Wambach and company spent much of the match balancing a pair of ambitions: winning and conserving energy for the Olympic knockout round.

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Women's boxing made its Olympic debut Sunday with a round of 16 matches in each of the three weight divisions.

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North Korea will face South Korea in the first round of the men's Olympic table tennis team event after the pair were drawn against each other on Wednesday.

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The two collided in the final round of the 1966 U.S. Open at Olympic.

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On the undercard, Dublin's Olympic bronze medallist Darren Sutherland stopped Siarhei Navarka of Belarus in the third round in his second pro fight.

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Andy Murray continued his quest for an Olympic singles medal by beating Finland's Jarkko Nieminen to reach the third round at Wimbledon.

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The European Union's transport commissioner, Loyola de Palacio, is determined not to cave in and restart the endless round of handouts that were poured into companies such as Air France, Iberia and Olympic Airways in the 1990s.

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Harrison, the 2000 Olympic champion, had suggested his stuttering professional career was getting back on track with a three-round stoppage of Danny Williams in December.

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ATHENS, Greece (Reuters) -- British teenager Amir Khan became the youngest Olympic boxing medalist in over 50 years when he demolished South Korea's Baik Jong-sub in the first round on Tuesday to storm through to the semifinals.

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