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OLYMPICSRIO DE JANEIRO -- With fireworks forming the word Rio in the sky and supermodel Gisele Bundchen shimmering to the tune of The Girl from Ipanema, Rio de Janiero jubilantly welcomed the world to the first Olympic Games in South America.After one of the roughest-ever rides from vote to games by an Olympic host, the city of beaches, carnival, grinding poverty and sun-kissed wealth opened the two-week games of the 31st Olympiad with a high-energy gala celebration of Brazils can-do spirit, biodiversity and melting pot history.The low-tech, cut-price opening ceremony, a moment of levity for a nation beset by economic and political woes, featured performers as slaves, gravity-defying climbers hanging from buildings in Brazils teeming megacities and -- of course -- dancers, all hips and wobble, grooving to thumping funk and sultry samba.RIO DE JANEIRO -- The chairman of the U.S. Olympic Committee defended his support of the decision not to ban Russias entire team from the Rio Games, framing it as a done deal by the time he weighed in on it, and a stance that received wide support among athletes.Chairman Larry Probst was among the 84 International Olympic Committee members who, at president Thomas Bachs urging, gave approval to the IOC executive committees call to let individual sports federations review the athletes doping pasts and determine which Russians could compete.At a USOC news conference, Probst echoed Bach in saying the decision had wide support among athletes, including all eight athlete representatives on the IOC.But athlete support in Probsts home country was far from unanimous. Sarah Konrad, the chair of the USOC athletes advisory council, told The Associated Press, I think the IOC made the wrong decision.RIO DE JANEIRO -- A Moroccan Olympic boxer was arrested on allegations he sexually assaulted two Brazilian housekeepers in the Olympic Village.Police said the possible attacks by Hassan Saada happened Wednesday. The women filed a report this week, saying the 22-year-old boxer asked them to go to his room, then restrained and fondled them, chief investigator Carolina Salomao said.The detective said Saada shared the room with two other athletes, but was alone at the time of the alleged assault.Saada will be jailed for 15 days while they investigate. Under Brazilian law, suspects can be held for a long period while a case is examined.Police originally said in a statement the man had raped the housekeepers, but the investigator said it was a sexual assault. Its not clear what charges he is facing.BASEBALLNEW YORK -- Mark Teixeira plans to retire at the end of the season, announcing his decision during a tear-filled news conference at Yankee Stadium.Slowed by injuries, the 36-year-old switch-hitting first baseman is batting .198 with 10 homers and 27 RBI. A three-time All-Star and five-time Gold Glove winner, he is in the final season of a $180 million, eight-year contract. His 404 home runs are fifth among switch-hitters, trailing only Mickey Mantle (536), Eddie Murray (504), Chipper Jones (468) and Carlos Beltran (415).Greg Bird, a 23-year-old who missed this season following shoulder surgery, is projected by the Yankees as Teixeiras successor.OAKLAND, Calif. -- The Oakland Athletics say a team employee has been suspended after it was discovered he hid a camera inside the weight room at the Coliseum.Strength and conditioning coach Mike Henriques was sent home when the As were on a recent road trip. Henriques said he set up the camera to watch players working out and rehabilitating from injuries. He is in his fifth year with the team.The As said Friday that there is an ongoing investigation. Yahoo Sports first reported the story and said an independent law firm is handling the investigation.The camera was discovered by a player on July 25, one day after the As left on a nine-game road trip.PRO FOOTBALLFOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Addressing reporters for the first time since opting not to pursue further appeals of his four-game suspension in the Deflategate saga, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady called it a personal decision and said he is trying to move on.The four-time Super Bowl winner spoke to the media at New Englands training camp. He is allowed to practice with the team and play in the Patriots preseason games but will miss the first four regular-season games.Brady was suspended for his role in the use of deflated footballs in the 2014 AFC championship win over Indianapolis. He initially won a court appeal, but that was overturned, and Brady chose not to continue the legal fight.The 39-year-old led the league with 36 touchdown passes last season. He must be away from the team beginning Sept. 3, the day of final cuts, and can return on Oct. 3, the day after the Patriots fourth game of the season, against AFC East rival Buffalo. The first game for which Brady will be eligible is Oct. 9 at Cleveland.SOCCERGENEVA -- FIFA President Gianni Infantino broke no rules by taking offers of private flights to visit Pope Francis at the Vatican, Vladimir Putin in Moscow and the Emir of Qatar.Infantino was cleared of suspicion by FIFAs ethics court after a secret investigation which threatened to derail his six-month presidency of soccers scandal-hit world governing body.The ruling -- issued from Zurich as Infantino woke up in Rio de Janeiro for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games -- ended weeks of speculation fueled by leaks to Swiss and German media that he would become the latest FIFA leader suspended from office.The weeks-long case revealed rifts at FIFA in the transition to Infantinos leadership since he was elected in February to modernize and clean up an organization left in turmoil after nearly 18 years of Sepp Blatters presidency. 