10.30pm
China's Deng Wei broke the world record as she won Olympic weightlifting gold in the women's 63-kilogram category Tuesday.
Deng lifted 147 kilograms in the clean and jerk and 115 in the snatch for a world-record total of 262 across the two lifts.
Silver went to North Korea's Choe Hyo Sim, who briefly broke the Olympic clean and jerk record at 143, but had finished too far behind Deng in the snatch to challenge for gold. Kazakhstan's Karina Goricheva took bronze.
Weightlifting has been ravaged by doping in recent years, with the women's 63kg class particularly badly hit.
Kazakhstan's 2012 gold medalist Maiya Maneza missed the Olympics after failing a drug test, while two of the top four from last year's world championships were also out for doping-related reasons.
10 p.m.
There was a Brazilian celebration in men's basketball after Marcus Marquinhos' offensive rebound tip-in with 5.5 seconds left in the game gave the host team a 66-65 win over Spain. The boisterous crowd erupted with a deafening, flag-waving celebration.
The Spanish team - silver medalists in 2008 and 2012 - fell to a disappointing 0-2 start to the RioGames.
Brazil (1-1) led most of the game, but Spain rallied in the fourth quarter and used a 6-0 run late to take its first lead since the second quarter. But Pau Gasol missed two free throws with 23 seconds remaining that left the door open for Brazil.
Marcelinho Huertas led Brazil with 11 points and seven assists while Marquinhos added 10 and the biggest bucket of the night.
Gasol scored a game-high 13 and grabbed 10 rebounds, but was just 5 for 12 from the free-throw line.
9:40 p.m.
Rafael Nadal's first tennis tournament in 2½ months is going exactly to plan.
The 14-time Grand Slam champion and 2008 Olympic gold medalist is into the third round at the RioGames after beating Italy's Andreas Seppi 6-3, 6-3 on Tuesday.
Spain's Nadal had been sidelined since May, when he withdrew from the French Open because of an injured tendon sheath in his left wrist.
He has lost nine games through two matches in singles in Brazil, and is scheduled to play in the third round of men's doubles later Tuesday.
Nadal also is entered in mixed doubles with Garbine Muguruza, the French Open champion who lost in singles Tuesday to Puerto Rico's Monica Puig 6-1, 6-1.
9 p.m.
French Open champion Garbine Muguruza has been upset in the third round of the Olympic tennis tournament by 37th-ranked Monica Puig of Puerto Rico.
Puig routed the third-seeded Spaniard 6-1, 6-1 on Tuesday.
After beating Serena Williams in the final at Roland Garros for her first major title, the 22-year-old Muguruza lost in the second round at Wimbledon. She had 29 unforced errors to 15 winners Tuesday.
The 22-year-old Puig has never been past the fourth round at a Grand Slam.
8:50 p.m.
In the biggest surprise of the swimming preliminaries, defending Olympic champion Daniel Gyurta of Hungary failed to qualify in the 200-meter breaststroke.
Gyurta's time of 2 minutes, 11.28 seconds landed him in 17th. He missed out on the last available spot for the 16-man semifinals by two-hundredths of a second. He won gold in the event four years ago in London.
The top qualifier was Anton Chupkov of Russia in 2:07.93. His teammate Ilya Khomenko advanced in fourth.
Americans Kevin Cordes and Josh Prenot also moved on.
8:20 p.m.
Pele hopes to make an appearance at the closing ceremony for the Rio Olympics.
The soccer great, who has been in poor health, tweeted Tuesday: "I am continuing my physiotherapy and focused on joining you for the closing festivities on August 21. I love you! #olympics"
Pele was the preferred choice of organizers to light the cauldron during the opening ceremony, but he first said sponsorship commitments and later cited health concerns for keeping him away.
The 75-year-old Pele had hip surgery recently and walks with a cane.
The Olympic cauldron was lit by Brazilian marathon runner Vanderlei de Lima.
7:55 p.m.
Rowing officials say there's a risk races may have to be canceled for a second day as strong winds are expected on the Rio lagoon where the Olympic regatta is taking place.
Powerful gusts made racing impossible on Sunday, and after two days of calm conditions, the winds are expected to pick up again.
World rowing federation executive director Matt Smith told reporters on Tuesday that officials will decide at 7:30 a.m. local time whether to Wednesday morning. If not, they will make another call at 12 p.m. whether to hold races in the afternoon.
Smith said the weather forecast showed a 48-hour weather system moving in and that Thursday could also get complicated.
Even if races are canceled on both days, he said the regatta could be completed by the Sunday noon deadline, when rowing needs to hand over the course to canoe sprint.
