olympic gold 

  07-08-2016 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Annemiek van Vleuten, 33, was on course for a gold medal in Rio when she lost control of her bike and slammed into the curb on a downhill section of the course.
  
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• Arsenal come from behind to beat Manchester City but Gabriel carried off

  07-08-2016 22:59
  
  • Brazilian centre-back collided with Kelechi Iheanocho in stoppage time
  • Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool capitulate 4-0 at his former club MainzArsenal came from behind to beat Manchester City 3-2 in their final pre-season match in Gothenburg but suffered a defensive blow with Gabriel being carried off on a stretcher late on.The Brazilian centre-back collided with Kelechi Iheanacho in stoppage time as both players battled for a loose ball which left Gabriel needing more than six
  
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• TOP SPIN AT THE TEST: England make history as they defeat Pakistan and continue dominance over Yasir Shah 

  07-08-2016 22:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Only five times in their history have England won a Test after batting first and conceding a bigger first-innings lead than the 103 they conceded here — and never against Pakistan.
  
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• Gymnastics - Tumble leaves Downie dizzy, but Britain roar back

  07-08-2016 22:57
  By Alexandra Ulmer RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Taking inspiration from the sequinned lion on her blue leotard, British gymnast Ellie Downie roared back from a rough tumble that hurt her neck in the floor exercise, completing the vault to help her team pocket strong marks in Sunday's qualifying round. Downie, 17, said she turned too slowly during a tumble, causing her knees to buckle and crunching up her neck. Becky Downie, Ellie's 24-year-old sister and fellow gymnast, called her younger sibling
  
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• Whipping winds affect day 2 of Rio Games

  07-08-2016 22:53
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Day two of the Rio Games proved quite the breeze for some athletes and much too windy for others.
  
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• Gymnastics - Britain's Downie recovers from fall, wobbly China on top

  07-08-2016 22:51
  By Pritha Sarkar RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Britain's Ellie Downie proved herself "a fighter" on Sunday when she carried on after a horrific landing on her neck and China's pursuit of the women's team title got off to a shaky start in qualifying. There was an audible gasp in the arena when Downie's tumbling run on the floor exercise ended with her clutching her neck after she suffered what she called "a crunch in my neck". Despite being helped out of the arena to get medical attention, the 17-ye
  
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• Mack Horton speaks out after golden swim as unrest poisons Rio pool

  07-08-2016 22:42
  
  With trust in shorter supply on the pool deck than at any other Olympics of recent times, Mack Horton’s win was a cause for celebrationFear and loathing in the Olympic pool is nothing new. There will always be world record-breakers who impress some, intimidate others and occasionally raise eyebrows. By any standards, though, Rio is witnessing something significant: trust is in shorter supply on the pool deck than at any other Games of recent times.At the forefront of the debate have been H
  
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• Swimming - Agnel to retire after Rio blow

  07-08-2016 22:39
  By Alan Baldwin RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Rio will be the last Olympics for 2012 double gold medallist Yannick Agnel after the French swimmer failed to defend his 200 metres freestyle title on Sunday and announced his imminent retirement. "This is my last international competition," the 24-year-old told French media after finishing 19th overall in Sunday's preliminary heats with only the top 16 going through to the semi-finals. "If I continue four years like the past four years, you will find m
  
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• Gabriel injury adds to Arsenal's defensive worries

  07-08-2016 22:34
  Arsenal's Brazilian central defender Gabriel was carried off on a stretcher after damaging ankle ligaments during their 3-2 pre-season win over Manchester City in Gothenburg on Sunday. Let's hope the pain isn't a sign of bad news," Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger told a news conference. "It's an ankle sprain." Arsenal have already lost Per Mertesacker for several months with a knee problem leaving Calum Chambers and Laurent Koscielny as their only experienced centre backs with a tough opening Prem
  
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• Kyrgios skips Olympics, ends Isner's claim on Atlanta

  07-08-2016 22:32
  (Reuters) - Australian bad boy Nick Kyrgios may feel his decision to pull out of the Olympics was justified after he claimed his second ATP title by downing John Isner 7-6(3) 7-6(4) in the final of the Atlanta Open on Sunday. Top seed Isner was seeking a fourth consecutive title in the Georgia event, but the tall American fell short in his historic quest in a battle of big servers. "Returning is very crucial against John," said Kyrgios.
  
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• Andy Murray breezes past Viktor Troicki 6-3 6-2 at Rio 2016 Olympics as he bids to win second gold medal

  07-08-2016 22:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The London 2012 gold medallist was playing his first match since defeating Milos Raonic to win a second Wimbledon title a month ago but there were no signs of rust as he eased to a 6-3 6-2 victory.
  
