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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Australian swimmer Josh Palmer has visited Rio police who are investigating his claims he was threatened with a gun and robbed in Copacabana.While Palmer did not report the alleged theft to police, they called on him to give a full statement.Palmer went on an all-night bender in Copacabana on Tuesday night, and was disoriented and missing his phone when a stranger came to his aid at 2pm on Wednesday.He said an armed man had forced him to withdraw $1000 from an ATM but he refused to take the matter to police, contrary to the advice of the Australian Olympic Committee.However, the matter came to the attention of Brazilian authorities anyway and they are now investigating.Palmer went to a Rio police station with team security chief Greg Nance on Saturday afternoon.Weve spoken to Josh this morning and he is getting his notes together and he will be making a statement to police today, Australias team boss Kitty Chiller said earlier on Saturday.Its not an investigation into Josh obviously. Its his relaying his version of events, the statement of events, that happened to him the other day.So as far as were concerned, thats just him making a statement to police.Earlier this week, U.S. swimmer Ryan Lochte said he had been robbed at gunpoint by men with police badges.However, it has since emerged he and three other U.S. swimmers vandalised a petrol station after a night of partying and were confronted by armed security guards.A judge ordered their passports be held while the matter was investigated.Lochte had already returned to the U.S. but Jack Conger and Gunnar Bentz were hauled off their flight home.When asked if Palmer would be able to fly home with the team on Monday night if the investigation were ongoing, Chiller said she hoped so.She said they would do everything in their power to protect Palmer and support him logistically, operationally and emotionally.Saucony Running Shoes Ireland . 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Now, with Game 6 set for Fenway Park and an 8:07 p.m. ET first pitch, the Detroit Tigers face the unenviable task of having to beat the Boston Red Sox twice, on the road, to advance to the World Series.RENTON, Wash. -- The Seattle Seahawks are planning a pregame demonstration before Sundays Week 1 matchup against the Miami Dolphins.When asked about the teams plans, Seahawks receiver?Doug Baldwin?said repeatedly, Youll see on Sunday.Nate Boyer, a former Green Beret who spent last summer with the Seahawks, has been in contact with the team about its plans.During a Q&A with Fox Sports Radio, Boyer offered more details about the teams thinking.It has to be a team-first approach in order to get anything done, Boyer said. Whether it is?[Colin] Kaepernicks mission-changing policy or changing things on the field, you have to be unified. Showing a common goal between different walks of life is how you influence change.I spoke with the players, and they realize that 9/11 is a very important day in our nations history. The Seahawks, and probably every team, will be honoring those who serve in camouflage and also those in blue who served on such a difficult day. Shortly after 9/11, our country seemed more unified than I had ever experienced and was the most unified it has been since I have been alive. Since that date, we have grown farther apart in our unity. Standing together this Sunday is key to making progress. What the team will do is a powerful sign of unification.In fact, that is how the Seahawks have been so successful on the field as well -- I saw it firsthand. They place so much emphasis on competition within the team and making each other better. That is crucial to the success in any mission. Whether it is a firefight, on a football field or changing society.Boyer also met with Kaepernick earlier this month to discuss his protest and was instrumental in persuading the San Francisco 49ers quarterback to kneel -- instead of sitting -- during the national anthem. Boyer stood on the sideline while Kaepernick and teaammate Eric Reid knelt during the playing of The Star-Spangled Banner before the 49ers final preseason game against the San Diego Chargers on Sept.dddddddddddd1.Thursday night, before the leagues opener between Carolina?and Denver, Broncos linebacker Brandon Marshall knelt during the national anthem.On Wednesday, Baldwin and defensive end Cliff Avril said they supported Kaepernick and were thinking about staging some kind of protest.My grandfather being in the military, it hit home for me as well, Baldwin said. Its the veterans. Thats more heartening to me than anything. Its the veterans that have reached out and said that thats what they fought for. Thats what they sacrificed their lives for was to give people back home under the flag, under the country, the opportunity to stand up or sit for what they believe in. So that was very heartening for me to hear that and that response from the veterans.Added Avril: I truly respect what Kaep is doing. I think some people are taking it out of context because theyre not experiencing the same thing other people are experiencing. They cant really see it. But as a person that does see it and does see whats really going on out here, I definitely could see me doing something about it as well.Seahawks cornerback Jeremy Lane sat on the bench during the national anthem of the teams final preseason game as a show of support for Kaepernick.Linebacker Bobby Wagner hinted Wednesday that the players were considering doing something as a team.Anything that we want to do, its not going to be individual, Wagner said. Its going to be a team thing because thats what the world needs to see. The world needs to see people coming together versus being individuals. ' ' '