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Instead of dwelling on the negative, Oates focused on what was good about the clubs recent play. It worked. The way the wickets fell today, my century seems to have suddenly become quite special.Tamim Iqbal couldnt stifle a grin when saying this, but to be fair, he was allowed at least a smile after his standout 104. He thrived on good form, clarity of thinking and batting skills that made his innings special even before the other batsmen (barring Mominul Haque) put together a miserable scorecard.This was Tamims eighth fifty-plus score in eleven innings against England, taking his average against them to 63.27. Among batsmen to have played at least ten innings against England in the last six years, Tamims batting average is second only to Hashim Amlas 86.54.Despite an indifferent start, in which he took 20 deliveries to get off the mark, Tamim racked up seven boundaries between the ninth and the 13th over and took just 60 balls for his half-century. Mominul wasnt exactly his calm self all the time at the other end, so Tamim had to ensure the scoring didnt taper off while keeping his shape whenever playing a forceful shot. The 170-run second wicket stand came at a fair clip - 4.37 per over for 38.5 overs.I batted with intent, and it is the way I usually like to bat, which means that I would rate it quite highly, Tamim said of his innings. I took 19 balls to get off the mark so I thought I handled that period well to go on and score a century. It is always special to get a century so I am happy in that regard.But was it really fair for Tamim to attend an end-of-day press conference in which most of the questions were about his teams batting collapse?Tamim had indeed been the first of those nine wickets to fall but, at 171 for 2 an hour after lunch, the expectation had been that Bangladeshs middle order would build up their team-mates strong groundwork. Batting collapses arent exactly new to the line-up, but 9 for 49 in 22.5 overs stands out as an extreme example of giving away a good start to a Test match.It was evident that there was much pillow-passing going around, with none of those involved in the collapse ready to take the responsibility of rebuilding the innings after such a superb second-wicket partnership. Shirking away from such duties can happen when you put nine batsmen in a line-up. There will be debate about whether Shuvagata Hom and Mehedi Hasan belong in that category, but both have made themselves into viable batting options at domestic and age-group levels respectively.Mahmudullahs initial response to Tamims dismissal had been to hit a six off Adil Rashid had had hit a six in the over and, even when Mominul fell for 70 two overs later, the pitch still didnt look uncomfortable for the batsmen. But while Mushfiqur Rahim was unlucky to fall to a superb catch at leg slip, Mahmudullah, Sabbir Rahman, Shuvagata, Mehedi and Shakib Al Hasan all got out playing poor shots. Prods outsiide off stump are commonplace when a pace attack is relentlessly plugging away but what Mahmudullah offered was catching practice.dddddddddddd Sabbir and Shuvagata showed crass judgment with deliveries pitched well outside the line, while Mehedi chose both the wrong line and length to sweep when Moeen trapped him lbw with a full and straight one. Shakib saw all this and then tried to reach a wide delivery, which took the fateful edge.Moeen was bowling with accuracy while Ben Stokes generated some reverse swing, though not as prodigiously as in the first innings at Chittagong. Bangladesh know that such skills should have been handled better.Tamim, thankfully, didnt offer an explanation for the collapse but admitted that even just another 100 runs would have made a huge difference.I didnt come here to defend the collapse in any way. Batting in the first ten overs was difficult, then it eased out for the next 20-25 overs which could be due to our attacking intent, and we also got a number of boundary balls. When you are scoring runs, any wicket would seem easy to bat on.I cant give an explanation to this collapse. We played some wrong shots while some were good deliveries. But if we had scored 100 more runs from what we got, the game would have been in our favour. The ball started to spin after 45 overs, but this can happen, he said.Tamim admitted that he should have offered a shot to the Moeen delivery that led to his dismissal in the 42nd over, but that the team should have responded better when wickets were falling quickly.It was the third ball I had left like that. I wasnt doing it on purpose. On the Chittagong wicket, the ball was turning from that spot so maybe I was thinking about it. I made the mistake. I should have offered a shot. If you look at Mominuls dismissal, so one came in and one turned. But we should have handled those deliveries better.There werent any panic attacks but people do tend to get puzzled when a couple of wickets fall. They bowled really well but we could have handled it better, said Tamim.But he remained hopeful, particularly having seen how much the Dhaka wicket was offering for Bangladeshs spinners. It resulted in England losing three wickets quickly before rain brought an early end to the days play.I think it will get a little difficult every day of this game. This is why I am repeating that we should have got 100 more runs. A score around 350 would have made it hard for the team batting second, and they will also be batting last in the game.If we can take early wickets and bowl them out quickly, things can change quickly. We made mistakes as a batting unit but we cant just sit on it. We have to fight with 220 runs, he said. ' ' '