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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Day 3 of the Rio Games features medal action in gymnastics, swimming, fencing, womens rugby, judo and more. Here are some things to watch (all times local):SWIMMINGMichael Phelps swims in preliminaries of the mens 200 meter butterfly at 1:44 p.m. He holds the world and Olympic records in the event.The womens 200 meter freestyle heats start at 1:02 p.m., with world record holder Federica Pellegrini of Italy going in the fourth heat and American Katie Ledecky in the fifth.The mens 200 meter freestyle finals are slated for 10:21 p.m. after semifinals Sunday. Germanys Paul Biedermann holds the world record and is competing in Rio.Medals will be awarded in the womens and mens 100 meter backstroke, at 10:30 p.m. and 10:38 p.m., respectively. The womens 100m breaststroke finals are at 10:54 p.m.BASKETBALLAfter routing Senegal and setting Olympic records in points, margin of victory and assists, the U.S. womens team next faces Spain at 12 p.m. The game is expected to be a bit closer than the 121-56 dismantling on Sunday.The dominant USA mens basketball team takes on Venezuela at 7 p.m. after Saturdays romp over China , 119-62. Earlier in the day, Serbia faces Australia. Tip is at 2:15 p.m.FENCINGHistory will be made as U.S. team member Ibtihaj Muhammad becomes the first American to compete in the Olympics wearing a hijab. She makes her Olympic debut at 11 a.m.Womens sabre medals begin with the bronze bout is set for 5:15 p.m. and the gold for 5:45 p.m. Russias Sofya Velikaya and Ukraines Olga Kharlan are among those to watch.GYMNASTICSThe mens team finals start at 4 p.m. While Japan has been a favorite, the team looked shaky in preliminaries. They won the world championships last year in Glasgow and finished second to China in both the 2014 worlds and the 2012 Olympics in London.BEACH VOLLEYBALLAfter a midnight Saturday win over Australia that took only 35 minutes, Kerri Walsh Jennings and April Ross square off against Chinas Yuan Yue and Fan Wang at the same time Monday.WOMENS RUGBYMedals in rugby will be awarded for the first time in 92 years . The rugby sevens finals for the women are at 7 p.m. following the bronze medal match at 6:30 p.m.JUDOWomen and men compete for medals in the lightweight divisions (57kg and 73kg, respectively), with bouts taking place through the day.---AP Summer Games website: http://summergames.ap.org Custom Texas Rangers Jerseys . Thats not a comment on the suspension that banished the Portland Winterhawks general manager and coach from his Western Hockey League teams bench for most of the 2012-13 season. Rangers Jerseys China . And follow TSN.ca right through Deadline Day for all the updates. 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LOUIS -- A competing group wants to join forces with SC STL in building a new $200 million downtown St. Louis soccer stadium in hopes of attracting an MLS franchise, offering to pay $80 million to eliminate the need for public financing.SC STL unveiled a stadium plan Nov. 17 that calls for voters in April to consider funding up to $80 million of the project.The group Foundry St. Louis has also been pushing for a Major League Soccer franchise, though MLS clearly favors the SC STL plan. Commissioner Dan Garber said in a statement earlier this month that SC STL is the ideal ownership group that will provide St. Louis the best opportunity for a future expansion team.Foundry St. Louis CEO Dan Cordes, in a letter to Dave Peacock of SC STL dated Nov. 23 and released Tuesday, offers to join forces while criticizing the public funding aspect of the SC STL proposal. Cordes wrote that his groups involvement eliminates the need for St. Louis taxpayers to cover the gap through taxpayer-subsidized corporate welfare.MLS in St. Louis cannot and should not serve as an anchor dragging on city finances and services, Cordes wrote. Rather, it should employ minority-owned consultants, vendors and contractors, create sallaried and high-wage jobs, spur population growth and advance the conversation about racial equality and economic inclusion.ddddddddddddThe letter does not elaborate on the source of Foundry St. Louis funding, but spokeswoman Jen Crichton said money would come from investors in the group. She declined to name the investors but said they have a combined net worth of $2.5 billion. SC STL spokesman Jim Woodcock declined comment.The MLS last year announced an expansion team in Minnesota, and plans another in Miami. League spokesman Dan Courtemanche said plans call for four additional teams, though a timetable for when theyd join has not been determined. Courtemanche said St. Louis is among eight markets that have publicly expressed interest.The SC STL open-air stadium would have 20,000 seats with the ability to expand to 28,500. It would sit next to St. Louis Union Station on land currently owned by the Missouri Department of Transportation. The city has an option to buy the site, but the value is still being appraised.---This story corrects spelling of Jen Crichtons first name. ' ' '