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• Rio Olympics 2016: Argentina beat Belgium 4-2 in the men's hockey final

  18-08-2016 23:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Argentina win Olympic men's hockey gold for the first time with a 4-2 victory over Belgium in Rio.
  
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• Your guide to the day ahead: The big events you can't afford to miss on day 14 of the Rio 2016 Olympics 

  18-08-2016 23:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Usain Bolt, Justin Gatlin, Elaine Thompson and Dina Asher-Smith are all going for gold as are Team GB's women's hockey team who face Holland in Friday's final.
  
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• Astra Giurgiu 1-1 West Ham: Denis Alibec scores late leveller after Mark Noble's penalty gave the Irons an advantage in Europa League qualifier

  18-08-2016 23:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SAM CUNNIGHAM AT STADIONUL MARIN ANASTASOVICI: They may have joked that they were on a stag do, but West Ham suffered a Europa League hangover after Astra levelled late on.
  
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• Jade Jones guaranteed gold or silver medal as she reaches taekwondo final

  18-08-2016 23:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MIKE DICKSON IN RIO: The diminutive headhunter that is Jade Jones took a kick in the face on Thursday night but stayed on course to defend her taekwondo title from London 2012.
  
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• Rio Olympics 2016: Belgium's Gauthier Boccard scores hockey wonder goal

  18-08-2016 23:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Gauthier Boccard scores an incredible solo goal for Belgium during their men's hockey final against Argentina.
  
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• Astra Giurgiu 1-1 West Ham: Jonathan Calleri could be a real asset for the Hammers - five things we learned

  18-08-2016 23:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ADAM SHERGOLD AT THE STADIONUL MARIN ANASTASOVICI: On-loan striker Calleri, aged 22, showed the lively qualities that made him so prolific for Boca Juniors.
  
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• USA swimmer and party animal Ryan Lochte lied about gunpoint robbery, claim Rio police 

  18-08-2016 23:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JONATHAN MCEVOY IN RIO: A drab police station in the affluent Leblon neighbourhood of Rio was not meant to host one of the great spectator sports of the Olympics.
  
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• Russian whistleblower Stepanova treated 'very poorly' - IOC's Pound

  18-08-2016 23:37
  By Jonathan Crane RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Russian whistleblower Yulia Stepanova and her husband, who fled their country after uncovering a state-backed doping scandal, were treated poorly by all sports bodies, said International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound. Pound, the former head of the World Anti-Doping Agency who helped draft the first of several reports into Russian doping last year, said her treatment and exclusion from the Olympics was scaring off other people who may be ready to
  
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• Brazil police recommend charges against U.S. swimmers Lochte and Feigen - GloboNews

  18-08-2016 23:36
  RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian police have recommended that prosecutors bring charges against U.S. Olympic gold medallist swimmers Ryan Lochte and Jimmy Feigen for falsely reporting a crime, GloboNews television reported on Thursday. The civil police chief of Rio de Janeiro, Fernando Veloso, had earlier told a news conference that Lochte and Feigen had lied about being robbed at gunpoint on Sunday morning along with two team mates. The charge does not carry any prison time, Veloso said. Lo
  
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• Danny Welbeck boost for Arsenal as forward given go-ahead for Christmas return from serious knee injury

  18-08-2016 23:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has finally been handed some positive injury news after revealing Danny Welbeck could return by the end of the year.
  
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• Rio Olympics 2016: GB's Jade Jones through to taekwondo final

  18-08-2016 23:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Great Britain's Jade Jones reaches the final of the Olympic women's -57kg taekwondo competition after beating Nikita Glasnovic of Sweden in the semi-finals.
  
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• MLB may consider limits on pitching changes, shifts

  18-08-2016 23:15
  HOUSTON (AP) — Limiting pitching changes, restricting defensive shifts, altering the strike zone and installing pitch clocks are among the ideas Major League Baseball may consider as it undertakes a multiyear review of the game that could include the sport's most radical changes in decades.
  
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• Weightlifter stripped of medal; 3 others get drug sanctions

  18-08-2016 23:13
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A weightlifter from Kyrgyzstan became the first athlete at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics to be stripped of a medal after failing a drug test, while a Chinese swimmer and Brazilian cyclist were also disqualified Thursday and a Moldovan canoeist was suspended and could lose his bronze medal.
  
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• Rachel Riley and Jeff Stelling tell viewers to 'relax with a pint' as they vow to bring the fun to television screens with Friday Night Football

  18-08-2016 23:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JACK BEZANTS: Friday’s Premier League encounter between Manchester United and Southampton promises to be a significant match for a number of reasons.
  
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• The Latest: Brazilian swimmer says Lochte claims hurt Brazil

  18-08-2016 23:07
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Latest on the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times local):
  
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• Rio 2016 Olympics: China's Ren Qian wins diving gold aged 15

  18-08-2016 23:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chinese diver Ren Qian wins gold at the age of 15 in the women's 10m platform ahead of team-mate Si Yajie, with Great Britain's Tonia Couch finishing 12th.
  
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• Rio 2016 Olympics: 15-year-old Ren Qian of China takes diving gold

  18-08-2016 23:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chinese diver Ren Qian wins gold at the age of 15 in the women's 10m platform, ahead of team-mate Si Yajie, with GB's Tonia Couch finishing in 12th place.
  
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• Watch: Defending champion Jones into taekwondo final

  18-08-2016 23:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Reigning champion Jade Jones is one win away from another Olympic taekwondo title after reaching the -57kg final at Rio 2016.
  
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• Defending champion Jones into taekwondo final

  18-08-2016 23:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Reigning champion Jade Jones is one win away from another Olympic taekwondo title after reaching the -57kg final at Rio 2016.
  
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• Chinese 15-year-old wins Olympic gold as Couch misses out

  18-08-2016 23:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chinese diver Ren Qian wins Olympic gold at the age of 15 as Britain's Tonia Couch finishes out of the medals in the 10m platform.
  
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• Chinese 15-year-old wins Olympic gold

  18-08-2016 23:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chinese diver Ren Qian wins Olympic gold at the age of 15 as Britain's Tonia Couch finishes out of the medals in the 10m platform.
  
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• No. 1 US women fall in 5 sets in volleyball semis to Serbia

  18-08-2016 22:48
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Leaning over, hands on her knees and cheering at every chance, injured U.S. star Foluke Akinradewo could only watch. The top-ranked Americans had fought back to force a fifth set against Serbia before falling short — short of the gold-medal goal that had driven her and others back to the national team for one more Olympic cycle.
  
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• Martin Jol leaves Al Ahly after just six months following African Champions League group stage exit

  18-08-2016 22:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Martin Jol decided to leave after Al Ahly failed to get past the group phase of the African Champions League, which came just days after a defeat by arch rivals Zamalek in the Egyptian cup final.
  
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• Brownlees dominate as GB sailors win gold - video & reaction

  18-08-2016 22:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Alistair Brownlee wins triathlon gold ahead of brother Jonny as sailors Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark also win on day 13 of the Rio Olympics.
  
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• Brazil police consider charging U.S. swimmers with vandalism, false testimony

  18-08-2016 22:45
  By Rodrigo Viga and Jeb Blount RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian police are considering charging a group of U.S. Olympic swimmers with vandalism and giving false testimony, Rio's police chief said on Thursday, accusing them of lying about an incident that has marred South America's first Games. Three of the four swimmers involved in the incident at a Rio gas station are being prevented from leaving the country pending the outcome of the police investigation. "In theory, they could be held res
  
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• Tonia Couch finishes 12th in women's 10m platform final as Qian Ren wins gold for China 

  18-08-2016 22:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tonia Couch bowed out of the Rio Olympics diving with a 12th-place finish in the women's 10m platform final. This was the third consecutive Games for the Plymouth-based athlete.
  
