Olympics Schedule and News For August 5, 2012

August 5, 2012

London Summer Games schedule, Aug. 5 Scheduled London Olympicsgold medal events for Sunday, Aug. 5:

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Phelps wins in final Olympic appearance LONDON, Aug. 5 (UPI) — Michael Phelps ended an Olympic career like none other Saturday, winning on the biggest sporting stage of all for the 18th time.

Americans advance in beach volleyball LONDON, Aug. 4 (UPI) — Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings cruised to a two-sets victory Saturday that put them in the quarterfinals of the Olympic beach volleyball tournament.

Saturday’s Olympic Highlights LONDON, Aug. 4 (UPI) — Saturday’s highlights at the Olympics:

Olympic Roundup: Phelps is twice as great LONDON, Aug. 4 (UPI) — It was busy at the Olympics Saturday and the home fans cheered a lot, but the bottom line is that Michael Phelps has twice as many gold medals as anybody else.

Cuba wins one, loses one in Olympic boxing LONDON, Aug. 4 (UPI) — The United States wo n a reprieve in Olympic boxing Saturday and Cuba advanced one of its fighters into the quarterfinals.

Brazil advances in soccer, Britain out LONDON, Aug. 4 (UPI) — Brazil had to rally Saturday and then took advantage of an expulsion for the other side to down Honduras 3-2 and reach the Olympic soccer semifinals.

U.S. suffers first water polo loss LONDON, Aug. 4 (UPI) — Vanja Udovicic scored three times Saturday in leading Serbia past the United States 11-6 in the Olympic water polo tournament.

Britain enjoys huge day in track and field LONDON, Aug. 4 (UPI) — Mo Farah of Britain finished off a stunningly successful Olympic day for the host country Saturday with a victory in the 10,000-meter run.

Olympic Medal Standings LONDON, Aug. 4 (UPI) — Medal standings at the London Olympics through Saturday’s events:

Olympic Medal: Heptathlon LONDON, Aug. 4 (UPI) — Jessica Ennis of Britain won the Olympic gold medal Saturday in the heptathlon.

Olympic Medal: W 100 LONDON, Aug. 4 (UPI) — Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica won her second straight Olympic gold medal Saturday in the women’s 100-meter dash.

Olympic Medal: M 10,000 LONDON, Aug. 4 (UPI) — Mohamed Farah of Britain won the Olympic gold medal Saturday in the men’s 10,000-meter run.

Olympic Medal: M Long Jump LONDON, Aug. 4 (UPI) — Greg Rutherford of Britain won the Olympic gold medal Saturday in the men’s long jump.

Kazakhstan wins again in weightlifting LONDON, Aug. 4 (UPI) — Ilya Ilyin of Kazakhstan set two world records Saturday while winning his second consecutive Olympic gold medal in 94-kilogram weightlifting.