Barack Obama's election elevates Chicago's 2016 Olympic bid 0 comments
A video rolls showing a crowd of some 200,000 -- young and old, black, white, brown and yellow, gay and straight, men and women -- happily gathered in what is called the city's front yard, Grant Park.
Now the video shows the man they have come to see as he emerges from backstage and he walks out to greet the crowd.
Think that won't have a stunning impact?
Friday Morning Olympic Updates: Medals and Blunders 0 comments
This has been a great day of competition for the Women's Beach Volleyball and a horrible day for the U.S. Track and Field team. Both faced hard rains in China but only one came out successful. The Women's Beach Volleyball held off the Chinese team to take the Gold Medal.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Track and Field Team were disqualified in both Men's and Women's relay when both teams dropped the baton during the race. This blunder instantly kick the teams out of competition for the Medal.
US softball team loses 3-1 to Japan, denied gold
BEIJING - Losing for the first time since 2000, the U.S. softball team was denied a chance for a fourth straight gold medal Thursday, beaten 3-1 by Japan in the sport's last appearance in the Olympics for at least eight years — and maybe for good.
- US beats Brazil 1-0 for gold medal
BEIJING - They came to the Beijing Olympics as a team trying to find its way, still adjusting to a new coach and each other, still smarting from a loss that brought humiliation on and off the field.
- Relay flubs cap 0-for-6 US showing in sprint races
BEIJING - Tyson Gay stuck his left hand behind him, waiting to feel the red baton's cool metal make contact.
- US women's basketball advances to gold medal game
BEIJING - The U.S. women's basketball team passed its first test of the Olympics, beating Russia in its closest contest in Beijing. Now it's on to a fourth straight gold medal game.
- Walsh, May-Treanor of US win 2nd beach volley gold
BEIJING - Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor were prepared for the downpour, just as they were for a young Chinese team that was the latest to challenge their four-year reign over women's beach volleyball.
- Merritt upsets Wariner to win 400-meter gold medal
BEIJING - LaShawn Merritt has upset defending champion Jeremy Wariner to lead a U.S. sweep of the medals in the 400 meters at the Olympics.
- IOC chides Bolt for lack of respect to rivals
BEIJING - IOC president Jacques Rogge criticized Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt on Thursday for showing a lack of respect to other competitors after his record-breaking gold medal performances in the 100 and 200 meters.
- Robles wins the 110-meter hurdles gold
BEIJING - Dayron Robles of Cuba has won the 110-meter hurdles, claiming a gold medal that Chinese organizers had long hoped would belong to Liu Xiang.
- Beijing police grab foreign and Chinese activists
BEIJING - Police descended on a group of foreign pro-Tibet activists and some disgruntled business owners from Hong Kong on Thursday, taking both groups away minutes after they displayed protest signs in central Beijing.
- US women beat Cuba, will play for volleyball gold
BEIJING - The U.S. women's volleyball team has advanced to the gold medal game, defeating Cuba in three sets to guarantee the Americans their best Olympic finish since 1984.
- Brazil wins men's beach volleyball bronze
BEIJING - Athens men's beach volleyball champions Ricardo and Emanuel of Brazil have added a bronze medal, beating Georgia in the third-place game.
- IOC will investigate ages of China's gymnasts
BEIJING - The International Olympic Committee will investigate whether the Chinese women's gymnastics team that won the gold medal had underage athletes, saying "more information has come to light."
- Bolt bids for golden treble in 4x100 relay
BEIJING (AFP) - Jamaica's world record-setting double Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt will look to complete a golden treble Friday in the men's 4x100-meter relay at the Beijing Games.
- More track glory beckons for Jamaicans
BEIJING (Reuters) - Jamaica's Usain Bolt could run away with a third gold on Friday to complete the Caribbean island's dominance of the Olympic athletics track.
- India's Sania Mirza pulls out of U.S. Open with wrist injury
NEW DELHI - Sania Mirza has pulled out of the U.S. Open due to an ongoing wrist injury that flared at the Olympic Games.
- Prime-Time Metered Market Wednesday Ratings: NBC's Summer Olympics Steamroller Continues
-Ratings Breakdown: Once again, it is all about NBC, with the 2008 Summer Olympics from Beijing at a significant 18.0 rating/29 share in the overnights for the prime-time (8-11 p.m.) portion. Comparably, that beat the four competing networks combined by 75 percent. Here is the half-hour breakdown:
- Rare gold for Portugal as Evora wins men's triple jump
BEIJING (AFP) - Nelson Evora added the Olympic title to his world crown when he won the men's triple jump here on Thursday, handing Portugal its first Olympic gold medal in 12 years.
