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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Religions of African origin should be represented in the ecumenical center of the athletes village for the Rio de Janeiro Games, Brazilian federal public defenders have told city hall and Olympic organizers.Public defender Edison Santana told The Associated Press on Monday that his recommendation is based on the fact that only Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism and Buddhism are currently included.Rio Games organizers said other services could be provided, but so far havent replied officially to the public defenders.Santana said the recommendation is a way to settle the issue without a lawsuit and that organizers have 10 days to respond.None of the faiths chosen to be in the athletes village comes from Africa, and that bothered followers of those religions in Brazil, Santana said. I am sure we will come to a reasonable solution, it is not a complicated thing to do. But we will take action if necessary.Organizers said in a statement that there wont be religious exclusion at the games.The interreligious center of the village will be open to leaders of different religions as long as it is requested by an athlete, the statement said.Official figures from 2010 show that out of 200 million inhabitants Brazil has almost 600,000 followers of African religions, such as Candomble, which was developed in the 19th century by Brazils slave populations. Santana said the recommendation is based on religions of African origin, but it also goes for other smaller faiths as well.About 10,500 athletes are expected at the Olympics, from Aug.5 to 21. The vast majority of those will stay at the athletes village. Brett Favre Jersey . -- Linebacker Myles Jack ran for four touchdowns, defensive end Cassius Marsh caught a scoring pass, and No. Takkarist McKinley Womens Jersey . 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And the Padres are 18 games under .500 having just taken three of four from the Arizona Diamondbacks in a head-to-head battle to avoid the NL West basement.Now the Cubs come to Petco Park -- also known during these visits as Wrigley Field West -- for three games non-impactful games.But they promise to be fun for fans of both the Padres and the uprooted Cubs fans of the San Diego area. And there are plenty of them.The first time I came back here with the Padres it felt and sounded like we were the home team, said former Padres first baseman Anthony Rizzo.But there will be a first Monday night in the opener of the three-game series.Cubs left-hander John Lester -- who was the winning pitcher back on May 10 in the opener of the Padres-Cubs series at Wrigley Field -- will be making his first career start at Petco Park.Mondays start will complete the stadium cycle for Lester, as Petco Park is the only actiive major league ballpark Lester hasnt appeared.ddddddddddddThe ballpark wont be the only thing new to Lester Monday night. The Padres will have at least five different starters.There will be one familiar player on the opposing team; Padres right-hander Edwin Jackson is a former teammate of Lester.Lester is 13-4 on the season. He has the seventh-best ERA in the NL (2.86) and is 10th in opponents batting average (.218) and 10th in strikeouts (146). Perhaps more important going into Monday night is the fact that Lester has the second-best night ERA (2.49) in the NL, and that he is left-handed.With left-handed rookie hitters in their regular starting lineup, the Padres have struggled recently against southpaw starters.Jackson, meanwhile, is 3-2 with a 5.15 ERA as a Padre, although he has taken a no-hitter into at least the fifth inning in two of his six starts with San Diego.One impressive run did end for Chicago on Sunday afternoon in Colorado where starter Cole Hamels was tagged with the loss. Cubs starters had won 12 straight decisions while posting a 1.50 ERA in their previous 18 starts in August.I dont compete with our other pitchers, said Lester, who has not allowed more than four earned runs in any of his last four starts. It would be great if they all did better than me.No one wants to be the loose link in the chain. And our offense has been really good to us. It makes our lives easier as pitchers. ' ' '