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• Reuters Sports Schedule at 0001 GMT on Sunday, August 7
• First family arrives at Martha's Vineyard for 2-week break
• Brazil men's team preparing for more jeers from home crowd
• Boxing: Boxers scuffed up but happy sans headgear at Rio
• -Olympics-Boxing-Boxers scuffed up but happy sans headgear at Rio
• Two Belgian police hurt by machete-wielding assailant shouting 'Allahu akbar'
• Trump endorses Ryan, senators in effort to right campaign ship
• Military community split over Trump's feud with Khans
• Olympics-Rowing-Men's single sculls heats results
• Trump, seeking to end Republican row, backs House speaker
• Four arrested in Italy, Hungary, Slovenia for trafficking migrants
• Clinton's lead over Trump narrows to less than three points: Reuters/Ipsos poll
• The Latest: Trump says Obama is lying about payment to Iran
• France expels Malian on suspected jihadist links

Reuters Sports Schedule at 0001 GMT on Sunday, August 7 Posted: 06 Aug 2016 05:01 PM PDT Reuters sports schedule at 0001 GMT on Sunday (times GMT): RIO OLYMPICS RIO DE JANEIRO - Continuing coverage of the Rio Olympics including major medal wins on Day 2 of competition, security issues, logistical challenges and all the colour of the Games. (OLYMPICS-RIO/ (PIX, TV), expect throughout, by Mark Bendeich and Daniel Flynn, 600 words) RIO DE JANEIRO - The president of the International Paralympic Committee will hold a news conference to announce the organisation's decision on the status of Russian athletes at the 2016 Paralympic Games. ...

First family arrives at Martha's Vineyard for 2-week break Posted: 06 Aug 2016 04:27 PM PDT CHILMARK, Mass. (AP) — President Barack Obama's seventh and final summer vacation at Martha's Vineyard has begun with hopes of getting in some relaxing time with the first family before the busy fall leading up to November's presidential election.

Brazil men's team preparing for more jeers from home crowd Posted: 06 Aug 2016 02:08 PM PDT BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — After a disappointing start at the Olympics, Brazil is preparing to play without the support of the home crowd.

Boxing: Boxers scuffed up but happy sans headgear at Rio Posted: 06 Aug 2016 01:29 PM PDT On debut day for Olympic boxing, fighters said they were happy to be competing at the first Games since 1980 without protective headgear, welcoming better peripheral vision even if it means more cuts and scrapes. After decades of debate, and some studies suggesting headgear did not make the sport safer, boxing governing body AIBA eliminated the equipment at events since 2013, including two world championships and one Commonwealth Games. "You feel unimpeded," said Juan Nogueira, a Brazilian heavyweight from São Paulo, the biggest city of the host country, whose fans erupted in cheers as he defeated Australian Jason Eric Whateley on Saturday.

-Olympics-Boxing-Boxers scuffed up but happy sans headgear at Rio Posted: 06 Aug 2016 01:27 PM PDT (Removes duplicated word in headline) RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 6 (Reuters) - On debut day for Olympic boxing, fighters said they were happy to be competing at the first Games since 1980 without protective headgear, welcoming better peripheral vision even if it means more cuts and scrapes. After decades of debate, and some studies suggesting headgear did not make the sport safer, boxing governing body AIBA eliminated the equipment at events since 2013, including two world championships and one Commonwealth Games. "You feel unimpeded," said Juan Nogueira, a Brazilian heavyweight from São Paulo, the biggest city of the host country, whose fans erupted in cheers as he defeated Australian Jason Eric Whateley on Saturday.

Two Belgian police hurt by machete-wielding assailant shouting 'Allahu akbar' Posted: 06 Aug 2016 01:06 PM PDT A machete-wielding man shouting "Allahu akbar" (God is the greatest) wounded two policewomen in southern Belgium on Saturday before being shot dead, in what appeared to be the latest in a string of jihadist attacks in Europe. The attack outside the main police station in the city of Charleroi, around 60 kilometres (40 miles) south of Brussels, left one of the policewomen with "deep wounds to the face" while the other was slightly injured, Belga news agency said. Charleroi police said the attacker was shot and killed, while the two victims were out of danger.

