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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Dutch rider Anna van der Breggen helped track down American rival Mara Abbott within sight of the finish line, then out-sprinted Sweden's Emma Johansson to win Olympic gold Sunday in the women's road race.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Katie Ledecky is racing herself in the 400-meter freestyle.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Anna Cruz scored 13 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as Spain pulled out a 65-59 victory Sunday over Serbia in the Olympic opener for both teams.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Linebacker Brandon Spikes is getting an opportunity to resume his NFL career after agreeing to sign with the injury-depleted Buffalo Bills.

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Erick Gutierrez scored three goals early in the second half and added another late in the game to help defending Olympic champion Mexico beat Fiji 5-1 on Sunday.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Bruised and battered but still wearing a gold medal, the first Russian champion in Rio de Janeiro seemed to mirror his country's standing at the Olympics.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Beyond the rehab, Andrew Bogut would need to clear one final hurdle to play in the Olympics.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The United States was seconds away from the biggest upset of the Olympic rugby sevens tournament before Emma Tonegato and Chloe Dalton combined to earn Australia a 12-12 draw Sunday in a dramatic end to…

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (AP) -- Joe McCarthy hit a solo home run in the seventh inning to give the Charlotte Stone Crabs a 2-1 win over the Fort Myers Miracle on Sunday.

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Leonard Williams wants to chill out a lot more this season.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Day two of the Rio Games proved a breeze for the Chinese shooters, who won yet another gold medal in the women's air pistol. Nasty winds forced delays on the tennis courts and whipped up…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Russian gymnastics star Aliya Mustafina said in the weeks leading up to the Olympics the star-laden U.S. team is pretty much unstoppable.

NEW YORK (AP) — Ready or not, Alex Rodriguez's career in pinstripes is coming to an end this week.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Perhaps it was the 25 mph winds. Or the slower-than-expected hard courts. Or maybe simply that Serena Williams hadn't played a match in a month.

PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) -- Justin Haley tossed a five-hit shutout and Christian Vazquez had three hits and three RBI, as the Pawtucket Red Sox topped the Buffalo Bisons 6-0 in the first game of a doubleheader on Sunday.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The U.S. women have started their run for a sixth straight Olympic gold medal in basketball in record-setting fashion.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Diana Taurasi got the U.S. women's basketball team off and running and their Olympic newcomers carried them the rest of the way to an easy rout in record fashion.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Outfielder Bryce Harper is not in the Nationals starting lineup for Sunday's series finale against the San Francisco Giants.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Olympic rowers reluctantly got a day off Sunday when strong winds whipped up treacherous waves.

NEW YORK (AP) — The NBC analyst criticized for calling the coach of Hungarian swimmer Katinka Hosszu "the guy responsible" for her turnaround says it is impossible to tell Hosszu's story without crediting him.