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Hungary facing rare trouble in Olympic water polo

July 31, 2012 0

Peter Biros, right, of Hungary defends against Mladan Janovic of Montenegro during a preliminary men's water polo match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

LONDON: For 12 years, the Hungarian men’s water polo team couldn’t lose at the Olympics, winning three straight gold medals and running up a 17-game unbeaten streak. Now, they can’t seem to win. Hungary lost to Montenegro 11-10 on Tuesday, two days after dropping its opener at the London Olympics to Serbia 14-10. So after all that success in recent …

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Tunisia weightlifter blames early exit on bad math

July 30, 2012 0

Tunisian's Khalil El Maoui competes in the weightlifting men's 56kg group A at The Excel Centre in London on July 29, 2012, during the London 2012 Olympic Games. (AFP PHOTO / YURI CORTEZ)

LONDON: Tunisia may have missed out on its first medal at the London Olympics because of bad math. Weightlifter Khalil El Maoui was in second place of the men’s 56-kilogram competition after the snatch on Sunday but never showed up on the platform for the second lift, the clean and jerk. He blamed his coach afterward for submitting an entry …

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German press bemoans disastrous medal start

July 30, 2012 0

Germany's Paul Biedermann swims in heat 4 during the men's 200m freestyle heats at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Aquatics Centre July 29, 2012. REUTERS/Toby Melville

BERLIN: “Even the Kazakhs are laughing at us,” screamed mass circulation Bild on its front page under an Olympics medal table showing sporting powerhouse Germany with nothing to show for its efforts. “Man (and woman), are we bad,” adds the paper, Europe’s most widely read, following a string of disappointments culminating in world record-holder swimmer Paul Biedermann’s failure to qualify …

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American ousts No. 2 judo seed at London Olympics

July 30, 2012 0

Marti Malloy of the U.S. fights with Russia's Irina Zabludina (blue) in their women's -57kg quarter-final judo match at the London 2012 Olympic Games July 30, 2012. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

LONDON: American Marti Malloy has eliminated second-seeded Telma Monteiro of Portugal in the Olympic judo competition and will fight for a medal in the women’s 57-kilogram competition on Monday afternoon. Monteiro defeated Malloy in their two last meetings, but on Monday Malloy fought off Monteiro’s aggressive attempts to grip her uniform and repeatedly tried to throw the Portuguese competitor. The fight went into overtime, when Malloy swept …

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Sharapova, Djokovic win at Olympics

July 30, 2012 0

Russia's Maria Sharapova returns to Israel's Shahar Peer during their London 2012 Olympic Games tennis match at the All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 29, 2012. (AFP PHOTO/ MARTIN BERNETTI)

WIMBLEDON: Thanks to rain, Victoria Azarenka, Venus Williams and 20 other women at the Olympics who have yet to complete a singles match could end up on court six consecutive days if they reach the gold medal round. Sunday showers at Wimbledon forced the postponement of 32 matches and the suspension of four others, meaning just one-quarter of the day’s matches were completed. Rain …

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Hewitt battles into second round

July 30, 2012 0

Australia's Lleyton Hewitt returns the ball during a training session at the All England Lawn Tennis Club before the start of the London 2012 Olympic Games in London July 25, 2012. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth

LONDON: Australia’s Lleyton Hewitt battled into the second round of the Olympics with a hard-fought 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 win over Ukraine’s Sergiy Stakhovsky at Wimbledon on Monday. Hewitt’s world ranking has sunk to 158 after several years of injury problems and the 2002 Wimbledon champion needed a wild card to make it into the Games. But the 31-year-old, who was …

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Phelps qualifies 5th fastest for 200 fly

July 30, 2012 0

Michael Phelps of the U.S. reacts after taking third place in his men's 200m butterfly heat at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Aquatics Centre July 30, 2012. (REUTERS/David Gray)

LONDON: Michael Phelps opened defense of his Olympic title in the 200-meter butterfly with the fifth-fastest qualifying time in the preliminaries on Monday. Phelps has yet to have the quickest time in the morning heats at the London Games four years after he won a record eight gold medals in Beijing. He finished third in his heat at 1 minute, …

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Azarenka wins 1st round at Olympics

July 30, 2012 0

Belarus' Victoria Azarenka returns the ball to Romania's Irina Begu during their London 2012 Olympic Games women's singles tennis match at the All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 30, 2012. AFP PHOTO/Luis Acosta

WIMBLEDON, England: Victoria Azarenka moved into the second round in the Olympics on Monday with a 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 win over Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania. Azarenka’s match at Wimbledon was rescheduled from Sunday because of rain. The world No. 1 from Belarus could end up on court six consecutive days if she reaches the gold medal round in singles. Azarenka …

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