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Schedule and results from Monday’s Rio Olympics competition. All times Pacific. Badminton 4:30 a.m.-1 p.m.–First round of men’s and women’s singles and doubles and mixed doubles Basketball (men) 10:15 a.m.–Nigeria vs. Brazil 3 p.m.–Spain vs. Argentina 6:30 p.m.–Lithuania vs. Croatia Beach volleyball (men) Noon-8 p.m.–Quarterfinal matches Boxing 7 a.m.–Women’s lightweight quarterfinals, men’s flyweight preliminaries, men’s welterweight semifinals, men’s middleweight quarterfinals 1 p.m.–Men’s heavyweight gold medal match Canoe/kayak 5 a.m.–Men’s canoe single…

When Michael Phelps opened the door to his hotel room in the early hours of Sunday morning, he did the worst thing possible to his slumbering fiancee, Nicole Johnson. He picked up their 3-month-old son, Boomer, and woke him with a hug. Phelps just had to do it after spending so much time away from his firstborn in preparation for the Rio Olympics. The most decorated medalist in history even…

11.50am EDT11:50 Charlotte Dujardin, in tears at the end of her routine with Valegro, has scored 93.928%. What a result. Will that be enough for gold? There are still four more to go … Charlotte Dujardin rides Valegro in the dressage individual grand prix freestyle. Photograph: Rob Carr/Getty Images Updated at 11.56am EDT

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Bolt has been winning races on the world stage for 14 years The only time Usain Bolt has “ever been slow” was when the Jamaican arrived 10 days after his due date. Mum Jennifer said she knew her son was special by the time he was three weeks old – but while every parent harbours high hopes for their children, not many witness them go on to become the fastest…

The gymnastics venue has been home to some of the most incredible performances of the Olympics. It has also been home to plenty of inspiring stories, perhaps none more than 23-year-old gymnast Dipa Karmakar. She already made history as the first ever female gymnast from India to qualify for the Olympics, overcoming long odds to even reach this level of her sport. On Sunday, she very nearly became India’s first…

The head coach of Great Britain’s Olympic swimming team, Bill Furniss, has claimed that the British were robbed of four medals at the Rio Games and demanded tougher action against dopers in his sport. Seven British swimmers came fourth in their events and Furniss alleges the majority were unfairly denied a podium position. British swimmers, spearheaded by the brilliant Adam Peaty, enjoyed their most successful Games in the pool in…

x Embed x Share Find out why some of Rio’s neighborhoods are clustered along mountainsides. Rowers are seen through the Olympic rings as seen from Copacabana Beach on Aug. 6.(Photo: Jack Gruber-USA TODAY Sports) RIO DE JANEIRO — Immediately after celebrating the news that their daughter was named to Australia’s Olympic synchronized swimming team, Andrew and Leisel Rogers started to panic. Taking the family to root on 18-year-old Emily Rogers meant two weeks…

Justin Rose and Henrik Stenson went at it all day on Sunday at the 2016 Rio Olympics as the International Olympic Committee handed out the first medals in golf in 112 years. After taking the most famous duel of the season at Royal Troon to win his first major championship, Stenson ceded this one to Rose as the two struggled back and forth to take hold of the tournament. Both…

RIO DE JANEIRO — Michael Phelps closed his career with a gold medal in a brilliant race, a 4x100m medley relay where his butterfly leg turned a half-second American deficit into a half-second American lead. He called the win “the cherry on the cake” of his career, a 23rd gold to further cement his status as the greatest of all time. And as he leaves his final press conference…

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Tonight three legends of swimming—Michael Phelps, Chad Le Clos, and László Cseh—turned in identical times to share silver in the 100m butterfly. Last night, Simone Manuel tied for gold with Canadian Penny Oleksiak in the 100m freestyle. Modern timing systems are capable of measuring down to the millionth of a second—so why doesn’t FINA, the world swimming governing body, increase its timing precision by adding thousandths-of-seconds? As it turns out,…

The U.S. women’s 4×100-meter medley relay team won gold — and reached a milestone for the United States. Kathleen Baker, Lilly King, Dana Vollmer and Simone Manuel teaming up to prevail at the Rio Games on Saturday night is being recognized by the U.S. Olympic Committee as the nation’s 1,000th gold medal in Summer Olympics history. Manuel swam the last leg, and when she hit the wall her three teammates hugged on…

RIO DE JANEIRO The United States won the men’s 4×100 meters medley relay on Saturday after Ryan Murphy had given them a world record start that propelled Michael Phelps to a 23rd gold medal in his final Olympic race. Britain took the silver medal and Australia bronze. Phelps, who swam the third butterfly leg, ends the most successful Olympic career of all time with 23 golds, three silver and two…

Michael Phelps decided to give it one more shot, and as a result he cemented himself in the minds of a whole new generation of American sports fans. The 31-year-old won a gold medal — his fifth of the 2016 Rio Olympics and 23rd overall — by swimming the butterfly in the 4×100-meter medley relay on Saturday night in the final race of his career. The U.S. edged Great Britain…

Media playback is not supported on this device Catch up with the best of the action from day eight of the 2016 Rio Olympics Mo Farah and Laura Trott made history by claiming their third Olympic titles as Great Britain won eight medals on day eight of the Rio Games. Jessica-Ennis Hill took silver in the heptathlon, while there was a bronze for long jumper Greg Rutherford. Farah overcame a…

Media playback is not supported on this device Gold for Phelps in Olympic swansong American legend Michael Phelps won a 23rd Olympic title in his final race at a Games, as Great Britain took silver in the men’s 4x100m medley relay. The 31-year-old secured his fifth title of Rio 2016 as he teamed up with Ryan Murphy, Cody Miller and Nathan Adrian to set a new Games record of three…

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NBC spent about $1.2 billion for the rights to air this summer’s Olympics. So far, they have a lot of unhappy viewers to show for it. Fans are blasting NBC for its delayed, US-centric, and out-of-touch coverage of the games in Rio. The network is being ridiculed for its disproportionate focus on sports such as swimming and gymnastics, overt focus on American success stories, and occasionally sexist comments from announcers…