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The 2016 Summer Olympics come to an end on Sunday, with the closing ceremony scheduled to start at 4 p.m. Pacific time at Maracana Stadium. You will not be able to watch it on TV, however, until 7 p.m. on NBC, with coverage scheduled to end at 9:30. So, some things could be edited out for time. As usual, the closing ceremony will end with the official handover of the Olympic flag…

The last thing Julia Medford wants to do right now is to eat or sleep. “If I close my eyes I picture Drew walking through that door,” she said. “It’s hard to sleep or to take care of yourself when you have this much grief. It’s constant.” Julia Medford was fine Wednesday evening when she and her younger brother, Drew, were playing fetch with her dog. “He was so excited…

American League Central Division White Sox: Had same record after 115 games (55-60) as in 2014 and 2015. #Progress Indians: Prospect Francisco Mejia becomes first minor-leaguer since 1954 with 50-game hitting streak. Royals: With 10 wins in 12 games entering weekend, champs finally showing a pulse. Tigers: Red Sox GM Dave Dombrowski returns to place where Tigers owner said he “didn’t win enough.” Twins: Closer Brandon Kintzler tells himself, “This…

TWENTY-EIGHT sports have been contested in the 2016 Olympic games in Rio. Yet though that number makes it impossible to keep track of all 306 events, it is still not enough to include all disciplines that would like to feature. Despite much vigorous campaigning by the World Squash Federation (WSF), a bid to add the game to the Rio schedule was rejected by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 2009….

Media playback is not supported on this device GB’s Adams wins boxing gold Nicola Adams became the first British boxer to retain an Olympic title for 92 years by winning gold in the women’s flyweight final at Rio 2016. The 33-year-old won a unanimous points decision to beat France’s Sarah Ourahmoune. Britain have now won 26 golds in Brazil and 63 medals overall, two short of the record 65 won…

Crystal Brittany Weekes of Puerto Rico, right, and Jackie Galloway of the United States compete in a women’s taekwondo over 67 kg round of 16. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) There’s a technological revolution occurring in taekwondo that is changing the look of the sport and it might take time to get used to it. Tradition is giving way to modern rules that are aimed to bring more excitement to the sport and…

Media playback is not supported on this device GB’s Adams wins boxing gold Nicola Adams became the first British boxer to retain an Olympic title for 92 years by winning gold in the women’s flyweight final at Rio 2016. The 33-year-old won a unanimous points decision to beat France’s Sarah Ourahmoune. Britain have now won 26 golds in Brazil and 63 medals overall, two short of the record 65 won…

Let’s get this out of the way, Olympics deniers: If you watch television at all, you’ve probably watched the Games. They’re simply a straight-up TV phenomenon. The Olympics still hold the record for most-watched global television event of all time—70 percent of the world watched at least some portion of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. But chances are, the way you’re watching the 2016 Rio Games is markedly different from the…

Schedule and results from Saturday’s Rio Olympics competition. All times Pacific. Badminton Men’s singles gold medal match Chen Long, China, d. Lee Chong Wei, Malaysia, 2-0 Men’s singles bronze medal match Viktor Axelsen, Denmark, d. Lin Dan, China, 2-1 Basketball (Women) Bronze medal game Serbia 70, France 63 Gold medal game 11:30 a.m.–United States vs. Spain Boxing Women’s flyweight gold medal match Nicola Adams, Great Britain, d. Sarah Ourahmoune, France, 3-0 Men’s bantamweight gold medal match Robeisy Ramirez Carrazana, Cuba, d. Shakur Stevenson, United States,…

Media playback is not supported on this device GB’s Adams wins boxing gold Nicola Adams became the first British boxer to retain an Olympic title for 92 years by winning gold in the women’s flyweight final at Rio 2016. The 33-year-old won a unanimous points decision to beat France’s Sarah Ourahmoune. Britain have now won 26 golds in Brazil and 63 medals overall, two short of the record 65 won…

TWENTY-EIGHT sports have been contested in the 2016 Olympic games in Rio. Yet though that number makes it impossible to keep track of all 306 events, it is still not enough to include all disciplines that would like to feature. Despite much vigorous campaigning by the World Squash Federation (WSF), a bid to add the game to the Rio schedule was rejected by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 2009….

Waisako Naholo scores the All Blacks’ fourth try New Zealand opened the 2016 Rugby Championship by humiliating Australia 42-8 in the Bledisloe Cup at the ANZ Stadium in Sydney. Ryan Crotty, Beauden Barrett, Jerome Kaino and Waisake Naholo scored tries as they led 32-3 at the break. Dane Coles and Julian Savea went over to extend the lead before Nick Phipps scored a consolation try. Police are to investigate how…

x Embed x Share USA TODAY Sports’ Nate Scott breaks down probable highlights in the Rio Games on Aug. 20. USA TODAY Sports Great Britain defender Hollie Webb (20) celebrates with teammates after scoring the game winning goal in a shoot out past Netherlands goalkeeper Joyce Sombroek during the gold medal match in the Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games at Olympic Hockey Centre.(Photo: Geoff Burke, USA TODAY Sports) RIO DE…

Day 15, another Saturday – Super Saturday? Satiating Saturday? – and the biggest gold rush of the Games so far, with a full 30 on offer today. Follow them all here, if only to test the live blog team as we try not to miss any. Here’s our recap of day 14, when half of Britain remembered how exciting hockey can be (the other half knew already) and the greatest…

x Embed x Share Lochte and three U.S. swimmers said they were robbed at gunpoint early Sunday, with Lochte saying their cab was pulled over by men impersonating police officers. Jimmy Feigen is one of three U.S. swimmers still in Brazil after allegedly being robbed earlier this week.(Photo: Rob Schumacher, USA TODAY Sports) RIO DE JANEIRO — The money that U.S. swimmer Jimmy Feigen must pay to resolve his legal cases in…

Media playback is not supported on this device Bolt wins ninth Olympic gold medal Usain Bolt ended his Olympic career by claiming an unprecedented ‘triple triple’ and his ninth gold as Jamaica won the 4x100m relay final in Rio. Bolt, 29, had won the 100m and 200m in Rio and is the only man to win all three sprint events at three Games. He combined with Asafa Powell, Yohan Blake…

There is a new gold medalist in women’s field hockey. Great Britain claimed the gold medal after defeating the Netherlands 2-0 in a historic shootout win. With time winding down and the pressure increasing, it was anybody’s game with the score tied at three all. Great Britain’s Nicola White scored the game-tying goal on a rebound off of a penalty corner that would ultimately send the two teams into a shootout….

x Embed x Share Lochte and three U.S. swimmers said they were robbed at gunpoint early Sunday, with Lochte saying their cab was pulled over by men impersonating police officers. Jimmy Feigen is one of three U.S. swimmers still in Brazil after allegedly being robbed earlier this week.(Photo: Rob Schumacher, USA TODAY Sports) RIO DE JANEIRO — The money that U.S. swimmer Jimmy Feigen must pay to resolve his legal cases in…

It takes a city nearly a decade to plan for the Olympics, from the invitation to declare interest by the International Olympic Committee to the selection to the opening ceremony seven years later. Previous hosts used the Games to bulk up infrastructure (stadiums, housing, transportation) in a bid to attract global investment. Pledges were made to repurpose existing structures or tear down and reuse what would be built, as Rio…