RIO DE JANEIRO-- The United States continued their reign over Spain with a scrappy 82-76 win on Friday to put them through to the gold medal final of the men's basketball tournament for a third straight Olympics.
RIO DE JANEIRO-- Britain beat defending champions the Netherlands on Friday to take home their first women's Olympic gold medal, winning 2-0 in a tense penalty shootout following a hardfought 3-3 draw.
CINCINNATI - Rafa Nadal and Stan Wawrinka, two of the headliners at the Western & Southern Open, fell in singles to a pair of young guns on a hot, steamy day on the hardcourts in Cincinnati.
RIO DE JANEIRO-- Even when he landed with a fearful crack on the unforgiving concrete of Rio's BMX track and realised his bike was in pieces, Dutchman Niek Kimmann's race was not run.
RIO DE JANEIRO-- There will be no golden end to Tony Parker's international career, nor silver or bronze either after France bowed out of the Olympic men's basketball tournament with a whimper on Wednesday falling 92-67 to Spain.