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• Brutal road race course bares its teeth but Britons are caught cold by the wind | Barry Glendenning

  07-08-2016 22:30
  
  Emma Pooley had previously described the Olympic road race course as beautiful but strong winds and the difficulty of the climbs made it anything butFollowing the conclusion of the Olympic men’s road race on Saturday, quite a few gnarled old pros opined that the route was as tough as any they had negotiated. Looking ghostly of pallor, covered in dust and with his backside hanging over the open boot of his team’s support car at the finish line, Ireland’s Dan Martin looked shatte
  
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• Judo - Kelmendi makes history with gold for Kosovo

  07-08-2016 22:28
  Majlinda Kelmendi made history at the Rio Games on Sunday as she won gold in the women's judo, becoming the first athlete from Kosovo to win an Olympic medal after overcoming Italy's Odette Giuffrida in a tense duel. Kelmendi, ranked second in her -52kg weight class, topped 10th-seeded Giuffrida with a single point from a yuko that had initially been judged to be a more valuable waza-ari. Rio marks the first Olympics at which athletes are competing under the flag of Kosovo, which proclaimed inde
  
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• Orioles' Manny Machado hits 3 HRs in 3 innings

  07-08-2016 22:25
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Baltimore Orioles third baseman Manny Machado became the second player in major league history to homer in the first, second and third innings.
  
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• England beat Pakistan by 141 runs to take 2-1 lead in the series as Jimmy Anderson and Steve Finn shine on final day at Edgbaston

  07-08-2016 22:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  England have taken a 2-1 series lead against Pakistan after an excellent display by the bowlers on the fifth day at Edgbaston. Steven Finn, Chris Woakes, Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad all starred with the ball.
  
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• Shooting - Australia's Skinner wins gold in women's trap

  07-08-2016 22:22
  By Mary Milliken RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - First-time Olympian Catherine Skinner of Australia battled to the end of a tense all-Oceania final in women's trap shooting to win the gold medal on Sunday, edging out Natalie Rooney of New Zealand by one shot. The 26-year-old Skinner hit 12 of her 15 orange targets with her shotgun to Rooney's 11, but she got off to a rough start by missing the first target. "I have had plenty of finals when I missed the first shot and it went downhill from there," sa
  
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• Arsene Wenger faces defensive dilemma after Gabriel suffers ankle injury

  07-08-2016 22:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SAMI MOKBEL: Arsenal are in the midst of a fully-blown defensive crisis ahead of the season-opener against Liverpool after Gabriel was stretchered off against Manchester City.
  
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• Cycling - Van Der Breggen wins women's road race

  07-08-2016 22:20
  By Martyn Herman RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Dutch cyclist Anna van der Breggen produced a perfectly-timed burst to snatch Olympic gold in a dramatic climax to the women's road race alongside the Copacabana on Sunday. American Mara Abbott was left as the sole leader on the flat run in to the finish line but with victory tantalisingly close she was caught by Van Der Breggen, Emma Johansson of Sweden and Italy's Elisa Longo Borghini. Johansson took the silver, Longo Borghini the bronze and it was h
  
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• Moeen Ali showed real class with bat and ball... Alistair Cook and Co must be ruthless to clinch series at the Oval

  07-08-2016 22:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASSER HUSSAIN: For England to come back and win the Test after trailing by 103 runs on first innings showed incredible character. Alastair Cook can be very proud of his team.
  
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• Pippa Funnell relishing cross-country stage as Great Britain stay in touch

  07-08-2016 22:09
  
  • William Fox-Pitt holds narrow advantage in Rio 2016 individual competition
  • Team stands fourth after dressage behind Germany, France and AustraliaPippa Funnell believes that the potentially pivotal cross-country phase of Rio’s Olympic eventing competition could prove “a very tactical game” as riders prepare to tackle a demanding course in Deodoro.Funnell and her Great Britain colleagues William Fox-Pitt, Gemma Tattersall and Kitty King ended the dressage phase just
  
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• BUMBLE AT THE TEST: Jimmy Anderson was at his very best despite having to deal with an unresponsive pitch at Edgbaston

  07-08-2016 22:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DAVID LLOYD AT EDGBASTON: You cannot afford even one bad session in a Test and Pakistan got edgy after lunch. It was triggered by a brilliant spell from Jimmy Anderson.
  
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• Cycling - Dutchwoman Van Vleuten conscious after horror crash

  07-08-2016 22:06
  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 was leading the race with about 10km to go when she skidded on a steep descent and smashed head-first into the road and a stone kerb. Van Vleuten's compatriot Anna van der Breggen won the women's race.
  
