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A detailed shot of shorts worn by goalkeeper Hope Solo #1 of United States are seen before the game against Sweden on day seven of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on August 12, 2016 in Brazil. “I thought we played a courageous game,” declared Hope Solo, the USA women’s soccer goalie, reacting to a shocking upset. “I think we showed a lot of heart. We came back from a goal…

Media playback is not supported on this device French pole vaulter booed on podium Pole vault silver medallist Renaud Lavillenie was booed by the Rio crowd for a second time in 24 hours – with Olympics chief Thomas Bach calling his treatment “shocking”. The Frenchman, 29, was in tears as he was barracked on the podium on Tuesday. On Monday, he was booed by the partisan home crowd before his…

x Embed x Share A Brazilian judge cites discrepancies in the police report about the robbery. American Ryan Lochte won his first medal of the 2016 Olympics with the men’s 4×200 freestyle relay.(Photo: Peter Casey, USA TODAY Sports) RIO DE JANEIRO — A Brazilian judge has ordered two U.S. swimmers not to leave the country, according to court documents obtained Wednesday. Ryan Lochte and Jimmy Feigen were ordered to stay in Rio…

You might not be able to see all the tech Land Rover added to the Range Rover Sport, but when you need it, you’ll be happy it’s there. Also, please don’t actually try to flip it.

9.48am EDT09:48 Butchart, who has some of the whitest teeth I have ever seen, finishing in fifth to qualify automatically for the final. Great run in 33C heat from the 24-year-old Scot, who was the pacemaker in that heat and was only overcome by the front four in the home straight. The USA’s Paul Kipkemoi Chelimo finished first, Ethiopia’s Muktar Edris second, Ethiopia’s Dejen Gebremeskel third, Bahrain’s Birhanu Balew fourth,…

Rio de Janeiro It didn’t take long for the Brazilians to rewrite the norms of Olympic fandom. The list of Olympic participants targeted by Brazilian boos is long and varied: Russians, due to its doping scandal; Spaniards, as symbols of Latin American colonialism; a tennis ball boy who had butterfingers; favorites—like the poor Romanian women’s handball team—when they played the underdogs; and, of course, anyone from Brazil’s historic rival Argentina,…

There are more empty seats at the Rio Olympics than there would be at an IOC lecture on moral courage, given at the Etihad. It is traditional for any Olympic Games to be followed at a seemly distance by photo-stories detailing the slide into disuse of the various eye-wateringly expensive venues in the host city. In the case of Rio this seems to be happening concurrently, live on air alongside…

Listen, if we’re being honest, I don’t care about you or your team. I’m sure you’re all very nice, and your favorite players seem lovely, for the most part. But there’s just so much baseball being churned out by my team — about 20 hours a week, the same as a part-time job — that it’s hard to make the same kind of individual connections. On the other hand,…

ESPN’s Buster Olney is on vacation this week, but he’s still compiling roundups. View his latest roundup here . Baseball is the greatest game in the world. If you need proof, look no further than the fact that baseball, like no other sport, has an amazing capacity to spark genuine and even heated debate. Baseball fans and media like nothing more than to talk about what is good and bad…

9.48am EDT09:48 Butchart, who has some of the whitest teeth I have ever seen, finishing in fifth to qualify automatically for the final. Great run in 33C heat from the 24-year-old Scot, who was the pacemaker in that heat and was only overcome by the front four in the home straight. The USA’s Paul Kipkemoi Chelimo finished first, Ethiopia’s Muktar Edris second, Ethiopia’s Dejen Gebremeskel third, Bahrain’s Birhanu Balew fourth,…

Over the next three months, the nominating and voting process for the Best Fan Ever will unfold across the country.(Photo: Illustration by USA TODAY Sports) Tim McKernan wore nothing but a hat, boots and a painted orange barrel suspended around his waist in winning a $10 bet with his brother. McKernan wagered he could appear on national TV while at a Denver Broncos game in 1977. So began a string…

Media playback is not supported on this device French pole vaulter booed on podium Pole vault silver medallist Renaud Lavillenie was booed by the Rio crowd for a second time in 24 hours – with Olympics chief Thomas Bach calling his treatment “shocking”. The Frenchman, 29, was in tears as he was barracked on the podium on Tuesday. On Monday he was booed by the partisan home crowd before his…

Pop-out player This is What’s Trending Today. On August 16, 1954, Sports Illustrated published its first-ever magazine. The new publication led with an article called the “The Golden Age is Now.” Sixty-two years later, Sports Illustrated is one of the most famous sports publications in the world. And, now it has published perhaps its most golden magazine cover yet. The cover photo of the August 22 edition of the magazine…

Media playback is not supported on this device Kenny equals Hoy with sixth gold Jason Kenny equalled Sir Chris Hoy’s British record of six Olympic gold medals on a sensational night in Rio. The 28-year-old won a dramatic keirin, that twice had to be restarted because of infringements, to add to his team sprint and individual sprint victories. Kenny has won seven medals in total – his one silver coming…

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Sweden’s sound strategy paid off again, and it’s headed to the Olympics gold medal game in women’s soccer for the first time ever. After holding host Brazil to a 0-0 draw, Sweden won in penalties 4-3, with Lisa Dahlkvist scoring the decisive penalty for the second straight game. Sweden ousted the USA in shocking fashion in the quarterfinals, winning by that same score in the penalty round. The…

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British Cycling’s head coach has hit back at other nations who have questioned Team GB’s dominance in the velodrome, accusing them of simply not being good enough. Iain Dyer, who leads the Olympic track coaches, was responding to criticisms from former gold medal winners who have lost out to British riders this week. “It’s a shame,” he said. “I can only point to the fact you can look at athletes…