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Cycling: I crashed on purpose, says victorious Briton
Thu,2 Aug 2012 06:21 PM PDT
Reuters -  LONDON (Reuters) - German-born Philip Hindes said he deliberately crashed after making a poor start in the heats of the Olympic track cycling team sprint, an event in which he and fellow Britons Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny went on to win gold. "We were saying if we have a bad start we need to crash to get a restart," Hindes was quoted as saying by British newspapers on Thursday. "I just crashed. I did it on purpose to get a restart... it was all planned really. ...
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Athletics: Battle of distance queens highlights day one
Thu,2 Aug 2012 06:02 PM PDT
Reuters -  LONDON (Reuters) - The big men of the shot put open 10 days of athletics action at the London Olympics on Friday morning with the more slender frames of the East African distance runners closing out the day in the much-anticipated women's 10,000 meters final. Distance queens Vivian Cheruiyot of Kenya and Ethiopia's Tirunesh Dibaba will go head-to-head for the second gold medal in athletics in what is expected to be a thrilling final at the Olympic Stadium. ...
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Basketball: U.S. crush Nigeria in record-setting spree
Thu,2 Aug 2012 05:49 PM PDT
Reuters -  LONDON (Reuters) - An irresistible force met with a very moveable object on Thursday and the result was a record-breaking scoring spree for the U.S. men's basketball team over a hapless Nigeria at the Olympic Basketball Arena. The defending champions rolled to a 156-73 victory, scoring the most points ever in an Olympic game on a mind-boggling shooting night spearheaded by Carmelo Anthony. Anthony made 13 of his 16 shots, including an incredible 10-of-12 from beyond the three-point line for a 37-point haul. The points total easily eclipsed the previous record of 138 set by Brazil in 1988. ...
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Cycling: Hosts ready to win flurry of track golds - Boardman
Thu,2 Aug 2012 05:29 PM PDT
Reuters -  LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's track cyclists are ready to land another bagful of medals at the Olympics, according to 1992 Barcelona Games individual pursuit winner Chris Boardman. In Beijing four years ago the team scooped wins in seven of the 10 competitions and they are already underway in London with one victory from two events. Standing trackside on Thursday after watching Chris Hoy pick up a fifth gold medal in the men's team sprint, Boardman told Reuters in an interview that the desire of his compatriots was as strong as he had ever seen it. ...
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Analysis: NBC offers peek of future Olympics biz model, coverage
Thu,2 Aug 2012 05:21 PM PDT
Reuters -  NEW YORK (Reuters) - NBC briefly tore down the digital wall protecting its Olympics coverage on Thursday and permitted consumers without a pay TV subscription to watch live online a much-anticipated race starring American swimmers Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte. The move was aimed at appeasing critics of NBC's strategy of delaying broadcasts of major Olympics events for prime time or requiring a cable subscription for online streaming - and could foreshadow how the Comcast Corp-owned network might handle its coverage of future Games. ...
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Ryder Cup incentive mounts for Firestone leader Furyk
Thu,2 Aug 2012 05:21 PM PDT
Reuters -  AKRON, Ohio (Reuters) - American Jim Furyk laid down a timely marker for Ryder Cup selection by charging into a two-shot lead in Thursday's opening round at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational. A veteran of the last seven Ryder Cups, Furyk lies 15th in the U.S. standings and only the top eight will automatically qualify for this year's edition against Europe, to be played at Medinah Country Club outside Chicago from September 28-30. U.S. captain Davis Love III will announce his four wildcard picks to round out the 12-man team in early September. ...
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Cheruiyot launches double bid as athletics starts
Thu,2 Aug 2012 05:10 PM PDT
Reuters -  LONDON (Reuters) - World champion Vivian Cheruiyot of Kenya begins her bid for a distance double when the athletics program kicks off on Friday in the 80,000-capacity Olympic stadium. Ethiopian Olympic champion Tirunesh Dibaba, who has the fastest time of the year, is expected to be her main rival in a much-anticipated 10,000 meters final. Cheruiyot also has her eye on the 5,000 next week as she attempts to replicate her double gold from last year's world championships. A trio of Americans will seek to capture the men's shot put gold for United States for the first time since 1996. ...