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• Gymnastics - Shang beats fever to help China qualify

  07-08-2016 22:00
  By Joshua Schneyer RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Chinese gymnast Shang Chungsong was relieved she was able to play a part in women's qualifying on Sunday after illness almost caused her to miss the competition. Shang has been recovering from a nasty bout of fever and wasn't able to train for nearly five days ahead of China's debut, a wobbly performance for a team that has hoped to regain the podium in Rio after relinquishing the gold medal to the U.S. women's team at the 2012 London Games. During h
  
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• Swimming - Day after Rio silver, Kalisz has eye on Tokyo gold

  07-08-2016 21:59
  By Scott Malone RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - A day after narrowly missing gold in the men's Olympic 400 metres individual medley, American Chase Kalisz was already thinking about his next shot at the top of the Olympic podium, when the games move to Tokyo in 2020. "My goal is obviously to be in Tokyo and I'm more driven than ever after last night," the 22-year-old native of Baltimore told reporters the day after being edged out by Japan's Kosuke Hagino. "I'm going to try to set myself the next fou
  
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• Pricey Pogba faces pressure to deliver on United return

  07-08-2016 21:55
  By Neil Robinson LONDON (Reuters) - While rival clubs might question the wisdom of paying a world record transfer fee in the region of 100 million pounds for Paul Pogba, such a deal makes perfect sense to Manchester United who are awash with money and ambition. United posted record third-quarter revenues of 123.4 million pounds on the back of five new global sponsorship deals and are set to bring in a total of 500 million this year, proving that no matter what happens on the pitch, off it new ma
  
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• Lizzie Armitstead falls short of medal as horror crash mars women’s road race

  07-08-2016 21:55
  
  • Annemiek van Vleuten suffers horrible looking crash
  • Armitstead finishes fifth as Anna van der Breggen takes goldShe was damned if she did and damned if she didn’t. And in the end, Lizzie Armitstead did not win the Olympic road race. She did not come that close, after a competition which went horribly wrong before she even rolled up, grim-faced, to the start-line.The gold medal went not to Armitstead, who got caught out on some crosswinds with 30km to go and ended up fifth, bu
  
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• Highlights - Day two at the Rio Olympics

  07-08-2016 21:53
  Latest news from the second day of competition at the Rio Olympics on Sunday (all times London time): 2019 VAN DER BREGGEN ON TEAMMATE VAN VLEUTEN'S CRASH "It really shook me when I saw Annemiek crashed in the road. To see her like that, it's a big shock." 2006 VAN DER BREGGEN WINS GOLD IN THE WOMEN'S ROAD RACE Netherlands' Anna van der Breggen has won gold in the women's road race after out-sprinting Sweden's Emma Johansson at the end of 141km race. Elisa Longo Borghini was third for Italy.
  
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• Rio Games far from sold out, ticket sales at 82 percent

  07-08-2016 21:52
  By Karolos Grohmann RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Another day of Olympic sports played out before empty seats led to an admission from organisers that only Friday's Opening Ceremony has so far sold out. Demand for tickets is running at 82 percent, considerably below London four years ago even though they are roughly half the price. Not even Brazil's Olympic soccer team in its first match at the Games has attracted a capacity crowd and on Sunday the women's sevens tournament was played in front of a
  
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• Brazil expulsion of protesters slammed on social media

  07-08-2016 21:51
  By Daniel Flynn and Caroline Stauffer RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian authorities' expulsion from venues of spectators carrying banners or shouting slogans against interim President Michel Temer stirred outcry on social media on Sunday, but Olympic organizers threw their support behind the move. "A gold medal for repression" tweeted several people following the protester's expulsion from Rio de Janeiro's Sambadrome. A spokesman for Temer declined to comment.
  
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• 58! Furyk sets a PGA Tour record at Travelers

  07-08-2016 21:45
  
  CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) — Jim Furyk has a place in PGA Tour history all to himself with a new magic number in golf.
  
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• Orioles' Manny Machado hits 3 HRs in 3 innings vs. White Sox

  07-08-2016 21:42
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Baltimore Orioles third baseman Manny Machado has homered in his first three at-bats in three innings against the Chicago White Sox.
  
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• Cycling - Dutch rider Van Der Breggen wins women's road race

  07-08-2016 21:41
  Dutch cyclist Anna van der Breggen produced a perfectly-timed burst to snatch Olympic gold in a dramatic climax to the women's road race alongside the Copacabana on Sunday. American Mara Abbott was left as the sole leader on the flat run in to the finish line but with victory tantalisingly close she was caught by Van Der Breggen, Emma Johansson of Sweden and Italy's Elisa Longo Borghini. Johansson took the silver with Longo Borghini third.
  
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