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Russian duo repeats gold in synchro swimming
won with a combined 99.251 points. The pair received all perfect 10s for technical merit.
Gemma Mengual and Andrea Fuentes of Spain took the silver medal with 98.334 points and Saho Harada and Emiko Suzuki of Japan earned the bronze with 97.167.
The final results were determined by the sum of the free routine final score and the technical routine score from Monday's preliminary.
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Tampa Bay wins matchup of AL's best records
ampa Bay Rays have been on top of the AL East for the last month. Now, they are on top of the whole league.
Willy Aybar's two-run single broke an eighth-inning tie and the Rays beat the Los Angeles Angels 4-2 on Tuesday night to claim the AL's best record (77-48), which matches the Chicago Cubs for ...Full Story New Zealand's Ashley wins men's windsurfing gold
(AP) New Zealand's Ashley wins men's windsurfing gold
QINGDAO, China
New Zealand windsurfer Tom Ashley has won the gold medal in the men's RS:X class, while France's Julien Bontemps has taken the silver and Israel's Shahar Zubari the bronze.
Bontemps was just one point ahead of Ashley and Britain's ...Full Story Windsurfer Yin wins China's first-ever sail gold
(AP) Windsurfer Yin wins China's first-ever sail gold
QINGDAO, China
Chinese windsurfer Yin Jian was won the host nation's first-ever Olympic sailing gold medal with a win in the women's RS:X class. Italy's Alessandra Sensini won the silver and Britain's Bryony Shaw scored bronze.
The 29-year-old Ch...Full Story Dice-K wins 15th as Red Sox cruise past Orioles
night in which he struggled to get through five innings, Daisuke Matsuzaka got offensive support from an unlikely source: batterymate Jason Varitek.
Matsuzaka won his fourth straight start, the Boston Red Sox got homers from Varitek and Kevin Youkilis in a 7-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on T...Full Story Yastrzemski undergoes triple bypass surgery
of Famer Carl Yastrzemski, the last player to hit for the Triple Crown, was resting comfortably Tuesday night after having triple bypass heart surgery. Yastrzemski, who turns 69 on Friday, had the operation at Massachusetts General Hospital, where he underwent tests after experiencing chest pains in...Full Story Receiver Boldin wants Cardinals to trade him
na Cardinals wide receiver Anquan Boldin asked to be traded, saying he doesn't feel his situation can be resolved and declaring he has no relationship with coach Ken Whisenhunt.
"I'm a football player. That's about it," Boldin said Tuesday when asked to characterize his dealings with the coach these...Full Story Stewart leads Rockies past Dodgers 8-3
(AP) Stewart leads Rockies past Dodgers 8-3
LOS ANGELES
Rookie Ian Stewart homered and drove in a career-high five runs and the Colorado Rockies beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-3 on Tuesday night for their fourth straight victory.
The loss was the second in eight games for the Dodgers, who dropped on...Full Story |
