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NATADOLA, Fiji -- American?Brandt Snedeker took a three-stroke lead on Saturday in the wind-swept Fiji International, shooting a 2-under 70 in difficult conditions at Natadola Bay.Coming off the United States Ryder Cup victory on Sunday in Minnesota, Snedeker had three birdies and a bogey to reach 12-under 204 on the Vijay Singh-designed layout. He opened with a 69 and shot a 64 on Friday.It was a tough day. I did a great job of hanging in there, Snedeker said. I hit the ball really well off the tee, with one exception, and put the ball where I needed to all day. I hit a bunch of great putts that didnt want to go in today for whatever reason.Australias Anthony Houston was second after a 73, and fellow countryman Matthew Giles, the second-round leader, was 8 under after a 75. New Zealands Gareth Paddison followed his course-record 64 with a 69 to join Australias?Mike Hendry?(68) at 7 under.Snedeker parred the first eight holes, birdied the par-4 ninth and added another on the par-4 14th. He dropped a stroke on the par-4 16th -- ending his bogey-free streak at 49 holes -- and rebounded with an up-and-down birdie on the short par-5 17th.Starting the day out, if youd have told me Id shoot a couple under, I probably would have taken it, tough as the conditions are and as many big numbers are out there, he said. Ive given myself a chance, and going into tomorrow, I need to finish it off. A three-shot lead in wind like this is one hole, so I need to go out there and play a solid round of golf, like I did today.Ranked 23rd in the world, Snedeker, 35, won at Torrey Pines in February for his eighth PGA Tour title. 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Joe Joyce wants to emulate the Olympic gold successes of fellow Londoners Audley Harrison and Anthony Joshua before he turns professional.Great Britains super-heavyweight begins his campaign in Rio against Cape Verdes navy cook Davilson Morais on Saturday, needing only two wins to be assured of a medal.Joyce, 30, confirmed in May that he would turn pro after the Games -- Olympic boxers do not usually announce their intention to enter the paid ranks until after the tournament - but wants to follow in the footsteps of Harrison (2000) and Joshua (2012).Ive always wanted to represent my country and be an Olympian and then after that hopefully I will get a professional deal, Joyce told ESPN. I will not be staying on, I need to turn pro before its too late.The London Olympians who turned pro -- Joshua, [Luke] Campbell, [Anthony] Ogogo -- are all doing well, they have won titles or are showing potential, and it shows you it can be done. They were already in the limelight when they turned professional becauuse of the Olympics.ddddddddddddAs long as I walk away with a medal, I will be OK, but obviously the gold is what I want.Joyce -- bronze medallist at the World Championships earlier this year and gold medallist at the 2014 Commonwealth Games -- is good friends with Joshua, who he has even sparred with ahead of Rio.Joshua won super-heavyweight gold in London and has since gone on to win the IBF world heavyweight title as a professional.AJ is making it look easy but its hard going in the amateurs, getting qualified and it can be every other week when you are boxing, Joyce said.I talk to AJ about stuff and I still do a bit of sparring with him even though hes world champion now. Ive shared a room with him as well when he has done some training in Sheffield.Joyce is Great Britains best hope for a mens boxing gold medal after four of its team suffered early exits at Rio 2016. ' ' '