Neymar seeks spot for Brazil in Rio soccer final

Murodjon Akhmadaliev (R) of Uzbekistan celebrates after defeating Alberto Ezequiel Melian of Argentina by TKO the Men’s Bantam 56kg Quarterfinal 4 on Day 11 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at Riocentro – Pavilion 6 on August 16, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

He said the allegations centred on 1,000 tickets belonging to the Irish national Olympic committee, of which Hickey is the president.

Usain Bolt should be lining up for gold medal No. 8 at 10:30 p.m.in the 200 meters and the biggest drama may not be whether he wins, but whether he cracks the once-thought-untouchable 19-second barrier.

A total of 17 gold medals are up for grabs – four of them on the track.

Park Inbee leads a quartet bidding to extend the Republic of Korea’s dominance of women’s golf.

Can China pull off another double Olympic sweep in table tennis?

China’s hopes of repeating its London 2012 Olympic Games clean-sweep of all five badminton gold medals evaporated when both its pairs were knocked out in the semi-finals on Monday. China’s Ma Long has already taken gold in singles over fellow countryman Zhang Jike, and female player Ding Ning beat fellow Chinese player Li Xiaoxia.

The Chinese men’s team faces faces off Wednesday against Japan for the gold, while Germany and South Korea play for the bronze.

China’s women’s team won the gold Tuesday and if the men win, as widely expected, China will have taken all the golds in play in Rio.

Brazil’s reigning world champions, Agatha and Barbara, dealt beach volleyball icon Kerri Walsh Jennings her first Olympic loss in 27 career matches, 22-20, 21-18, in front of a boisterous home crowd at the Copacabana venue. Walsh Jennings will try to salvage a win against Brazil’s other team in the third-place game with April Ross. Walsh Jennings says losing on Tuesday night was “a awful feeling”. Host Brazil, which only advanced on the final day of preliminary play, takes on South American rival Argentina.

The U.S. will most likely be without star guard Sue Bird when they face France in the semifinal at 7 p.m.

The seven-time Olympic champion ran 20.28 seconds to win his 200m heat at the Olympic Stadium on Tuesday, but the fastest in the 10 heats was Andre De Grasse of Canada, who timed in at 20.09.

But, with a win over Algeria and a draw against Argentina, Honduras qualified for the quarterfinals where it faced Group C victor South Korea. And like the good soccer fans they are, they’re jeering the opponents. A photo of a Brazil jersey with Neymar’s name scratched off and replaced with the name of his female Brazilian counterpart Marta has gone viral.

Earlier, at 3 p.m., Spain plays Serbia.

Ma Long of China plays against Quadri Aruna of Nigeria.during their Men’s team table tennis first round match at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 12, 2016. New Zealand’s world No. 1 Lydia Ko has said she is thrilled to be here. Brazil has three entries in Tuesday’s men’s and women’s semifinals, including Alison and Bruno, who eliminated the American men’s team of Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena in the round of eight. Britain’s Justin Rose made a birdie on the last hole to beat Henrik Stenson of Sweden, while Matt Kuchar of the United States closed with 63 to take the bronze.

Hickey is accused of plotting with at least six others to illegally sell tickets for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, Rio police said.

Dafne Schippers of the Netherlands and Tori Bowie of the US, the silver medalist in the 100 meters at Rio, are aiming for a showdown Wednesday in the women’s 200 meters.

Yoshida is a 16-time world champion – including three Olympic titles – and she hasn’t lost in a major tournament in years.

Men’s decathalon medals will be awarded after the 1500m finals, which start at 9:56 p.m.

Keep an eye on Jamaican Omar McLeod and American Devon Allen, the University of OR football/track standout, in the 110-meter hurdles.

The athletes’ day starts with 110m hurdles (9:30 a.m.), discus (10:25 a.m.), pole vault (1:25 p.m.), javelin (6:45 p.m.) American Ashton Eaton is leading in points after the first day of events.