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As many within golf will know, my wife Kristin is pregnant and is due to have our second child just a couple of weeks after the Olympic Golf competition concludes, i made the decision many months ago, before I was on the team, that I would not play or travel outside the U.S., where I and my family live, in the weeks running up to the birth.

Graeme McDowell

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

This is a politicized history and is just unacceptable, they said that we went to France with some sort of special mission – not to support the national team – but to carry out illegal things. These are lies and its absurd.

Alexander Shprygin

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The French government have completely failed in terms of maintenance of security at Euro 2016, three days before the England-Russia match in Marseille, there were a huge amount of English supporters who were provoking our fans. They were insulting our country, our president and were throwing glasses of beer at us. They were fighting with the locals and the police. On June 11, they fought with Russian fans.

Alexander Shprygin

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The main thing for us at the moment is the fate of these guys and we will be putting in all our efforts in order to sort this out.

Alexander Shprygin

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We have another two years in order to change this situation for the better.

Alexander Shprygin

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We're looking at aerodynamics, how changing the shape of the stadium affects the dust, heat and wind inside, qatar wants venues that can be used all year. They don't want white elephants.

Saud Ghani

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Qatar wants venues that can be used all year. They don't want white elephants.

Saud Ghani

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The idea is to stop hot wind getting in. Like an open-top car, you want air flying over not swirling inside.

Saud Ghani

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

This is not a rape case, it’s pure and simple extortion by a plaintiff who does not want anyone to be deposed because every lay witness in the case will shred plaintiff’s story.

Derrick Rose

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

We must fight doping and all forms of cheating in sports and Olympic movement.

Chairman Kipchoge Keino

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Park is filing for injunction in Eastern Seoul district court today right after the briefing, this is to prepare for the situation where the KOC refuses to comply with the CAS decision.

Sean Lim

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Unfortunately, there is an Italian who was banned just before London who has just come back from a three-year and nine-month ban, and we have question marks over him.

The Australian

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We have the best fans, whether at home or on the road. It’s almost like every game is a home game.

Patrick Kane

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

To win a medal here you have to be a complete sailor, you have to be able to sail in a wide range of conditions.

Robert Scheidt

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I've been sailing here (in Rio) for more than 25 years, i've never had a problem, not a single infection. Perhaps some athletes who've never sailed here have suffered something, but in general there's no danger.

Robert Scheidt

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The Olympics always have an issue, in Sydney it was sharks that could attack triathletes, in Athens it was fear of terrorism, in Beijing it was pollution. In Rio it's the water and Zika. But I don't this should impede the realization of a great games.

Robert Scheidt

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We're focused on not making sailing mistakes, this is one of the toughest venues in the world.

Martine Grael

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

For us (the pollution) is not an issue.

Martine Grael

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I am not surprised by the performance or the result, we had a very good history in the 1950s and 60s but this is a bygone era and I want to talk about this team.

France Hungary

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It's about the power players, more than the consistent counter-punchers.

Petra Kvitova

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

This, to me, sounds like international bodies are intimidating Kenyan athletes. And that’s annoying.

Noah Ngeny

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We want to send a message that, yes, Kenya is against any unfair play in the Olympic movement and that we don’t encourage nor condone doping in sports.

Stephen Arap Soi

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The hours before the game are always difficult for the players and I don't think it's a good idea they mix with journalists because things like this may happen, ronaldo has been anxious in the last few days because he didn't play well in the opening two games. Let's see what he can do against Hungary and if he can come to his usual level.

Jose Delgado

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I am really disappointed, I have just got to try and do my best to aim for the Tokyo 2020 Rio Olympics.

Sani Brown

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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