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Mo Farah has promised to compete at this year’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, despite the threat of the Zika virus.The double London 2012 champion is already targeting further success in Brazil this summer but the build-up to the event has been overshadowed by the emergence of the Zika outbreak, which can cause birth abnormalities.But Farah still holds fond memories of his 10,000m win four years ago when wife Tania and step-daughter Rihanna joined him on the track to celebrate in front of a delighted home crowd and he is desperate to try and recreate that moment in Rio. For me, the Olympics is where it is at. I want to have that moment for my family no matter what, he said ahead of the Glasgow Indoor Grand Prix on Saturday.Im quite excited. In London one of the best things ever was having my family on the track. Seeing my wife and daughter there was incredible. I believe they are part of me and will be there again.Im not even thinking about anything like [the Zika virus]. I want them there and thats it.Farahs chance of picking up further gold medals in Rio could be boosted if Kenya is banned from competing at the Games. Rio is not too far away now and Im quite excited. It starts here in Glasgow now. This is the road to Rio. Mo Farah The countrys athletics federation has been declared non-compliant with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) code and IAAF president Lord Coe says he is ready to prevent them taking part.Farah - who has been forced to deny links to drugs in the past year following allegations that his coach Alberto Salazar was behind a secret doping programme in the United States - admits he will have a better chance of securing medals in Brazil if Kenya are not involved.A ban for Kenya would mean Farahs rivals Geoffrey Kamworor, Paul Kipngetich Tanui and Bitan Karoki would not be able to race against him but the 32-year-old admits their absence would devalue the middle-distance events in Rio.If you dont have Kenya there it makes things easier for me, which is great, he added. Geoffrey Kamworor will not compete at the Rio Olympics if Kenya are banned from the Games But at the same time, you dont want to wish anything like that on anybody who hasnt done anything wrong but as a country they have to follow the rules. If they cant, then tough on them.Farah will compete in the 3,000 metres at Glasgows Emirates Arena this weekend and with just seven months to go until the Olympics, he hopes to use the race as a platform for further success in the summer.It is every athletes dream to go to an Olympics and do well. Obviously 2012 was a big, big year, he said.It changed my career after I managed to come away with two gold medals in my home town in front of 80,000 people.Thats what keeps me going every day. Rio is not too far away now and Im quite excited. It starts here in Glasgow now. This is the road to Rio. Farah does his mobot celebration after winning the mens elite race in last years Great North Run Ive been training in Ethiopia for the last six weeks up at 10,000ft in some pretty nice weather. Training has gone pretty well and Ive managed to get a lot of miles into my legs.Im in similar shape to how I was last year. If you compare the times I was running last year to the ones I was coming up with during the training camp, its kind of similar.So I think Im in pretty good shape. I definitely want to get a good result tomorrow and then march on towards Rio.Miro Heiskanen Stars Jersey . -- Most satisfying to Russ Smith about No. Martin Hanzal Jersey . The Nashville Predators were glad their captain was still on their side. Weber had a goal and two assists, and Roman Josi scored the shootout winner to lift the Predators to a 4-3 win over the Flyers on Thursday night. http://www.thedallasstarshockey.com/alexander-radulov-hockey-jersey/ . 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It is co-owned and operated by MGM Resorts International, which runs one of Nevadas largest sportsbooks.This weekend, the number of bets on Kentucky-North Carolina was comparable to or greater than the number of bets on any of Sundays NFL games, according to MGM vice president of race and sports Jay Rood. MGM operates the sportsbooks at 10 locations in Las Vegas.It was just a ton of action, a ton of tickets, Rood said.The action was almost all small $10 and $20 bets, but there were a lot of individual tickets written on Kentucky-North Carolina. Rood has seen similar increases in betting action on the Pac-12 tournament, which was has been played at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas since 2013. The tournament moves to T-Mobile Arena in 2017.The Pac-12 tournament, when it was in Anaheim, it was a nonevent [for the sportsbook], Rood said. Now that its here at the MGM Grand, its a monster event from a handle standpoint for us. I dont know if that translates to the rest of the city, but at least for MGM Resorts it does.Jason Simbal, vice president of sportsbook operator CG Technology, said only the NFL game between the Miami Dolphins and New York Jets and two bowl games, including the Las Vegas Bowl between Houston and San Diego State, generated more betting handle than Kentucky-North Carolina on Saturday.We did more money on that than any NBA [[game], Simbal said.dddddddddddd It was a really, really heavily bet game for us.Kentucky freshman star Malik Monk scored 47 points, including the game-winning 3-pointer, in a thrilling 103-100 victory over the Tar Heels in the second game of a Saturday doubleheader. The Wildcats were 1-point favorites. UCLA beat Ohio State 86-73 as an 8.5-point favorite in the opener.Ed Salmons, who oversees college basketball odds at the Westgate SuperBook in Las Vegas, attended both games and said the atmosphere was phenomenal -- and not because everyone was only cheering for their bet.NHL commissioner Gary Bettman expressed concerns in the past that fans would stop rooting for their favorite teams and root for their betting interests if sports betting were legalized outside of Nevada. The NHL has since placed a franchise in Las Vegas. The Vegas Golden Knights will call T-Mobile Arena home beginning in 2017.Working in a sportsbook, Salmons is used to hearing bettors cheer for random events not always directly associated with the outcome of the game, but he didnt hear much of it Saturday.I mean, people betting serious money on the game, where they care that much more about the spread than the game, youre probably talking less than 1 percent of the people who attend, Salmons said. It doesnt matter. Its immaterial.Salmons did come away impressed by UCLA. Last April, he opened the Bruins as 80-1 long shots to win the national championship at the SuperBook. The SuperBook took a $600 bet on the Bruins when they were 80-1.Salmons now has UCLA listed at 7-1. ' ' '