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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Caster Semenya cruised through her 800-meter heat at the Olympics on Wednesday and then was as quick through the media section at the stadium, declining to talk to reporters in apparent anticipation of a barrage…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The International Boxing Association has removed an undisclosed number of referees and judges from the Olympics after determining they had not met the organization's standards of competence.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Canada's players gathered on their knees at one end of the court over the Olympic rings, taking it in together for a final time. Their special Rio run was over, but Blair Cameron Bann was…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The 5,000-meter runner whose act of friendship captured the Olympic spirit will not return to the track in Rio after tearing ligaments in her knee.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A Brazilian judge has ordered that the passports of American swimmers Ryan Lochte and James Feigen be seized as authorities investigate their claim they were robbed at gunpoint during the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games.

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Browns have suspended cornerback K'Waun Williams for two weeks and fined him for multiple violations of team rules.

NFL teams will be getting an improved tablet to use for games and strategizing this season.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro authorities issued an arrest warrant for an International Olympic Committee executive accused of scalping tickets for the Summer Games as part of a wider probe of tickets allocated to Ireland that were…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Pelicans says the team will open the preseason on Oct. 1 with a game against the Dallas Mavericks at the CenturyLink Center in Bossier City, Louisiana.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Police issue warrant for International Olympic Committee executive suspected of ticket scalping at Rio Games.

The 6-foot-3, 320-pound Lyles and his family moved back to the state this summer after Lyles established himself as one of Arizona’s top prep offensive linemen.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Latest on the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times local):

NEW YORK (AP) — Two people in a recording booth deep inside a Connecticut office park are helping millions of blind Americans feel part of the Olympics like never before.

DENVER (AP) — The Washington Nationals are having trouble with Colorado Rockies second baseman DJ LeMahieu.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Giants manager Bruce Bochy is trying to stay positive, even as his ballclub continues to be mired in its longest slump of the season.

OLYMPICS

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Mariners reliever Arquimedes Caminero missed on one pitch, and that was all it took for the Los Angeles Angels to mount a comeback.

DENVER (AP) — DJ LeMahieu has hit well enough of late to get right on Daniel Murphy's tail in the race for the National League batting title.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates closer Tony Watson didn't think twice when catcher Francisco Cervelli signaled for an intentional walk that would have loaded the bases in the ninth inning.

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Brandon Nimmo hit a walk-off two-run homer with two outs in the 12th inning, as the Las Vegas 51s beat the Round Rock Express 7-5 on Tuesday.