LONDON -- Britain hopes to win at least 48 medals at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, below the initial target but still representing a record for a games on foreign soil.UK Sport, the body which funds elite athletes in Britain, announced its medal targets Thursday for the Aug. 15-21 Olympics and Sept. 7-18 Paralympics.The Olympic target is between 48 and 79 medals, which would exceed the 47 won at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the most for Britain at an away games.Britain won 65 medals, including 29 gold, at the 2012 London Olympics. UK Sport initially set an even higher target for Rio, but scaled back.UK Sport targets cycling for the most medals, at least eight, followed by track and field (seven) and rowing (six).The agency targets at least 121 medals for the Paralympics.New England Patriots Shirts .com) - The Chicago Blackhawks aim for their third three-game winning streak of the season when they host the struggling Edmonton Oilers in Sundays battle at the United Center. New England Patriots Gear . In taking its goal tally to 99 in all competitions already this season, City delivered another demonstration of its lethal firepower at Etihad Stadium to set up a fourth-round match at home to another second-tier team -- Watford. https://www.patriotsjerseysale.com/ . Manuel was offered a position the day he was fired. He accepted earlier this week and the team made the announcement Friday. New England Patriots Store .B. -- The Baie-Comeau Drakkar took over sole possession of first place atop the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League on Thursday with their sixth straight win. New England Patriots Pro Shop . The Redskins announced Monday that the quarterback who led the team to the Super Bowl championship in the 1987 season will serve as a personnel executive.Viswanathan Anand won the 2016 Champions Showdown in St Louis on Monday, earning $60,000. The exhibition tournament featured three other grandmasters -- Hikaru Nakamura came second, Fabiano Caruana (US) third and Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) fourth.While Anand finished with 15 points, Nakamura, Caruana and Topalov scored 14, 11 and 8, respectively.The tournament was played across five ddays, with two classical round robins, two rapid round robins and four blitz round robins, thus giving each competitor 24 matches in all.ddddddddddddAnand won seven matches and drew 16. His only defeat came on the final day of competition against Nakamura. ' ' '
