Friday, 10 August 2012

Olympics-Boxing-Brothers end Brazil medal drought (Reuters)

LONDON, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Middleweight Esquiva FalcaoFlorentino ended Brazil's long wait for an Olympic boxingfinalist in London's Docklands on Friday then watched hisbrother Yamaguchi fall agonisingly short. Esquiva, which in English literally means "dodge", silenceda raucous home crowd, beating Britain's Anthony Ogogo in thesemi-final and on Saturday will face Japan's Ryota Murata hopingto crown an amazing week for the family with a gold medal. ...

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