7:15 p.m.
U.S. women's water polo coach Adam Krikorian choked back tears as he described his whirlwind week after the death of one of his two older brothers.
Blake Krikorian died Wednesday at 48. He had gone paddle boarding in the San Francisco Bay Area and was found lying next to his car in the parking lot. A county coroner told the San Francisco Chronicle it appears he died of natural causes.
Adam Krikorian left the team to be with his family and returned to Rio on Monday where he coached the U.S. to an 11-4 victory over Spain in its Olympic opener on Tuesday.
He says he feels for his brother's wife and two children, and the support from his players helped lift him up.
7:10 p.m.
Defending Olympic champion Nathan Adrian has narrowly advanced in the 100-meter freestyle heats.
The American sprinter grabbed the 16th and last spot for Tuesday night's semifinals with a time of 48.58 seconds. He was 0.68 seconds behind top qualifier Kyle Chalmers of Australia, who was timed in 47.90.
The other American, Caeleb Dressel, was second fastest in 47.91.
Other notable names moving into the semifinals are Santo Condorelli of Canada and Russian Vladimir Morozov. Morozov was one of the Russian swimmers initially banned from the Rio de Janeiro Games.
Rami Anis, a member of the refugee Olympic team, didn't qualify, finishing 56th of 59 swimmers.
7:10 p.m.
The International Judo Federation says that "a procedure" is under way to assess the status of Olympic judo champion Majlinda Kelmendi, after the Kosovo star refused to submit to an unannounced drug test in France in June.
The IJF said in a statement on Tuesday that a French doping controller arrived at a training camp in Saint-Cyprien on June 16 and had was surprised by the presence of foreign athletes in addition to French nationals.
When the controller asked foreign judo fighters to submit to their doping controls, several coaches consulted the IJF, who said that "they had no obligation to do the test in those conditions."
In addition to Kelmendi, Germany's Martyna Trajdos refused to submit to the test. When IJF president Marius Vizer was told, he tested all athletes who didn't submit to the control the following week; those results were all negative.
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7:05 p.m.
Food is so scarce at many of Rio's Olympic venues that organizers are taking drastic action.
Rio organizing committee spokesman Mario Andrada says we are "allowing people to leave the venues for food and water because this eases the pressure" to supply food and drink inside the gates.
Fans have complained about the lack of food or ?- when it's available -? the monstrous lines to pay for it.
Organizers say several suppliers failed to deliver supplies.
Andrada says it will get better "with new food trucks, more efficient water supply, and free water supplies for the public standing in line."
6:40 p.m.
Geraint Thomas will join British teammate Chris Froome in the Olympic time trial.
Thomas was added to the start list Tuesday, one day before the race, after several riders were forced to withdraw with injuries sustained in the road race. Among them were Australia's Richie Porte and Italy's Vincenzo Nibali, both of whom broke bones while crashing on a descent.
Thomas also crashed in the race and said "my hip took a pretty big shock, but other than that my legs are feeling good and I'm looking forward to racing again on Wednesday."
Froome is considered a favorite in the time trial, though Thomas is no slouch in competing against the clock. He was part of two track team pursuit squads that won Olympic gold.
6:25 p.m.
Double-clear showjumping rounds helped France win eventing gold in equestrian.
Nicolas Astier rode Piaf de b'Neville and Thibaut Vallette was on Qing du Briot for the win. France also included Mathieu Lemoine on Bart L. They finished with a score of 169.0, 3.8 ahead of Germany, which was bidding for a third straight Olympic title.
It is France's second ever Olympic gold medal in eventing after victory in Athens in 2004.
Germany had started the day in fourth but superb double-clear rounds for reigning World Champions Sandra Auffarth and Opgun Louvo, Ingrid Klimke and Hale-Bob OLD, and Olympic champion Michael Jung and Sam FBW propelled the team to silver.
Australia slipped to third after Christopher Burton put two rails down. Sam Griffiths went clear but Stuart Tinney had 16 jumping and one time penalties.
5,30pm
A Brazilian judge has ordered Olympic organizers to allow peaceful protests inside venues after several fans were escorted out of stadiums for holding up anti-government signs.
The ruling Monday night by a federal judge threatens fines of up to $3,200 for anyone violating the court injunction.
Some Brazilians attending Olympic events have been holding up signs and wearing T-shirts saying "Fora Temer," a call for the removal of interim President Michel Temer. A video shot on a cell phone that has been shared widely shows heavily-armed commandos forcibly removing one such protester from the stands of an archery event.
The International Olympic Committee bans political statements during the games. But the court ruling said nothing in special legislation passed ahead of the games restricts peaceful protests that don't disturb competition.