- Bad day for US at softball, track — and much more
BEIJING - Crystl Bustos rocked slowly from side to side, kicked away some dirt, then started rocking again. As she and her U.S. softball teammates waited to receive their silver medals — yes, silver — the slugger clearly wanted to get this over with.
- China's Chen wins women's 10m platform gold
BEIJING (AFP) - Teenager Chen Ruolin defied last-dive nerves to win the Olympic women's 10m platform diving gold here on Thursday, giving China its seventh gold from seven diving events so far at the Beijing Games.
- NBC trying to keep the Phelps glow
NEW YORK - Trying to keep the Michael Phelps glow, NBC has agreed to televise next year's World Swimming Championships from Rome, along with the 2009, 2010 and 2011 national championships.
- Canada's Lamaze wins individual gold in jump-off
HONG KONG (AFP) - Canada's Eric Lamaze, riding Hickstead, won the individual jumping gold medal Thursday in a dramatic jump-off in searing heat and humidity as Hong Kong waited for Typhoon Nuri to make a direct hit.
- USA down Brazil in extra-time to win women's gold
BEIJING (AFP) - Defending champions United States produced an extra-time winner to claim Olympic gold after a 1-0 win over Brazil in the women's football tournament here on Thursday.
- US, Australian women advance to gold medal final in basketball
BEIJING (AFP) - The US women played their toughest game yet at the Beijing Games, beating Russia 67-52 behind 21 points from Diana Taurasi in a hard-fought and physical semi-final basketball match up Thursday.
- Foreign missionaries defy ban during Olympics
BEIJING - Christian groups who flouted a Chinese ban on foreign missionaries are calling their underground evangelizing during the Olympic Games a success.
- Dalai Lama says 400 Tibetans killed by Chinese since March
PARIS (AFP) - Chinese troops fired on Tibetan protesters this week, as Beijing hosted the Olympics, and 400 people have been killed since unrest erupted in March, the Dalai Lama was quoted as saying in an interview published Thursday.
- US urges free speech after China detains six foreigners
BEIJING (AFP) - The United States called on China Thursday to allow peaceful protests, after Beijing police detained six foreigners amid a wave of demonstrations by pro-Tibet activists during the Olympics.
- Golden nose job for British team plane
LONDON (AFP) - The plane bringing Britain's Olympic team home next week is to get a golden nose job in honour of the record gold medal haul for Team GB in Beijing, British Airways said Thursday.
- Aussies crush China to set-up US title clash
BEIJING (AFP) - Australia used its defensive strength and accurate shooting to humble a spirited China 90-56 on Thursday, advancing to the Olympic Games gold medal match up against a powerful United States.
- US slump into drop zone in Olympic track
BEIJING (AFP) - America's Beijing Olympics campaign blundered into fresh humiliation on Thursday when their much-vaunted sprint squads suffered a relay horror show and Japan broke their traditional domination in softball.
- Canadian Eric Lamaze wins Olympic jumping gold
HONG KONG - Eric Lamaze of Canada has ridden Hickstead to the gold medal in Olympic equestrian individual jumping.
Wednesday Night Olympic Updates: Great TV Ratings 0 comments
A rain delay in Beijing set aside some of the outdoor events today like the BMX races. However, the rain did not stop Women's Beach Volleyball! And the rain can't stop the monster Olympic TV Ratings that NBC is throwing around.
NBC claims that last Saturday night the Michael Phelps swim meet was the highest watch program since 1990.
"Yeah, sure, television ratings have been strong. Average prime time viewership was up 15% during the first nine days compared with the 2004 games in Athens. Why? Two words: Michael Phelps."And how about the online content? Will it eat into the TV lineup?
Experts say "No." In fact, they indicate that it helps the prime time events as people used the online content to fill in at work, while commuting, or in between events. With higher TV ratings and a successful online venture it looks good for upcoming Olympics to broadcast more and more events online.
"As a result, International Olympics officials look forward to an expected sharp jump in revenue from broadcast and sponsorship fees for the 2014 winter games in Sochi, Russia, and the 2016 Summer Games in London. The bulk of broadcast rights for those two games will go out for bid next year.
