Craig Taylor

Brazil beat Italy in the men’s volleyball final to give the home crowd a seventh gold medal of the Games.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The suicide bomber who killed 51 at a Kurdish wedding in Turkey was 12 to 14 years old and was working for so-called Islamic State, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says.
BBC News – Europe

Great Britain finish above Olympic powerhouse China in second in the medal table at Rio – after beating their London 2012 total.
BBC News – UK

Donald Trump’s election campaign doubled its spending last month but still lags far behind US presidential rival Hillary Clinton, figures show.
BBC News – US & Canada

The king of Morocco calls on his people living abroad to defend a tolerant form of Islam, after recent attacks involving militants of Moroccan origin.
BBC News – Africa

The A’s plan to extend Sean Doolittle’s rehab assignment this week, postponing the left-hander’s return from the disabled list.
OAK Homepage News

OKLAHOMA CITY, August 20, 2016 – The Oklahoma City Thunder signed guard Semaj Christon, it was announced today by Execut
Oklahoma City Thunder

Mired in a five-game losing streak, the A’s cruised to victory against the White Sox on Friday evening, blanking them behind a stellar Kendall Graveman.
OAK Homepage News

Has the City of London already decided that the UK will not be able to keep full membership of the EU single market after Brexit?
BBC News – Business

US fighter planes sent to Kurdish-controlled city to protect US special forces from Syrian government bombardments, Pentagon says.
BBC News – Middle East

Usain Bolt ends his Olympic career by claiming an unprecedented ‘triple triple’ and ninth gold as Jamaica win the 4x100m relay final.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The German Interior Minister, Thomas de Maiziere, calls for a partial ban on the burka, a day after saying a full ban might not be constitutional.
BBC News – Europe

Great Britain’s women win a first Olympic hockey gold medal by beating the Netherlands in a dramatic penalty shootout.
BBC News – UK

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump makes a direct appeal to African-American voters, asking “What do you have to lose?”
BBC News – US & Canada

Great Britain’s Lutalo Muhammad suffers an agonising last-second defeat in the men’s -80kg taekwondo final.
BBC News – Africa

Oakland A’s beat reporter Jane Lee answers fan questions.
OAK Homepage News

Asda reports a drop in sales of 7.5% in the past three months, its worst quarterly performance on record.
BBC News – Business

Syrian government jets reportedly bomb Kurdish-held areas of the north-eastern city of Hassakeh for the first time since the civil war began in 2011.
BBC News – Middle East

Mexico’s National Human Rights Commission said 22 people were executed by federal police in the western state of Michoacan last year.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

At least 12 people are killed and 219 wounded in bomb attacks on police stations and a military vehicle in eastern Turkey.
BBC News – Europe