5:05 p.m.
The boxing tournament is down to one professional. Italian fighter Carmine Tommasone became the second of the three professional fighters who decided to compete in the Olympics and lose.
Italian fighter Carmine Tommasone became the second of the three professional fighters who decided to compete in the Olympics and lose. Tommasone lost a unanimous decision to Cuba's Lazaro Alvarez in a lightweight bout.
French-Cameroonian fighter Hassan N'Dam was ousted over the weekend.
Thailand's Amnat Ruenroeng is the lone pro left and he fights Tuesday night.
The 32-year-old Tommasone, who won his first Olympic bout, wasn't exactly the kind of professional the International Boxing Association (AIBA) had hoped to compete when it decided earlier this year to allow any boxer to attempt to qualify for the Olympics.
The big-name boxers never materialized in Rio.
Tommasone never found his stride against Alvarez, a three-time world champion in two classes.
"I consider them professional amateurs," Tommasone said. "They are professional players of three rounds. I tried to adapt to the three-round matches but it was difficult to adapt."
4:50 p.m.
One of the most popular rituals at the Copacabana beach volleyball venue comes after each match, when the winning team signs a game ball and throws, hits or kicks it into the stands.
As expected, the souvenirs are quite a prize for a lucky fan.
But after Canada's victory over Brazil to open Tuesday's morning session, a Canadian fan going after the ball fell on top of a Brazilian woman. The crowd reacted, but no one appeared to be injured.
Canadian players Chaim Schalk and Ben Saxton expressed their apologies after the incident. According to astronaut Julie Payette, a member of the national delegation and witness to the incident, the Canadian man gave the ball to the Brazilian.
"We're Canadian," Payette said, shrugging her shoulders.
4:40 p.m.
Bertrand Roine won the world handball championship with France in 2011 but on Tuesday he was playing against his old partners for the controversial and cosmopolitan Qatar team.
The gas-rich Middle Eastern nation has assembled a team of players from all over the world, but it wasn't enough to beat reigning Olympic champion France.
A rematch of last year's world championship final produced the same result as France took the victory, beating Qatar 35-20 with seven goals from Luc Abalo.
Qatar's strategy of naturalizing veteran players from other countries, who now make up most of the team, has brought rapid improvements but also accusations it is fielding a world select rather than a true national team.
Both Qatar and France can still advance to the quarterfinals.
4:30 p.m.
Montenegro's Olympic Committee says its official and two others have been robbed at gunpoint and their car has been hijacked on a highway leading from a Rio de Janeiro airport.
A statement said Tuesday that the incident happened Monday evening when a car hit the vehicle, with "armed robbers" taking away all personal belongings of the three Montenegrins. The official vehicle belonging to the International Olympic Committee was also taken away.
The statement says "very brave action" by the Montenegrins "prevented an incident with even worse consequences and no one was injured."
After the incident, the Montenegrin committee has advised its competitors not to venture outside the sports venues.
A protest note was sent to the Brazilian foreign ministry.
4 p.m.
Hungarian-born Szandra Szogedi (photo top) made history when she stepped onto the judo mat at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Tuesday.
Except that it was for Ghana. Szogedi became the first-ever female judoka to represent the African nation, after obtaining Ghanaian citizenship through her husband.
Facing Brazilian Mariana Silva in the first round, Szogedi, 27, also had to deal with a very partisan crowd shouting support for her opponent. After less than two minutes, however, the fight was over: Silva took Szogedi down and caught her in a stranglehold. Although Szogedi said she didn't want to submit, once she started to lose her vision, she was forced to tap out.
After the fight, a tearful Szogedi said she was "gutted" and that training four years for so little time on the mat was devastating.
3:55 p.m.
Kenyan police have arrested the country's Olympics track and field manager and are seeking orders from a court to hold him in custody for an extra week to complete investigations.
Michael Rotich was ordered to return home from the Olympics in Brazil after he was caught in a sting by reporters from Britain's The Sunday Times newspaper. The paper said Rotich offered to provide the reporters, who were posing as coaches, advance warning of doping tests in return for a 10,000-pound ($13,000) bribe.
The prosecution argues that Rotich will interfere with investigations if he is free.
Rotich is the chairman of Athletics Kenya in the North Rift region, the home of the bulk of Kenya's middle and distance athletes.
3:30 p.m.
Abdulaziz Alshatti, the lone independent fencer in the Rio Olympics, has been knocked out after an early loss.
Alshatti is from Kuwait, whose Olympic Committee was suspended by the IOC in 2015 for "undue government interference." Because of that the ban, Alshatti's only chance to earn a trip to Rio was a last-chance Asian qualifying event in April in which only the winner advanced.
