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One more honor awaits Simone Biles at the Rio Games.Biles, who won four gymnastics gold medals and five overall at Rio, will carry the U.S. flag into Sundays closing ceremony, the U.S. Olympic Committee announced Saturday.Biles was chosen by fellow U.S. Olympians in a vote.Its an incredible honor, she said.Biles, 19, made her Olympic debut in Rio, winning team gold and individual titles in womens all-around, vault and floor exercise, along with a bronze on balance beam. Shes one of only four women, and the first American, to win four golds in a single Olympics.Biles took to Twitter to share the news with her admitted celebrity crush, actor Zac Efron.The Rio Olympics closing ceremony will be aired on NBC at 8 p.m. ET Sunday.Information from The Associated Press was used in this report. Adam Conley Jersey . -- Running backs Darren McFadden and Rashad Jennings were back at practice for the Oakland Raiders on Wednesday despite being hampered by hamstring injuries. Austin Brice Jersey . JOHNS, N. https://www.cheapmarlinsjerseys.us/201r-garrett-cooper-jersey-marlins.html . Most important, perhaps, it went off without a hitch. Organizers poked a little fun at the now-infamous opening ceremony gaffe that saw only four out of five snowflakes open up into rings, leaving the Olympics logo one ring short. Cheap Marlins Jerseys . Fred Couples, captain of the U.S. side, put it all into perspective. "We know whos in charge," he said. Todd Dunwoody Jersey . - Oakland Raiders running back Rashad Jennings was speaking to a group of local high school students earlier this week when the conversation turned to the importance of being prepared when opportunities in life arise. MEXICO CITY -- The NFL says the Nov. 21 Monday night game in Mexico City between the Oakland Raiders and the Houston Texans has sold out within minutes.A league statement says tickets went on sale at 11 a.m. Thursday and were gone in under a half-hour.Mexico is one of the few countries outside of the U.S. with a large fan base for the sport that folks here call American football. League officials have said its their biggest foreign market.NFLL Commissioner Roger Goodell said in the statement that the rapid sellout further confirms what a passionate fan base we have in Mexico.ddddddddddddThe game at the cavernous Azteca stadium will mark the leagues return to Mexico for the first time since the San Francisco 49ers and the Arizona Cardinals came in 2005. ' ' '