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Judo "wrestler" mining for more gold for Mongolia
ULAN BATOR (Reuters) - Mongolian judoka Naidan Tuvshinbayar begins the day jogging through the glistening grasslands he says helped make him the country's first Olympic gold medallist.
Rio takes Olympic baton as sceptics fear it will fumble
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - As the calm settled over London's Olympic Stadium after closing ceremonies on Sunday, the pressure was mounting in Rio de Janeiro, host of the 2016 games.
Rio takes Olympic baton as sceptics fear it will fumble
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - As the calm settled over London's Olympic Stadium after closing ceremonies on Sunday, the pressure was mounting in Rio de Janeiro, host of the 2016 games.
Gap closes but Rodriguez holds Vuelta lead
PONTEVEDRA, Spain (Reuters) - Race leader Joaquim Rodriguez had compatriot Alberto Contador breathing down his neck after Wednesday's time trial in the Tour of Spain congested the leaders but failed to deliver the favourites to the front.
In shadows of World Cup stadium, neighbours left empty-handed
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - For Sao Paulo's most popular football team, the World Cup has provided a new home after 100 years playing in rented stadiums. Thousands of neighbours, however, say it has left them homeless.
Wounded Tiger claws his way into weekend
HOYLAKE England (Reuters) - Tiger Woods endured an ignominious afternoon at the British Open on Friday but the fierce pride of a wounded champion made sure he will at least be still in there fighting at the weekend.
Paris attacks heighten security fears for 2016 Rio Olympics
BRASILIA/RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Last week's Paris killings have raised fears about the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil, a country with so little history of terrorism that the president has played down the chance of an attack and legislators long resisted bills to make it a crime.
With Olympic clean-up cancelled, Rio resigned to dirty bay
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Visitors flocking to Rio de Janeiro for this summer's Olympic Games will find both dramatic landscapes and polluted, junk-filled water in the finger-like inlet that forms the city's shoreline and harbour.
Treeless $656 million Olympic Park in Rio a concrete jungle
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - When Rio opened its Olympic Park this month there was one thing conspicuously absent around the venues, walkways and public areas where visitors will gather to watch 16 sports in August: trees.
Despite problems, Olympic city of Rio still something to see
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - You have seen the postcards.
