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JOHANNESBURG -- Rugby sevens will also be missing a global star on its return to the Olympics next month, although its got nothing to do with Zika.Bryan Habana, the World Cup-winning South African wing who set his sights on adding an Olympic medal to a career bursting with titles and honors in the 15-a-side game, failed Thursday to make South Africas final squad for the Rio de Janeiro Games.Habana set aside his commitments with South Africas main Springboks team this season to return to sevens, which he hadnt played at the top level for more than a decade, in the hope of going to Rio. He appeared in the world sevens series and was on an initial Blitzboks training squad named for the Olympics.My appreciation and gratitude for getting the opportunity to have been a part of the (at)blitzboks (hash)RoadToRio far outweighs the disappointment of not making the final squad, Habana wrote on Instagram.Rugby -- this time in the seven-a-side form -- will return to the Olympics next month for the first time since 1924.Habana joins another big name in the 15-man game, Australias Quade Cooper, in missing out on selection for his countrys Olympic team.Habana has won a World Cup and a southern hemisphere title with the Springboks, and also southern hemisphere and European club titles. He was the world player of the year in 2007.One 15-a-side international, Juan de Jongh, did make South Africas 12-man squad while another, Francois Hougaard, is one of two traveling reserves.South Africa is among the favorites for gold in the Olympic rugby sevens alongside other traditional sevens powers Fiji and New Zealand.Nike Vapormax Plus Womens . Francis told several hundred members of the European Olympic Committees that when sport "is considered only in economic terms and consequently for victory at every cost . 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Mats Zuccarello and Derek Stepan scored shootout goals, and backup goalie Cam Talbot earned his second win in two nights as the Rangers shook off a late tying tally and beat the Maple Leafs 2-1 Monday night.EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- The bye week is usually met with eagerness by NFL teams, that rare in-season opportunity to let the body heal and rest and give the mind a brief break from the game-planning and pressure to win.The Minnesota Vikings might as well have passed on theirs this year. They sure didnt put it to good use.After taking the leagues only perfect record into the week off, looking every bit the Super Bowl contender theyve been gearing up to be, the Vikings have been dismantled in consecutive defeats by Philadelphia and Chicago on the road.Both the Eagles and Bears used heavy pressure on quarterback Sam Bradford and clogged rushing lanes when the Vikings handed off the ball, stymieing an offense that was far from dominant in the first five games but confident, crisp and efficient enough to complement the dominant defense.The Eagles have emerged among the NFCs early-season elite, so that one wasnt such a stunner. The Bears, though, took one victory into the game on Monday night and racked up 403 total yards, the most allowed by the Vikings this year. That included 158 yards rushing.You just cant explain the way we havent played well these last two weeks, linebacker Chad Greenway said.As unexpected and, for a playoff-caliber team, inexcusable as this more-lopsided-than-the-score-indicated 20-10 loss was, the context and timing of the contest were not exactly in Minnesotas favor. As bad as the Bears had played before this, they had 10 days to prepare for a division foe. They also benefited from a fresh Jay Cutler, all but on his way out as the franchise quarterback with nothing to lose and a mind to prove his worth on a prime-time stage.Cutler is 9-5 in 14 career starts against the Vikings, his most victories against any team, including a sparkling 7-1 at Soldier Field. Coach Mike Zimmer offered scant insight about his teams performance in a terse postgame newws conference, keeping his comments to a mere three minutes, but he credited Cutler for his play.dddddddddddde didnt make any plays. They made them all, Zimmer said.Last season, the Vikings ended a couple of ignominious losing streaks, but theyre still 2-14 on the road against Chicago since 2000 and 1-8 in their last nine Monday night games regardless of site. The coaches and players have changed, of course, but fans dont forget the Vikings are 10-21 in night games over the last decade.Success for NFL teams is as much about minimizing flaws as it is about seizing opportunities presented by the opponents weaknesses, and the Vikings have done an awful job of this for two straight weeks.The offensive line is squarely in the spotlight right now, with struggles at every position, particularly tackles T.J. Clemmings and Jake Long. The Vikings have allowed 11 sacks over the last two games, and Bradford has thusly been largely out of sync.We havent proven it yet. So I dont know if hopefuls the right word, right this second, Zimmer said when asked if he was optimistic about a rebound by the offensive line. Weve got to get it fixed, though.Bradford wasnt about to blame the blockers. He overthrew Stefon Diggs, a pass that wouldve been a 50-yard touchdown late in the first quarter after his best wide receiver badly beat Bears cornerback Tracy Porter on the route.Regardless of whats going on up front, I have to figure out a way to move the football down the field, Bradford said.The Vikings host another division foe, Detroit, this weekend.We just have to figure the way we did it, what the formula was those first five weeks, and do it, Bradford said.---AP NFL website: http://www.pro32.ap.org and AP NFL coverage on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '