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RIO DE JANEIRO -- The third day of Olympic competition featured a couple of notable firsts: Rafaela Silva captured host Brazils initial gold medal of the Rio Games and fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad became the only American ever to compete in the Olympics wearing a hijab.The U.S. mens basketball team surged after a slow start, beating Venezuela 113-69 on Monday night and Serena Williams struggled before beating Frances Alize Cornet 7-6 (5), 6-2 in her bid for a second consecutive singles gold medal.Silva, who grew up on one of Rios hillside shanty towns, won judos 57-kilogram division, then, overwhelmed with emotion, performed the Brazilian version of the Green Bay Packers Lambeau Leap to celebrate with her compatriots Monday.It was, at the least, a momentary reprieve for the host country bracing for what once seemed unthinkable: an early exit by its mens soccer team from the Olympic tournament. Brazil finds itself needing a victory against Denmark to advance and avoid another huge embarrassment two years after a demoralizing 7-1 loss to Germany in the semifinals of the World Cup.Brazilian fans arent just booing their mens soccer team. After months of dire predictions from abroad about the mosquito-borne Zika virus, some locals are doing some stinging of their own: Theyre jeering U.S. athletes and taunting them over the fears that kept some competitors away from South Americas first Olympics.In the womens sabre tournament, Muhammad, sporting a plain black Muslim head scarf under a red, white and blue mask, was a winner in her opening bout before bowing out. A New Jersey native who started fencing in part because the uniform allowed her to adhere to the tenets of her faith, Muhammad also competes in the team event later this week.Australia won the first gold medal for rugby sevens at the Olympics, beating archrival New Zealand 24-17 in the womens final Monday night.A day after adding a record 19th gold medal to his collection, Michael Phelps is swimming the 200 meter butterfly semifinal Monday night and fellow American Katie Ledecky is swimming the womens 200 meter freestyle.Other highlights from Day 3 of the Rio Games:GOLF DEBUT : The first Olympic golf shot in 112 years will be hit by the lone Brazilian in the mens field. The International Golf Federation tapped into what few Olympic roots it has by selecting Adilson da Silva to be the first to tee off Thursday. Also in the opening threesome: Graham DeLaet of Canada, a country IGF President Peter Dawson called the defending champ -- George Lyon of Canada won the gold medal at the St. Louis Games in 1904.BRAZIL BLEAK : It has come to this for the Brazilian mens soccer team: The fans are so disappointed with the team that they heckled football icon Neymar and chanted the name of the women teams star during a lackluster, scoreless tie against Iraq over the weekend. Brazil is now facing elimination -- a prospect that once seemed unthinkable in the soccer-obsessed Olympic host country.BILES BROUHAHA : NBC announcer Al Trautwig says he regrets tweeting that the adoptive mother and father of U.S. gymnastics star Simone Biles were not her parents. Trautwig angered adoption advocates by refusing to refer to Ron and Nellie Biles as the 19-year-olds parents. Ron Biles, her maternal grandfather, and his wife Nellie adopted Simone 16 years ago. 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LOUIS -- Lance Lynn was one of the more enthusiastic participants as the St. Sydney FC skipper Alex Brosque could be in line for his first A-League start since February when the Sky Blues aim to back up their epic Sydney derby win against Central Coast.Brosque, who has recovered from off-season hamstring surgery, scored a fourth unanswered goal against Western Sydney during a 20-minute cameo off the bench last weekend.With powerful winger Bernie Ibini also vying for selection after overcoming a bad broken leg, Graham Arnold has some tough selection decisions to make about who of his fully stocked attack to deploy against the Mariners at Allianz Stadium on Saturday.Brosquey is in really good shape, obviously confidence is high, we know how important he is to the team, Arnold said.Bernie Ibini is also ready to play, so Ive got a couple of headaches between now and the game to decide on the starting line-up and the squad for Saturday, with one eye on the FFA Cup (semi-final) next Wednesday.Arnold quickly brought his players down to Earth after last Saturdays win over the Wanderers, a 4-0 drubbing in front of a record crowd at ANZ Stadium.The challenge now is proving they can be consistent, a quality they lacked last season.Arnold said he made it clear there would no complacency as the Sky Blues prepare for a traditionally feisty fixture with the club he coached to the 2012-13 championship.ddddddddddddhey could be tested by a Paul Okon-coached Mariners that came from three goals down to draw 3-3 with Perth, in a performance Arnold described as big-hearted.And theres no shortage of player crossover to add spice.Former Sydney men Jacques Faty, Mickael Tavares and Ivan Necevski were all snapped up by now-sacked Mariners coach Tony Walmsley after they were let go by Arnold at the end of last season.Meanwhile, Central Coasts all-time leading goalscorer Matt Simon is with Sydney while off-season recruits Ibini, Alex Wilkinson and Danny Vukovic started their A-League careers in Gosford.Arnold said there were no hard feelings towards his former trio, indicating their departure was no more than a business move to ensure he got his roster right.But he took a swipe at Faty and Tavares, who were standouts in Sydneys 2014-15 grand-final run but fell out of form last season.Jacques and Mickey did a fantastic job for us in the first year they were here, we obviously know what their strengths are, Arnold said. 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