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    Reuters Sports Schedule at 1400 GMT on Monday, Aug 13

    Reuters sports schedule at 1400 GMT on Monday (times GMT):

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    OLYMPICS

    LONDON - Olympic women's shot put champion Nadzeya Ostapchuk

    has been stripped of the gold medal she won at the London Games

    a week ago after testing positive for a banned anabolic steroid.

    (OLY-DOP-OSTAPCHUK-2012/, moved, 300 words, by Clare Fallon)

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    LONDON - Fourteen billion dollars goes a long way: it would

    buy three U.S. aircraft carriers or six NASA rover missions to

    Mars. British Olympics organisers spent that sum to create a

    magical and ambitious wonderland of London venues where fans

    were thrilled across a capital whose grime and grandeur alike

    got a makeover of global glamour. (OLY-END-REVIEW/2012, moved,

    pix, by Ossian Shine, 1,800 words, moved)

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    RIO DE JANEIRO - As the calm settled over London's Olympic

    Stadium after the closing ceremony on Sunday, the pressure was

    mounting in Rio de Janeiro, host of the 2016 summer Games.

    (OLYMPICS-RIO/, moving shortly, by Anna Irrera and Paolo Prada,

    1,000 words)

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    We have also filed reviews of all the major Olympic sports.

    (OLY-SPORT-REVIEW-2012/, pix, moved, 600 words)

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    GOLF

    CHARLESTON, South Carolina - While Tiger Woods again failed

    to add to his career haul of 14 major titles, Northern Ireland's

    Rory McIlroy underlined his burgeoning status as the most

    exciting young talent in the game by winning his second major

    crown by a record eight shots in the PGA Championship at Kiawah

    Island. We reflect on McIlroy's likely impact on golf, on and

    off the course. (GOLF-PGA/MCILROY, expect by 1800, pix, by Mark

    Lamport-Stokes, 500 words)

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    CHARLESTON, South Carolina - With the top eight automatic

    spots already confirmed on the United States Ryder Cup team to

    take on Europe next month, captain Davis Love III holds a news

    conference to assess his likely options for the four wildcard

    selections to round out his 12-man lineup. (GOLF-RYDER/LOVE,

    expect by 1600, pix, by Mark Lamport-Stokes, 500 words)

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    TENNIS

    MONTREAL - China's Li Na and former Wimbledon champion Petra

    Kvitova clash in the final of the Montreal Cup.

    (TENNIS-WOMEN/MONTREAL, expect by 0130, pix, 350 words)

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    BASEBALL

    The New York Yankees host the Texas Rangers in a matchup

    featuring a pair of American League division leaders.

    (BASEBALL-YANKEES/, expect by 0230, pix, 250 words)

    (London Desk Editor Clare Fallon)

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