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After years shouting for the right to represent Great Britain at the Olympic Games, Nicola Adams almost missed her big moment in the boxing sun.Adams was stricken by a back injury at the same time performance director Rob McCracken was holding trials to determine the first batch of women boxers who would train towards winning medals at London 2012.Without McCrackens conviction and the pleas of the team doctor, the 33-year-old may not now be standing on the cusp of becoming the first British boxer to retain an Olympic title for 92 years.Adams will begin her campaign for history when she faces Ukraines Tetyana Kob at Riocentro on Tuesday morning in a bout with a guaranteed medal at stake.McCracken said while he never doubted the Leeds flyweights capacity for making history, he faced a major battle to enroll her on the first womens programme at all.McCracken said: When Nicky first came to Sheffield in 2009 to try out for the programme she was ill and sat on a chair and just watched the others.I told the doctor I couldnt put her on the programme unless she did something, and I was about to send her home.There were other girls there working hard and it wouldnt have been fair on them.The doctor asked me to wait and give him one month to get her right. The first thing she was able to do was shadow-box and even when she just did that we could see she had real talent.We added her to the programme in 2010 and she has been a delight.Adams is hungry to make more history and as focused as ever after finally winning her first world title earlier this year.But she will be eager to guard against complacency after fellow reigning champion Katie Taylor suffered a shock loss in her opening lightweight bout on Monday.Adams said: I never underestimate any of my opponents because the average fighter can turn into a world-beater when they get in the ring with the likes of me or Katie.Theyve got nothing to lose, theyre the underdog and I have to keep that in mind. The quality of womens boxing is improving all the time and it is definitely keeping me on my toes.Mondays flyweight defeat for Muhammad Ali means Adams is one of just four British boxers remaining in the competition, with light-heavyweight Joshua Buatsi having already guaranteed at least a bronze medal.And it looks even bleaker for Ireland with a series of shock defeats including Taylors reversal leaving world champion Michael Conlan as their only representative in the competition.Black Air VaporMax China . -- The boos poured down on Tom Brady and the New England Patriots at the end of a horrible first half. Air VaporMax China 2019 . Bradwell was scheduled to become a free agent Tuesday. Born and raised in Toronto, Bradwell is entering his sixth CFL season, with all six played for his hometown Argonauts. http://www.cheapairvapormaxchina.us/ . The FA rejected Wilsheres appeal that the length of his punishment was "clearly excessive" and said Thursday his suspension begins with immediate effect. He will miss league matches against Chelsea on Monday and West Ham on Dec. Green Air VaporMax China . Their experience showed Tuesday as the No. 10 Badgers blunted a Saint Louis surge to win 63-57 and advance to face West Virginia in Wednesdays finals of the Cancun Challenge. Air VaporMax China For Sale . Reigning world champion Eve Muirhead of Scotland opened with a 12-2 rout of Winnipegs Jennifer Jones in a battle of teams bound for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.NEW YORK -- Houston cornerback Johnathan Joseph has been fined $24,309 by the NFL for unnecessary roughness in the Texans 27-20 loss to the Oakland Raiders in Mexico City last Monday night.Joseph was called for a penalty late in the third quarter after he tackled tight end Clive Walford, who made an 11-yard catch. The penalty helped lead the Raiders to a field goal.Giants defensive end Olivier Vernon was fined $18,231 on Friday for unnecessary roughness after he drove Chicago quarterback Jay Cutler to the turf after a pass early in New Yorks 22-16 win last Sunday.Minnesota defensive tackle Tom Johnson was also docked $18,231 for what the league deemed an illegal hit on Arizona quarterback Carson Palmer last Sunday.dddddddddddd He was called for roughing the passer on the play late in the Vikings 30-24 win.Buffalo linebacker Jerry Hughes was fined $9,115 for attempting to head-butt a Cincinnati player.Washington safety Sua Cravens must pay the same amount after grabbing the facemask of Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '