NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Phelps has brought back his famous pre-race scowl for Jimmy Fallon. Television cameras caught the intense grimace on the swimmer’s face at the Rio Olympics as he sat with his hood up and headphones on just before a race last month. Phelps made the face again during Thursday’s “Tonight Show” … Continue reading
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Swimmer Ryan Lochte is expected to appear at a comic convention in Richmond. Organizers for the Wizard World Comic Con say the 12-time Olympic medal winner will greet fans, sign autographs and pose for selfies with fans at the Greater Richmond Convention Center on Sept. 10. Lochte’s visit comes as he … Continue reading
GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization’s chief says the agency is increasingly concerned about the Zika virus, even though it does not recommend canceling or postponing the Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics in hard-hit Brazil. “The more we learn about Zika, the more worried we get about it,” Dr. Margaret Chan said in a … Continue reading
GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization’s Zika response team is predicting that Brazil will host a “fantastic Olympics” and that the mosquito-borne virus will be “way down” by the time the Summer Games begin in Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 5. Dr. Bruce Aylward, WHO’s executive director for outbreaks and health … Continue reading
SAO PAULO (AP) — Spanish Olympic gold medalist Marina Alabau says she got Zika while training in Brazil in December, suffering painful symptoms in an experience that the wind surfer said won’t stop her from competing in the Games in August. In a phone interview with The Associated Press, Alabau described symptoms that her doctor … Continue reading
LONDON (AP) — The Latest from the IAAF investigation (all times local): ___ 10:50 p.m. The Russian track federation admits it is has many problems but insists it has made significant progress on reforms despite Friday’s ban. Federation general secretary Mikhail Butov tells reporters “we know that we have problems, not a few of them, … Continue reading
Forget pricey imported oil paints and exorbitant blocks of marble. Art students at a Brazilian university have taken advantage of one material they have in endless and free supply — trash — to create an exhibition that aims to draw attention to the fetid state of Rio de Janeiro’s Guanabara Bay, where Olympic sailing events … Continue reading
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro’s state environmental agency says it is investigating a fish die-off that has left thousands of carcasses floating in waters where sailing events are to be held when Brazil hosts next year’s Olympics. The dead twaite shad, small whitish gray fish, were discovered Tuesday by inspectors conducting … Continue reading
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Neuza Maria Terreira loves Carnival so much that neither the pouring rain nor the stench of a fetid, sewage-filled canal can keep her from getting as close as possible to Rio de Janeiro’s world-famous samba school parades. Terreira is among hundreds of spectators who cannot afford a ticket to … Continue reading
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