BEACH VOLLEYBALL: Americans Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers advanced to the quarterfinals, squeaking by Switzerland in three sets 21-16, 21-23, 15-13 early Saturday. Heavy favorites to win the gold medal in their Olympic debuts, Dalhausser and Rogers have won three matches in a row since their Beijing opening upset by the No. 23 seed from Latvia.
FIELD HOCKEY: Keli Smith scored in the opening minute and the U.S. women defeated New Zealand 4-1 on Saturday for their first win at the Olympics. The victory kept the Americans in contention for a berth in the medal round with one game remaining in pool play.
SWIMMING: Rebecca Adlington of Britain won a gold medal in the 800-meter freestyle, breaking Janet Evans' 19-year-old world record. Adlington touched in 8 minutes, 14.10 seconds Saturday, breaking the oldest record in swimming of 8:16.22 set by the American in Tokyo on Aug. 20, 1989. Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry defended her Olympic title in the women's 200-meter backstroke and set a world record. And 41-year-old Dara Torres was the fastest qualifier in the women's 50 freestyle. She'll have the middle lane for the final Sunday morning.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: After three consecutive blowouts, it took a half for the U.S. team to get going and beat Spain 93-55. Tina Thompson scored nine of her 17 points during the decisive third quarter run and Lisa Leslie added 14 points and 11 rebounds. The Americans had won their first three games by an average of 47 points, putting the game away by halftime in all the victories. On Friday, they led by just five at halftime, 39-34, and for the game they committed 19 turnovers.
BOXING: Raynell Williams, a serious American medal contender, lost Friday night, saying he was wronged by subjective calls. Williams fell behind early and never caught up to France's Khedafi Djelkhir.
CYCLING: It was a big day for Britain, with the British beating France for the gold in men's team sprint and Bradley Wiggins setting an Olympic record in qualifying for the 4,000-meter individual pursuit. American Taylor Phinney -- the 18-year-old son of 1984 gold medalist Connie Carpenter-Phinney and '84 bronze medalist Davis Phinney -- advanced in the pursuit race with his parents watching from the front row. "It is just another race and I like to think of it that way," Taylor Phinney said. "But it's also way bigger than I thought it would be."
BASEBALL: Terry Tiffee doubled in the go-ahead run in the seventh, Brian Barden homered and tied the score with his seventh-inning double and the U.S. rallied from a four-run deficit to beat Canada 5-4 Saturday. Brian Duensing retired 10 of the final 11 batters for the win as the Americans turned a one-run result in their favor for a change. They lost their opener 8-7 to South Korea and then a demoralizing 5-4, 11-inning defeat to defending champion Cuba on Friday. Barden played in place of injured second baseman Jayson Nix, who will miss the rest of the games.
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