Alshatti took first in a stunning result.
But he couldn't match that performance in Brazil.
Alshatti had the backing of a small crowd that appeared to sympathize with his plight. But Hungary's Andras Redli survived a furious late rally from the hard-charging and flamboyant Kuwaiti, winning 14-13 in epee.
3:10 p.m.
Mahe Drysdale of New Zealand beat Czech rival Ondrej Synek in the quarterfinals of the men's single sculls as the two masters of the event faced off for the first time in Rio.
Drysdale and Synek have dominated the single sculls in recent years, with world record holder Drysdale winning Olympic gold in London and Synek clinching all three world championship titles since then.
It was Drysdale who was the fastest as the two men raced in the same quarterfinal heat on the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon, beating the Czech by four seconds to finish in 6 minutes, 46.51 seconds. Both advanced to the semifinals.
11:30 a.m.
Nine Olympic sports will be awarding 15 gold medals Tuesday at the Rio Olympics, and the competitions include four big battles in the pool and the ever-dazzling women's team gymnastics title.
Gold medalists Michael Phelps and Katie Ledecky of the United States and Katinka Hosszu of Hungary will be looking for even more glory; Phelps in the 200 meter butterfly, Ledecky in the 200 meter freestyle and Hosszu in the women's 200 meter individual medley. The men's 4x200 meter freestyle relay then caps off a busy night at the Olympics Aquatics Stadium.
On the mats, balance beams and vaults, U.S. women's gymnastics team, which topped second-place China by a staggering 10 points in qualifiers, will be looking to turn all their star power into gold. China, Russia, Great Britain, Brazil, Germany, Japan and the Netherlands will be trying to stop them.
Medals will also be awarded in canoe slalom, diving, equestrian, fencing, judo, shooting and weightlifting
10:50 a.m.
Dutch gymnast Yuri van Gelder has been kicked off the Netherlands' team at the Olympics and is being sent home from Rio for breaching team rules.
The Royal Netherlands Gymnastics Association says Van Gelder, a former world champion on the rings, left the athletes' village on Saturday night and has admitted drinking alcohol before returning early Sunday.
The 33-year-old Van Gelder, who was to have taken part in the rings final in Brazil, had no immediate comment, according to a statement Tuesday on his website.
Maurits Hendriks, head of the Dutch Olympic team in Rio, is quoted on the gymnastics association website as saying "it is awful for Yuri, but this behavior is unacceptable."
This is not the first time that Van Gelder has run into disciplinary problems. In 2010, he was dropped from the Dutch team for the Gymnastics World Championships after he admitted using cocaine. That tournament was to have marked his comeback after a one-year ban for cocaine use.
9:45 p.m.
A celebratory occasion for a Thai Olympic bronze medal winner's family has turned somber — the athlete's grandmother collapsed and died minutes before he won the third place in the 56-kilogram weightlifting category in Rio.
A mourning ritual was being held Tuesday at the home of Sinphet Kruithong, whose grandmother was among scores of family and friends watching his event live on a big television screen set up for the occasion in his village in northeastern Thailand.
Amid the festive atmosphere Monday — with villagers cheering and clapping as Sinphet heaved the weights up — 82-year-old Subin Khongthap collapsed. She did not live to see her grandson win his medal.
Sinphet, 22, was the second Thai to win a medal at the Rio Games, following Sopita Tanasan, 22, who won a gold medal for weightlifting in the women's 48 kilogram category on Saturday.
9 a.m.
Brazilian soccer fans have found a new team to cheer — their women.
The Brazilian women play South Africa at the Rio Olympics on Tuesday and local fans have become enamored of the team as their men's team continues to disappoint. Boos were heard when the Brazil men were held to a 0-0 draw by Iraq.
Yet speedy forward Marta, a five-time FIFA World Player of the Year winner, has enchanted crowds, leading the team to a 5-1 rout of Sweden on Sunday.
In other soccer action, the defending champion U.S. women's soccer team takes on Columbia. The U.S. beat France 1-0 on Saturday as Hope Solo became the first goalkeeper, male or female, to reach the 200th-cap mark in international play.
Despite the milestone, Solo was peppered with jeers from the crowd, which was riled up about her social media posts about the threat of the Zika virus in Brazil.
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9 a.m.
It's a big action day on Tuesday in the Olympic men's rugby sevens, with teams playing two games each. Eyes are on Fiji — which plays Brazil and Argentina — and New Zealand, which plays Japan and Kenya.
The first-ever women's rugby medals were awarded Monday, with Australia winning gold over New Zealand.