Trump endorses Ryan, senators in effort to right campaign ship Posted: 06 Aug 2016 11:12 AM PDT By Emily Stephenson and James Oliphant GREEN BAY, Wis./WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Donald Trump acted to steer his White House campaign back into favor with his party's establishment on Friday by endorsing U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan and two Republican senators seeking re-election, after expressing coolness toward them earlier this week. "I need a Republican Senate and a House to accomplish all of the changes that we have to make," Trump said during a rally in Green Bay, in northern Wisconsin, Ryan's home state.

Military community split over Trump's feud with Khans Posted: 06 Aug 2016 07:07 AM PDT NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Robin Starck is a retired submarine commander who still lives in the shadow of America's largest naval base, and he's heard all the shouting about Donald Trump and his tangle with the parents of a U.S. Army officer killed in Iraq.

Olympics-Rowing-Men's single sculls heats results Posted: 06 Aug 2016 06:08 AM PDT Aug 6 (Gracenote) - Olympic rowing men's single sculls heats results in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday. Heat 61. NorwayNils Hoff 7 minutes 17.47 seconds Q 2. CroatiaDamir Martin 7:23.08 Q 3. EgyptAbdel Samir Elbana 7:34.05 Q 4. TunisiaMohamed Taieb 7:37.95 5. KazakhstanVladislav Yakovlev 7:38.65 Heat 51. Czech RepublicOndrej Synek 7:21.90 Q 2. AustraliaRhys Grant 7:28.83 Q 3. ParaguayArturo Rivarola Trappe 7:29.23 Q 4. AlgeriaSid Boudina 7:45.90 5. EcuadorBryan Sola Zambrano 7:48.77 Heat 41. BritainAlan Campbell 7:08.31 Q 2. BelarusStanislau Shcharbachenia 7:11.49 Q 3. IndonesiaMemo Memo 7:14. ...

Trump, seeking to end Republican row, backs House speaker Posted: 06 Aug 2016 03:34 AM PDT Donald Trump has reversed course and endorsed House Speaker Paul Ryan for re-election, seeking to end deep divisions within the Republican Party and stem his presidential campaign's bleeding after several self-inflicted wounds. Trump also threw his support behind Senator John McCain of Arizona and Senator Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, two lawmakers facing tough re-election fights, as he pressed for party members to overcome differences. "In our shared mission to make America great again, I support and endorse our Speaker of the House Paul Ryan," he said, to cheers from the Green Bay crowd.

Four arrested in Italy, Hungary, Slovenia for trafficking migrants Posted: 06 Aug 2016 01:36 AM PDT Police in Italy, Hungary and Slovenia on Saturday arrested four people in a coordinated operation targeting a group suspected of smuggling illegal migrants into Italy from the Balkans, Italian police said. Two of the suspects were arrested in northern Italy, one in Budapest and one in the Slovenian city of Maribor, they said. The organization transported Pakistani, Bengali and Afghan migrants from Hungary into Italy and northern European countries, packing them into delivery vans and using fake documents, the statement said.

Clinton's lead over Trump narrows to less than three points: Reuters/Ipsos poll Posted: 05 Aug 2016 09:22 PM PDT About 42 percent of likely voters favored Clinton, to Trump's 39 percent, according to the July 31-Aug. 4 online poll of 1,154 likely voters. The poll had a credibility interval of plus or minus 3 percentage points, meaning that the results suggest the race is roughly even. Among registered voters over the same period, Clinton held a lead of five percentage points, down from eight percentage points on Monday, according to the poll.

The Latest: Trump says Obama is lying about payment to Iran Posted: 05 Aug 2016 06:02 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the 2016 presidential campaign (all times EDT):

France expels Malian on suspected jihadist links Posted: 05 Aug 2016 05:18 PM PDT France has expelled a Malian believed to pose a "serious threat" to public order "for belonging to a pro-jihadist Islamist movement," the interior ministry said Saturday. "Malian national Moussa Keita was expelled to his homeland yesterday bringing to 81 the number of expulsion measures taken since 2012," the ministry said.

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