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UPDATE 2-Golf-Furyk in charge at Firestone, Woods seven back
Thu,2 Aug 2012 04:45 PM PDT
Reuters - * Furyk fires a superb 63 to lead by two shots * World number one Donald opens with a 66 * Woods trails by seven after shooting 70 (Adds further quotes, detail) AKRON, Ohio, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Experienced American JimFuryk outshone the biggest names in the game as he took controlof the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational with a dazzlingseven-under-par 63 in Thursday's opening round. On a firm and fast-running layout at Firestone Country Club,Furyk piled up seven birdies, an eagle at the par-five secondand two bogeys to end a sun-splashed day two ahead of Britain'sLee Slattery. ... Full Story | Top |
Boxing: Officials punished after night of shame
Thu,2 Aug 2012 04:42 PM PDT
Reuters -  LONDON (Reuters) - A Turkmen boxing referee and an Azerbaijani technical official were expelled from the London Olympics on Thursday after a night of controversy plunged the sport back into the mire. The focus should be turning to women boxers competing at an Olympic Games for the first time on Sunday but instead the International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA) has had to deal with the type of scandals that dogged it almost a decade ago. ...
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Hackers hit Major League Baseball teams' Facebook sites
Thu,2 Aug 2012 04:33 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Hackers hit Major League Baseball teams' Facebook pages with phony postings on Thursday, including an announcement that New York Yankees star Derek Jeter would undergo sex change surgery, the sports site Deadspin reported. "He promises to come back stronger than ever in 2013 as Minnie Mantlez," said a posting that was quickly removed from the Yankees' page. Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle was a Yankees' slugger in the 1950s and 1960s. The Miami Marlins' page falsely announced a pit bull giveaway. The animal is banned in Miami-Dade County. ... Full Story | Top |
Beach volleyball - British women eliminated
Thu,2 Aug 2012 04:30 PM PDT
Reuters -  LONDON (Reuters) - British women's beach volleyball players Shauna Mullin and Zara Dampney lost a sudden death play-off on Thursday that ended their Olympic tournament, while teams from Brazil and the United States maintained 100 percent records. Austrian sisters Doris and Stefanie Schwaiger beat the British duo 2-0 (21-15, 21-12) to end the host's participation in beach volleyball, held at Horse Guards Parade, a spectacular venue a stone's throw from London landmark Big Ben. "We'll look back at this and really enjoy it - but we're just a bit dazed and confused now it's over," Mullin said. ...
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Swimming: Phelps and Franklin chase third gold medals
Thu,2 Aug 2012 04:17 PM PDT
Reuters -  LONDON (Reuters) - Michael Phelps and his American team mate Missy Franklin will both be chasing their third gold medals of the London Olympics on the penultimate day of the swimming competition on Friday. While the golden pair are looking to their already bulging stockpiles, the host-nation Britain will be looking for a first gold medal in the Aquatics Centre when Rebecca Adlington defends her 800 meters freestyle title. And the fastest men in the world will square off in the 50 freestyle sprint, a frantic splash and dash that could be decided by a fingernail. ...
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Boxing: Singh soldiers on as scoring criticism continues
Thu,2 Aug 2012 04:13 PM PDT
Reuters -  LONDON (Reuters) - The poster boy of Indian boxing, Vijender Singh, came through a close battle with American Terrell Gausha on Thursday to make the last eight of the middleweights as the grumbles about officiating at the London Games continued. The powerful 26 year-old edged a close contest, which could have gone either way, 16-15 with his stiff left jab probably catching the eye of the judges more than the speed of Gausha. Roared on by a partisan crowd at the Excel arena, Vijender admitted to feeling the pressure of carrying the hopes of billion people back home. ...
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Swimming: Phelps finally recaptures glory days
Thu,2 Aug 2012 04:09 PM PDT
Reuters -  LONDON (Reuters) - Competitive fires that appeared to be flickering and fading, burst into glorious flame on Thursday when Michael Phelps finally won his first individual gold medal of the London Olympics. Phelps convincingly defeated fellow-American Ryan Lochte, the pretender to his 200 meters individual medley title, leading all the way through each of the four strokes. He also became the first man to win three consecutive Olympic titles, joining Australia's Dawn Fraser and Hungarian Krisztina Egerszegi. "It's just cool to add it to the resume, the first guy to do it," he said. ...
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Hockey: Argentina win keeps qualifying hopes alive
Thu,2 Aug 2012 04:07 PM PDT
Reuters -  LONDON (Reuters) - Argentina's 2-1 win over New Zealand in the women's hockey event on Thursday kept the world's number two team in contention to qualify from the group stages after a mixed start to the tournament. The result leaves four sides tied on six points at the top of pool B with two games left to play. Only two out of Germany, Argentina, Australia and New Zealand will progress to the semi-finals. ...
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