LOS ANGELES -- Lakers point guard DAngelo Russell will miss Tuesdays game versus the Oklahoma City Thunder, as well as Wednesdays game against the Golden State Warriors, because of a sore left knee, the Lakers announced.Russell, the Lakers second-leading scorer at 16.1 points per game, has been dealing with soreness in his knee for some time, Lakers coach Luke Walton said recently. It forced Russell to miss Fridays loss to the San Antonio Spurs.Walton characterized the injury as day-to-day.Obviously the more time he misses, the more serious it seems to be, but Im not going to try to guess or make [a] judgment on that, Walton said before Tuesdays game. Were just going to continue grinding away, going to work and when the training staff, the doctors and DAngelo let us know that hes good to go, hell be back in there.Walton added, If he cant go out and play without any restrictions, its not really worth having him out there right now. Hes too young and his future is too bright to risk that. But if he can get out there and play the way that we know he can, then obviously we want him on the court.Russell, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2015 draft, played in Sundays loss to the Chicago Bulls but indicated afterward he was still feeling soreness in his knee.The Lakers are 7-7 entering Tuesdays game against the Thunder. Swell Water Bottle Clearance . The 28-year-old from Calgary matched his career best after missing just one shot in his two rounds of shooting in the mens 10-kilometre sprint competition. Smith finished in 23 minutes 15. Cheap Swell Bottles Australia . -- Three close looks at the bucket, three misses. http://www.swellbottleaustralia.com/ . 10 Texas Rangers jersey for one last time. Young formally announced his retirement Friday after returning to Rangers Ballpark, his baseball home for all but the last of his 13 major league seasons. 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We didnt play our best football. We feel like we left our fans frustrated.Neymar, the tournaments biggest star, played below expectations for the second straight game, and promising young strikers Gabigol and Gabriel Jesus also struggled.Voicing their frustration, the fans chanted Marta, Marta in reference to the five-time world player of the year who has been thriving with the womens national team.And as the Iraqis rejoiced on the field after the draw, the fans applauded the team and broke out into chants of Iraq, Iraq.Its a historic day for Iraq to be able to draw against Brazil at its home, Iraq coach Abdulghani Alghazali said. Its a great achievement for Iraqi football.One of Brazils best chances of the match fell to midfielder Renato Augusto in second-half injury time, but his volley from close range sailed over the crossbar with the goalkeeper already beaten.As the time passes and we cant score, the anxiety increases, and in this situation its easier to make mistakes, Micale said. Its natural.In other games, Nigeria became the first team to advance to the quarterfinals by beating Sweden 1-0 in the jungle city of Manaus, earning the sppot in the knockout round despite arriving in Brazil just hours before its opening game because of a travel mix-up.dddddddddddd.Portugal moved close to the quarterfinals by beating Honduras 2-1 in Rio de Janeiro, while defending champion Mexico defeated Fiji 5-1 in Salvador with four goals by midfielder Erick Gutierrez. Argentina topped Algeria 2-1 in Rio for its first win, while Germany scored late in a 3-3 draw against South Korea in Salvador.Denmark, Brazils next opponent, defeated South Africa 1-0 earlier Sunday in Brasilia. It had opened with a scoreless draw against Iraq.Brazil is trying to win its first gold medal in soccer and it arrived for Sundays match under pressure after a disappointing 0-0 draw in the opener against South Africa.The crowd of more than 60,000 started supporting Brazil but it grew anxious as the team struggled against Iraq, jeering the players at halftime and more and more toward the end of the match.Gabriel Jesus, who last week secured a multimillion-dollar transfer to Manchester City, missed a few decent chances early and was loudly booed when he was substituted in the second half.Brazil also had a goal by Gabigol disallowed in the 28th because of offside, and Augusto hit the crossbar with a shot just before halftime.Soccer is the only competition played outside Rio. The other host cities are Sao Paulo, Salvador, Brasilia, Belo Horizonte and Manaus. The tournament began two days before the opening ceremony, and the mens final will be Aug. 20 at the Maracana Stadium.---Tales Azzoni on Twitter: http://twitter.com/tazzoni. His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/tales-azzoni ' ' '