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• Cycling - Willoughby avoids crashes to reach semis in style

  18-08-2016 22:41
  By Martyn Herman RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Australia's Sam Willoughby stayed firmly on course for BMX gold as three of his main Olympic rivals were eliminated after a spate of crashes in the quarter-finals on Thursday. Willoughby won all three runs of his heat, avoiding the kinds of problems that accounted for Latvia's double Olympic champion Maris Strombergs, world champion Joris Daudet of France and former world title winner Liam Phillips of Britain.
  
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• Late goal leaves West Ham tie in the balance

  18-08-2016 22:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  West Ham are pegged back late on to leave their Europa League play-off with Astra Giurgiu in the balance.
  
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• Rio Olympics 2016: GB golfer Charley Hull tied third after day two

  18-08-2016 22:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Great Britain's Charley Hull is tied third, two shots off the lead, after two rounds of the women's Olympic golf.
  
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• Nadal knocked out at Cincinnati, Steve Johnson moves up

  18-08-2016 22:25
  
  MASON, Ohio (AP) — Rafael Nadal showed the rust from his long layoff with a wrist injury on Thursday, losing in straight sets to Croatia's Borna Coric at the Western & Southern Open.
  
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• Triathlon - Brownlees' smiles hide the pain

  18-08-2016 22:20
  By Mitch Phillips RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The Brownlee brothers' incredible demolition of the best of the rest of the world in Thursday's Olympic triathlon might have looked straightforward but to deliver a textbook race in Rio they had to go through "hell" first. Alistair, 28, became the first triathlete to retain an Olympic title and Jonny, 26, added a silver to the bronze he picked up in London four years ago. Alistair took time to savour the moment, walking down the finish chute holding t
  
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• Stevenson advances to boxing final after Nikitin ruled out

  18-08-2016 22:15
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — U.S. boxer Shakur Stevenson reached the Olympic bantamweight final by walkover Thursday after Russian semifinal opponent Vladimir Nikitin was ruled out with an injury.
  
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• No. 1 US women fall in 5 sets to Serbia, play for bronze

  18-08-2016 22:13
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Leaning over with hands on her knees and cheering at every chance, injured U.S. star Foluke Akinradewo could only watch as the close-knit, determined Americans fought back to force a fifth set against Serbia before falling short — short of the gold-medal goal that had driven her and others back to the national team for one more Olympic cycle.
  
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• Rio Olympics 2016: GB's Jade Jones through to taekwondo semis

  18-08-2016 22:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Great Britain's Jade Jones wins the women's -57kg taekwondo quarter-final 7-2 against Belgium's Raheleh Asemani to progress to the semi-finals.
  
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• Rio police: US Olympic swimmers were not robbed

  18-08-2016 21:57
  
  Brazilian police say four US Olympians, including Ryan Lochte, fabricated story about being robbed at gunpoint in Rio.
  
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• Kyrgyz weightlifter stripped of bronze medal in doping case

  18-08-2016 21:52
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A male weightlifter from Kyrgyzstan became the first athlete at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics to be stripped of a medal after a positive drug test. A Moldovan canoeist also risks losing his bronze medal after being suspended for alleged doping.
  
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• Top official Hickey out of hospital, being questioned - OCI

  18-08-2016 21:50
  RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Arrested IOC official Pat Hickey was on Thursday released from hospital and taken to a Rio de Janeiro police station for questioning, the Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) said. Brazilian police arrested Europe's top Olympic official in a dawn raid on his hotel on Wednesday, in connection with an investigation into the illegal resale of Olympics tickets. The 71-year-old was admitted to Samaritano hospital for chest pain after his arrest. (Editing by: Ossian Shine)
  
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• The Latest: Police: Swimmers not victims of claimed robbery

  18-08-2016 21:49
  
  The Latest on the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times local): 4:45 p.m. A top Brazilian police official says Ryan Lochte and three other American swimmers were not the victims of a robbery ...
  
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• Olympics dream over for Liam Phillips after BMX riders crashes in early stages of quarter-final run 

  18-08-2016 21:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  BMX rider Liam Phillips' bid for Olympic gold is over after a crash in the first quarter-final run. Phillips was one of the favourites for Rio 2016 glory, but qualified in a lowly 10th position.
  
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• Arrested OCI chief Pat Hickey 'to be taken to police station'

  18-08-2016 21:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Pat Hickey is being released from hospital to be questioned by police about alleged illegal ticket sales, reports say.
  
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• Bolt goes for another gold as Lochte saga consumes Rio games

  18-08-2016 21:38
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Usain Bolt and Ryan Lochte commanded the Olympic spotlight Thursday for drastically different reasons.
  
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• US swimmers 'invented robbery story' - watch CCTV footage

  18-08-2016 21:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Four US Olympic swimmers who said they had been robbed in Rio de Janeiro were not victims of crime, the head of the city's civil police has said.
  
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• New world number one India make solid start in fourth test

  18-08-2016 21:34
  (Reuters) - Less than a day after becoming the world number one-ranked test nation, India made a solid start in the fourth test against West Indies, picking up two wickets before rain halted play for the day in Trinidad. Ishant Sharma and Ravichandran Ashwin claimed one scalp each as West Indies advanced to 62 for two in 22 overs at Queen's Park Oval in Port of Spain. India assumed the top test spot on the International Cricket Council (ICC) rankings when Australia lost the third test in their s
  
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• Brazil police say U.S. swimmers could 'in theory' be charged

  18-08-2016 21:28
  Brazil police could "in theory" charge a group of U.S. Olympic swimmers with giving false testimony and vandalism over an incident at a gas station in Rio de Janeiro last weekend, the head of Rio's civil police, Fernando Veloso, said on Thursday. Police began investigating the incident after four swimmers, including gold medallists Ryan Lochte and Jimmy Feigen, said they been robbed by gunmen impersonating police officers in the early hours of Sunday, as they returned in a taxi to the Athletes'
  
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• 'Wow! Incredible!' - Russia's amazing synchro swimming routine

  18-08-2016 21:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch Russia's routine in the women's team synchronised swimming, which sees them lead the event after the technical element of the final.
  
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• Rio Olympics 2016: Russia's synchro swimming technical routine

  18-08-2016 21:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch Russia's routine in the women's team synchronised swimming, which sees them lead the event after the technical element of the final.
  
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• TV presenter Webster brought out of Rio malaria coma

  18-08-2016 21:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A television sports presenter who contracted malaria in Rio following a 3,000-mile charity cycle ride has been brought out of her medically induced coma, her manager says.
  
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• Brazil police accuse U.S. swimmers of vandalism, consider charges

  18-08-2016 21:22
  Brazilian police accused a group of U.S. Olympic swimmers on Thursday of vandalism during an incident at a Rio gas station last weekend, saying they were considering whether to recommend charges against any of them. Police began investigating the incident after four swimmers, including gold medallists Ryan Lochte and Jimmy Feigen, said they been robbed by gunmen impersonating police officers in the early hours of Sunday, as they returned in a taxi to the Athletes Village from a party in the city
  
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• Barred from Games, Russia's Isinbayeva to join IOC athletes' body

  18-08-2016 21:20
  Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva was elected to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) athletes' commission on Thursday, despite being barred from the Rio Games over doping allegations. IOC President Thomas Bach said he looked forward to "working closely" with the four new members in what could be a thorny relationship with Isinbayeva, who has repeatedly lambasted his organisation for the blanket ban on Russian track and field, which she says unfairly punishes clean athletes such as her
  
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• Brazilian police say Lochte, US swimmers were not robbed

  18-08-2016 21:15
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The mystery behind the claim that U.S. swimmer Ryan Lochte and three teammates were robbed after a night of partying in Rio de Janeiro deepened Thursday, after officials first blamed him for making it up — then backtracked on some details and acknowledged the Olympians had been confronted by security guards with guns.
  
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