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RIO DE JANEIRO -- The first Olympics in Brazil are underway -- aptly with soccer games in the sports spiritual home and a win for the hosts.In Rio de Janeiros Olympic Stadium, the Brazilian womens team eased to a 3-0 victory at the start of its quest for a first Olympic gold.Its an early sporting high for Brazil, where reservations about the cost of bringing the Olympics to South America for the first time have produced violent reactions.As the Olympic torch relay reached Rio, there were fresh signs that strife could disrupt the games.Police used tear gas to break up protests against salary delays for public workers. Other protesters are demanding improvements in education and healthcare, with some angered by the 39.1 billion Brazilian reals ($12 billion) -- a mix of public and private money -- being spent on building venues and infrastructure for the Olympics.Brazil embarked on its Olympics bid at a time of prosperity in 2006, but the games are opening with the country in the grip of its worst recession in decades.But there was a cause for celebrations on the football field as headers from Monica and Cristiane either side of Andressa Alves 59th-minute strike secured Brazils opening win over China.The Olympic Stadium was fuller than earlier in the day when Sweden beat South Africa 1-0 in the other Group E game but the majority of seats did not appear to be filled.The stadium is also known as Joao Havelange Stadium, named after the 100-year-old Brazilian who led soccers governing body FIFA for 24 years. Havelange stepped down as honorary president of FIFA in 2013 to avoid possible suspension for taking kickbacks.At the Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte, site of Brazils humiliating 7-1 loss to Germany in the World Cup semifinal two years ago, the U.S. womens team opened its bid for a fourth straight gold medal with a 2-0 win over New Zealand. Near the end of the game, local fans chanted Zika, Zika at American goalkeeper Hope Solo, who before coming to the Olympics upset some Brazilians by tweeting a photo of herself wearing a hat with mosquito netting in a reference to the virus.In the final game of the day in Belo Horizonte, France cruised past Colombia 4-0 to take the group lead over the Americans.The soccer in Sao Paulo saw a piece of Olympic history created by Canada. Janine Beckie took only 20 seconds to make a mark on her third Summer Games by scoring the fastest goal ever at the Olympics in a 2-0 win over Australia. It was nine seconds faster than Oribe Peraltas strike for Mexico in the mens gold medal match against Brazil four years ago in London.Canada had to cope from the 19th minute with only 10 women after Shelina Zadorsky was sent off for dragging down Michelle Heyman on her way to goal. But Canada still prevented Australia from equalizing and captain Christine Sinclair added a second in the 78th.In Sao Paulo, Melanie Behringer scored a pair of goals as three-time bronze medalist Germany routed newcomer Zimbabwe 6-1.The mens soccer competition starts with eight games Thursday, with Brazil playing South Africa in the capital Brasilia.---AP Sports Writer Tales Azzoni contributed to this report from Belo Horizonte. Kyler Murray Jersey .com) - The Pittsburgh Penguins placed forward James Neal on injured reserve Tuesday. Andy Isabella Youth Jersey . The Olympic champion curler and TSN curling analyst immediately went online to look at the Halls long list of honoured members. 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FORT WORTH, Texas -- Alex Robinson scored 16 points and TCU rallied from an early 17-point deficit to beat Washington 86-71 on Wednesday night in a rare back-to-back meeting of non-conference opponents.Robinson had a career-high 24 points in the first game four days earlier in the Global Sports Classic in Las Vegas. The Horned Frogs (7-0) won the first meeting 93-80, but had just three points nearly nine minutes into the rematch after missing 15 of their first 17 shots.TCU went on an 18-0 run to erase a 22-5 deficit, going ahead by a point on a 3-pointer from Robinson, who scored nine during the run.The Frogs, under first-year coach and former TCU guard Jamie Dixon, went ahead for good on a 3-pointer late in the first half by JD Miller, who had 12 points. Freshman guard Jaylen Fisher scored 14 of his 15 points after halftime.Markelle Fultz led the Huskies (4-3) with 21 points, 14 rebounds and six assists -- but had six of the Huskies season-high 25 turnovers. Carlos Johnson added 13 points and eight boards.After trailing by 17 in the first half, TCU took its first 17-point lead when Miller blocked a layup attempt by Dominic Green and Robinson converted a three-point play at the other end for a 75-58 advantage.DOUBLING UPIts the fourth time since 1979-80 that Washington has played a non-conference opponent twice in the same season, but the second time in as many years. Washington beat Texas in last seasons opener in China before the Longhorns won in the Bahamas. ... The last timee Washington played the same non-conference opponent in back-to-back games was at Hawaii in 1975-76, winning both.dddddddddddd ... TCU finished the 2009-10 season with consecutive losses to Mountain West Conference foe BYU. The Frogs beat Tulsa twice in non-conference in 2013-14 before going 0-18 in Big 12 play.BIG PICTUREWashington: The Huskies were dominant early behind Fultz but faded fast. They havent shown much depth behind the McDonalds All-American and will need to find some to be competitive in the Pac-12.TCU: The Frogs had some strong preseasons under former coach Trent Johnson as well, so it remains to be seen what this means with the difficult Big 12 season looming. But the Frogs have two straight wins over Power 5 conference foes led by top NBA prospects.UP NEXTWashington: The Huskies get a week off before traveling to No. 8 Gonzaga, the biggest test left before the start of Pac-12 play against Washington State on New Years Day.TCU: This was the start of eight straight games in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, seven at home. Arkansas State visits Saturday. The lone road game is at SMU. The last two in this home stretch are the first two in Big 12 play: No. 4 Kansas on Dec. 30 and unranked Oklahoma, a No. 2 seed in last seasons NCAA Tournament, on Jan. 3.---More AP college basketball: www.collegebasketball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25. ' ' '