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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Day 8 of the Rio Olympics provided a few more surprises. If you havent been able to keep up with all the action, heres what you might have missed:More hardware for Phelps, Ledecky and more: Leave it to these Games to give us another tie for a medal, with two archrivals no less. Michael Phelps rallied from sixth overall at the turn to lock up a silver medal in the mens 100-meter butterfly, but he finished in a three-way tie for the medal with Chad le Clos and László Cseh. Phelps now has won five medals over his week in Rio -- tonights silver and four golds.On the womens side Katie Ledecky completed the sweep by winning the 800 freestyle in 8:04.79 -- beating her own world-record time -- to become the second woman in history to win the 200, 400 and 800 freestyle races at the same Olympics. Earlier, Maya DiRado caught heavy favorite Katinka Hosszú in the last 25 meters to claim gold in the 200 backstroke. DiRado won in (2:05.99), followed by Hosszú (2:06.05) and Canadas Hilary Caldwell (2:07.54).Rio Olympics: Complete swimming coverageNo medal for the USWNT: There will be a new Olympic soccer champion after the U.S. women lost to Sweden in a penalty shootout (1-1, 4-3 on penalties). The Americans trailed early in the match before Alex Morgan evened the score at 1 in the 77th minute. It was the first time an Olympic womens soccer match went to penalties, and the first time the USWNT failed to reach the semifinal round of a major tournament. And who coached Sweden to a semifinal berth? None other than former U.S. coach Pia Sundhage, who has yet to lose a game against the United States since leaving the program after the last Olympics in 2012 (0-1-3).Rio Olympics: Complete soccer coverageMens and womens team still undefeated: The U.S. mens and womens hoops teams both won again Friday. Diana Taurasi and Maya Moore each scored 12 points to lead the Americans to an 81-51 win against Canada, extending the teams Olympic winning streak to 45 games. The womens squad is now 4-0 in Group B play heading into its final prelim game against China (Sunday, 11:15 a.m. ET). The mens side got quite the challenge from Serbia but held on to win 94-91 after the Serbs missed a potential tying shot at the buzzer.Rio Olympics: Complete basketball coverageU.S. men eliminated from medal contention: After winning silver in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the past two Games have been hard on the U.S. mens team. The downward trend continued in Rio after losing 8-5 against Montenegro, eliminating any hope of a quarterfinal berth. The Americans have one prelim match left on the schedule, against Italy (Sunday, 2:30 p.m. ET), and are fifth in Group B (1-3 record).Rio Olympics: Complete water polo coverageTeam dressage reaches podium: Laura Graves, Steffen Peters and Allison Brock combined to take home bronze on an average of 76.667 percent, behind first-place Germany (81.936) and Great Britain (78.602), for the Americans first Olympic medal in dressage since 2004. Graves led the team with a score of 78.071 percent in the grand prix and 80.644 percent in the grand prix special. All three riders also qualified for the individual round in grand prix freestyle (Monday).Rio Olympics: Complete equestrian coverageEllison medals again:?Brady Ellison won the bronze 6-2 against the Netherlands Sjef van den Berg after one arrow away from the gold-medal round in the mens individual archery. Instead, Ellison missed and had to fight for bronze instead. He also had to get past best friend and teammate, Jake Kaminski, then another teammate in Zach Garrett to reach the quarterfinals. Ellison now has three medals, a silver from in Rio, and another silver from London 2012.Rio Olympics: Complete archery coverageBig names return to court: The mens semifinals are set after Fridays matches, as Andy Murray will take on Kei Nishikori (Saturday, 11 a.m. ET) and Rafael Nadal takes on Juan Martin del Potro (follows Murray-Nishikori match). Madison Keys lost in straight sets to Angelique Kerber and will face Petra Kvitova in the bronze-medal match (Saturday, 11 a.m. ET). Kerber will face Puerto Ricos Monica Puig in the gold-medal match.Rio Olympics: Complete tennis coverageAnd finally ...Social media was still abuzz Friday after big Thursday night wins for Simone Biles, Simone Manuel and Michael Phelps. 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Emery skated the length of the ice and fought an unwilling Holtby during the third period of the Flyers 7-0 loss Friday night in Philadelphia. He was given 29 penalty minutes, including a game misconduct. But Emery did not face even a disciplinary hearing with NHL senior vice president of player safety Brendan Shanahan because rules 46.Chelsea Ladies captain Katie Chapman is relishing the opportunity of playing in front of what looks like a record Women’s FA Cup final crowd on Saturday. The SSE Womens Cup final returns to Wembley Stadium following last years showpiece, which saw Chelsea beat Notts County 1-0, winning the first piece of silverware in their history in front of a record 30,710 supporters.More than 30,000 tickets have already been sold for this years Womens FA Cup final and Chapman, who has won the competition a record nine times, hopes Chelsea can recreate last year success when they meet Arsenal this weekend. It was nice to be the first womens team to come here and win the Womens FA Cup at Wembley, Chapman told Sky Sports News HQ.There were a lot of nerves because it was a big stage to come and play on but the atmosphere when we came here was unbelievable and hopefully it will be the same again this year. Katie Chapman celebrates last years triumph with boss Emma Hayes Ive played in a lot of FA Cups but to play at Wembley really is a dream come true.ddddddddddddChapman will line-up against England international team-mate Casey Stoney this weekend and the Arsenal Ladies defender is desperate for the North London side to add to their incredible run of success in the competition.Weve won it 13 times, Stoney said. There is a bit of a experience in our squad and some big players in our squad who are ready for the game. Theyve been here theyve won it and were desperate to get out there and win this. Also See: Chelsea video Chelsea fixtures Chelsea stats Get a ￡10 free bet! ' ' '