To the delight of Olympics organizers, broadcasters are finding that as they provide hundreds more hours of Olympics footage to feed streaming video for the internet and even mobile phone screens, it does not eat into television viewership. Instead, people watch Olympics on television while at home, then watch it online while commuting or at work.
"People overall are consuming more media," Lumme said.
At one point in recent days, Lumme said, 1.1 million people in Britain were watching video online of British athletes. NBCOlympics.com, which provides online streaming of video, is receiving 30 times more video views now than during the Athens Games, he added."
Like lightning, Bolt sets record in Olympic 200m
BEIJING - Arms churning high, face twisted in pain as he sprinted toward the finish line, Usain Bolt kept glancing at the clock. The win in the Olympic 200 meters was a given, his second gold medal of the Beijing Games assured. This was now about a world record. About racing against history.
- US tops Australia 116-85 to reach basketball semis
BEIJING - Don't doubt this U.S. men's basketball team — and sure don't challenge them, either. Especially if it's going to make Kobe Bryant flash his NBA MVP form.
BEIJING - Two elderly Chinese women who applied to hold a protest during the Olympics were ordered to spend a year in a labor camp, a relative said Wednesday. Police later squelched a pro-Tibet demonstration.
- US men's volleyball team heads to semifinals
BEIJING - The U.S. men's volleyball team came from behind to defeat Serbia in five sets and remain undefeated in Beijing.
- Afghan medalist wins a house, cheers from country
KABUL, Afghanistan - Noor Ahmad Gayezabi said a silent prayer while watching the small family TV with his 13-year-old son. "Help Nikpai. Help Nikpai. Help Afghanistan."
- Walker wins women's 400-meter hurdles
BEIJING - Melaine Walker of Jamaica has won the gold medal in the women's 400-meter hurdles in an Olympic record.
- US beats Japan 4-1 to make Olympic softball final
BEIJING - Crystl Bustos hit a three-run homer in the ninth inning as the U.S. Olympic softball team beat Japan 4-1 in extra innings and will play for its fourth straight gold medal.
- US men clinch medal, go for gold, in beach v'ball
BEIJING - Americans Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser will play for the gold medal in beach volleyball.
- Ukrainian silver medalist in doping investigation
BEIJING - Lyudmila Blonska of Ukraine is under investigation for a positive doping test and could be stripped of her silver medal in the Olympic heptathlon.
- Tajik boxer who bit foe won't face more sanctions
BEIJING - Dzhakhon Kurbanov, the light heavyweight from Tajikistan who bit his opponent on the shoulder in a quarterfinal bout, won't face additional sanctions or suspension by the International Boxing Association (AIBA).
- Jamaica seek more glory after Bolt double
BEIJING (Reuters) - Jamaica celebrated Usain "Lightning" Bolt's double sprint Olympic victory and set their sights on yet more track glory in China on Thursday.
- Prime-Time Metered Market Tuesday Ratings: NBC's Summer Olympics Blockbuster Continues
-Ratings Breakdown: NBC's Beijing Summer Olympics steamroller continued, with a whopping 18.4 rating/29 share in the overnights for the prime-time (8-11 p.m.) portion. Take a look at the half-hour breakdown:
- National Ratings in Prime-Time: Week of August 11, 2008
Once again, it was all about the Olympics, with the 2008 Games from Beijing leading NBC to an advantage over the five competing networks combined (including MyNetworkTV) of 75 percent in households, 14.76 million viewers, 113 percent in adults 18-49, 110 percent in adults 25-54 and 119 percent among adults 18-34. Comparably, and according to NBC, this is now the fourth most-watched event in U.S. television history behind the games from Atlanta in 1996, Lillehammer in 1994 and Athens in 2004.
- Bolt strikes double gold in sprint with another world record
BEIJING (AFP) - Jamaica's Usain Bolt broke the 200-meter world record Wednesday to complete the first Olympic golden sprint double in 24 years and the first 100-200 twin triumphs to feature two world records.
- More Americans held as China steps up scrutiny
BEIJING (Reuters) - At least eight American blogger-activists and several other foreigners have been detained in Beijing as the government intensifies a crackdown on pro-Tibetan protests in the home stretch of the Olympics, rights groups said on Wednesday.
- Boris heads to Beijing as 2012 campaign kicks off
LONDON (AFP) - London mayor Boris Johnson left for Beijing Wednesday to attend the closing ceremony of the Olympics, where he will formally receive the flame from China for the 2012 Games.
- Britain's Brown to talk human rights with Chinese leaders
LONDON (AFP) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown is to raise human rights issues with Chinese leaders when he attends the Olympic Games in Beijing, he said in a letter released Wednesday.
- King Kobe rules "Bling Dynasty" in China
BEIJING (Reuters) - There is a story about Kobe Bryant once flying into China in a private jet and being unable to get off the plane for fear of being crushed by fans.
- Sprint superman Bolt fulfills childhood dream
BEIJING (AFP) - Double Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt says it will be Thursday - his 22nd birthday - when it finally sinks in he has fulfilled his childhood dream of being a world record-holder in the 200 metres.
- Italy and Russia through to men's Olympic volleyball semis
BEIJING (AFP) - Italy edged Poland 3-2 in a men's volleyball quarter-final thriller at the Beijing Olympic Games on Wednesday.
- UK's Brown to raise human rights with China
ON BOARD FLIGHT TO BEIJING (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown urged China on Wednesday to make more progress on human rights, saying the issue needed to be addressed not only during the Olympic Games.
- US suffer gold medal wipeout
BEIJING (AFP) - United States suffered a gold medal wipe-out on Wednesday after suffering another dismal track and field performance which virtually conceded Olympic Games supremacy to China.
- Coach says he and Phelps will be in business
BALTIMORE - Michael Phelps' coach says he and his record-breaking athlete are extending their partnership from training into business, though the details are fuzzy.
- Jamaica and U.S. set to battle it out in sprints
BEIJING (Reuters) - The latest round of Jamaica's sprint battle with the United States in the women's 200 meters and Jeremy Wariner's 400m clash with fellow American LaShawn Merrit are the highlights of Thursday's athletics program.
- Martina loses 200m silver as US protest upheld
BEIJING (AFP) - Churandy Martina of the Dutch Antilles has been stripped of his Olympic 200m silver medal after the US team's protest that he had run out of his lane was upheld.
- Far from Beijing, Chinese transfixed by Olympics
DONGTAI, China - Perched on a stool beside a roadside fruit stand piled high with melons and pears in farming country north of Shanghai, Meng Zhoucui conceded she's not a big sports fan.
- Jamaica's Bolt breaks 200 mark, gets sprint double
BEIJING - Usain Bolt of Jamaica broke the world record by winning the 200 meters in 19.30 seconds Wednesday night, becoming the first man since Carl Lewis in 1984 to sweep the 100 and 200 gold medals at an Olympics.
- U.S. men to face Argentina in basketball semifinals
BEIJING (Reuters) - The unbeaten United States continued their relentless quest for gold in the men's Olympic basketball tournament by crushing Australia on Wednesday.
- More firsts for China but curtains for Yao
BEIJING (AFP) - China again pushed its sporting boundaries Wednesday by claiming more Olympic firsts, winning its maiden yachting gold medal and booking
Wednesday Olympic Updates; Softball Win 0 comments
US beats Japan 4-1 to make Olympic softball final
BEIJING - Crystl Bustos hit a three-run homer in the ninth inning as the U.S. Olympic softball team beat Japan 4-1 in extra innings and will play for its fourth straight gold medal.- US men clinch medal, go for gold, in beach v'ball
BEIJING - Americans Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser will play for the gold medal in beach volleyball.
- Ukrainian silver medalist in doping investigation
BEIJING - Lyudmila Blonska of Ukraine is under investigation for a positive doping test and could be stripped of her silver medal in the Olympic heptathlon.
- Russian duo repeats gold in synchro swimming
BEIJING - The Russian synchronized swimming duo of Anastasia Davydova and Anastasia Ermakova has repeated as Olympic champions.
- Russia's Larisa Ilchenko wins 10-km swimming race
BEIXIAOYING TOWN, China - Larisa Ilchenko of Russia has won the gold medal in the women's 10-kilometer marathon swim, an event making its Olympic debut.
- Windsurfer Yin wins China's first-ever sail gold
QINGDAO, China - Chinese windsurfer Yin Jian has won the host nation's first-ever Olympic sailing gold medal with a win in the women's RS:X class. Italy's Alessandra Sensini won the silver and Britain's Bryony Shaw scored bronze.
- Shawn Johnson's gold makes for happy Americans
BEIJING - Clear some more space in that pile of pretty Olympic medal boxes. Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin are bringing home more loot, including a gorgeous gold of Johnson's very own.
- Richards, Jones squander chances at Olympic gold
BEIJING - Lolo Jones was supposed to take the Olympic 100-meter hurdles title. Other entrants knew it. Jones knew it. Even told herself so right before the start, mouthing, "I can win this race," when she was introduced to the crowd.
- Olympic 100 champion Bolt qualifies for 200 final
BEIJING - Jamaica's Usain Bolt has won his semifinal in the 200 meters, moving closer to becoming the first man since Carl Lewis in 1984 to sweep the Olympic sprint titles.
- US women beat South Korea to reach Olympic semis
BEIJING - Sylvia Fowles and the U.S. women's basketball team were too big for South Korea to handle. Fowles scored 26 points and grabbed 14 rebounds to lead the U.S. to a 104-60 rout of South Korea on Tuesday night and advance to the semifinals of women's basketball.
- Sushil Kumar wins bronze in wrestling
BEIJING (Reuters) - India's Sushil Kumar won the bronze medal in the men's 66kg freestyle wrestling event at the Beijing Olympics on Wednesday.
- First high-profile drugs case hits Games
BEIJING (AFP) - Ukraine's heptathlon silver medallist Liudmyla Blonska has failed a drugs test, the IOC confirmed Wednesday as the first high-profile doping failure hit the Beijing Olympics on the 13th day.
- Turkey's Sahin wins wrestling gold at 66 kg
BEIJING - World champion Ramazan Sahin of Turkey has won the Olympic freestyle wrestling gold medal at 66 kilograms by scoring a tight victory over Andriy Stadnik of Ukraine.
- New sports debut as world tunes in
BEIJING (Reuters) - Digital media and dazzling sport have won unprecedented ratings, Olympics bosses said on Wednesday as they debuted two events aimed at the young and adventurous.
- Saytiev wins third freestyle wrestling gold
BEIJING - Russia's Buvaysa Saytiev has won a record-tying third Olympic freestyle gold medal.
- Tajik boxer who bit foe won't face more sanctions
BEIJING - Dzhakhon Kurbanov, the light heavyweight from Tajikistan who bit his opponent on the shoulder in a quarterfinal bout, won't face additional sanctions or suspension by the International Boxing Association (AIBA).
- Five Americans held as China steps up scrutiny
BEIJING (Reuters) - Five American blogger-activists and a foreign artist have been detained in Beijing as the government intensifies a crackdown on pro-Tibetan protests in the home stretch of the Olympics, rights groups said on Wednesday.
- Italy and Russia through to men's Olympic volleyball semis
BEIJING (AFP) - Italy edged Poland 3-2 in a men's volleyball quarter-final thriller at the Beijing Olympic Games on Wednesday.
- China detains six US pro-Tibet activists at Olympics
BEIJING (AFP) - China has detained six American pro-Tibet activists, including an artist who planned to project a giant laser beam onto a Beijing building at the Olympics, a group said Wednesday.
- Dominant USA into Olympic softball final
BEIJING (AFP) - A dominant United States ensured their place in the last Olympic softball final ahead of the sport being dumped from the Games by beating Japan 4-1 Wednesday.
- Elderly women to be 're-educated' for Olympic protest: son
BEIJING (AFP) - Two elderly Chinese women who applied to demonstrate at official Olympic protest zones have been ordered to serve one year each of reeducation through labour, a close relative said Wednesday.
- Don't laugh at Dear Leader, SKorean athletes warned
BEIJING (AFP) - South Korean Olympic athletes have been given detailed guidelines to avoid friction with their North Korean counterparts in Beijing, officials said Wednesday.
- 2 women sentenced to labor for wanting to protest
BEIJING - Chinese authorities have ordered two elderly women to spend one year in a labor camp after they applied to hold a protest during the Beijing Olympics against being forced from their homes, a relative said Wednesday.
- New Zealand's Ashley wins men's windsurfing gold
QINGDAO, China - New Zealand windsurfer Tom Ashley has won the gold medal in the men's RS:X class, while France's Julien Bontemps has taken the silver and Israel's Shahar Zubari the bronze.
- Press giddy over gold medal haul
LONDON (AFP) - Newspapers were positively giddy Wednesday morning after "Team GB" won four gold medals, celebrating the country's unexpected levels of success in Beijing.
- Brazil beach volleyball champs out of semis
BEIJING (Reuters) - Defending champions Ricardo Santos and Emanuel Rego were knocked out of the Olympic beach volleyball on Wednesday, leaving fellow Brazilians Marcio Araujo and Fabio Luiz Magalhaes to play the U.S. favorites for gold.
- No mercy as Cuba Olympic baseball team crush China
BEIJING (AFP) - Cuba crushed China 17-1 in Olympic baseball on Wednesday with the trouncing called to a halt in the seventh inning under the sport's mercy rule.
- Post-Olympic clamp on Muslim Xinjiang possible
URUMQI, China - As police with riot clubs patrolled nearby, a merchant whispered that he feared a sweeping crackdown in China's northwestern Muslim region once the Olympic spotlight fades.
- Russia's Ilchenko wins women's Olympics 10km marathon swim
BEIJING (AFP) - Russia's Larisa Ilchenko won the gold medal for the Olympic Games women's 10 kilometres marathon swim here on Wednesday in a time of 1 hour 59.27 minutes.
- Olympic and world taekwondo champs on course for semi clash
BEIJING (AFP) - Taiwan's defending Olympic champion Chu Mu-yen and world champion Juan Antonio Ramos of Spain stayed on course for a high-profile -58kg semi-final clash at the Beijing Games Wednesday.
Tuesday Olympic Updates: Shawn Johnson Goes for Gold 0 comments
Shawn Johnson wins gold in balance beam
BEIJING - Shawn Johnson finally got her Olympic gold medal in the last event of the women's competition Tuesday night, the balance beam.- Americans, Jamaicans advance easily in women's 200
BEIJING - It was a long wait for Allyson Felix. It felt every bit as long for Muna Lee. Felix, Lee and American teammate Marshevet Hooker easily made it through the first round of 200-meter Olympic qualifying Tuesday morning by winning their heats.
- American whiz kid Cejudo wins Olympic gold
BEIJING - Henry Cejudo, the 21-year-old wrestling prodigy who had wrestled in only one world-level senior tournament before Beijing, has won the Olympic gold medal in men's freestyle 55-kilogram wrestling.
- Walsh, May-Treanor in beach v'ball gold medal game
BEIJING - The smile returned to Kerri Walsh's face long before the match was officially over, and the player known as "Six Feet of Sunshine" was back to her usual, bubbly self.
- Hoy wins men's track cycling sprint gold
BEIJING - Britain's Chris Hoy has taken his third gold medal of the Beijing Olympics, beating teammate Jason Kenny in the men's track cycling sprint.
- China's Li wins parallel bars gold
BEIJING - Li Xiaopeng has dominated the parallel bars — and the competition — winning the sixth gold medal in gymnastics for the Chinese men in the Beijing Olympics.
- Pendleton wins women's track cycling sprint gold
BEIJING - Britain's Victoria Pendleton has beaten Australia's Anna Meares for the gold medal in the women's track cycling sprint.
- American Tunnicliffe wins Laser Radial sail gold
QINGDAO, China - American Anna Tunnicliffe has won the Olympic gold medal in Laser Radial sailing after coming from behind in the final medal race to finish second and secure the top spot on overall points.
- China's He Chong leads men's 3-meter diving semis
BEIJING - He Chong is ahead after the semifinal round of men's 3-meter springboard, putting China in position to win its sixth diving gold medal of the Beijing Olympics.
- Argentina wins gold in the track cycling madison
BEIJING - Argentina's Juan Esteban Curuchet and Walter Fernando Perez have won the gold medal in the men's madison, their nation's first track cycling medal of the Beijing Olympics.
- Zou Kai wins seventh men's gold for China
BEIJING - China's gymnastics gold run concluded with, what else, another Olympic championship as Zou Kai won the high bar Tuesday night.
- Nigeria into Olympic football final
SHANGHAI (AFP) - A goal in the first half and three in the second put African powerhouse Nigeria into the Olympic football final Tuesday as they thrashed minnows Belgium 4-1.
- China's Liu apologises, vows to rise again
BEIJING (AFP) - Chinese athletics hero Liu Xiang made an emotional apology Tuesday to his fans for pulling out of the Olympics with an "unbearable" foot injury, while vowing to rise again.
- Bolt advances in 200 meters; US woman wins discus
BEIJING - Usain Bolt served up a speedy reminder Monday night that despite losing one of the Beijing Games' biggest attractions, there's still plenty to look forward to in Olympic track and field.
- Cyclist Hoy beats Kenny to Olympic sprint gold
BEIJING (AFP) - Britain's Chris Hoy won Olympic gold in the men's track cycling sprint final Tuesday after beating teammate Jason Kenny.
- China's medal haul dulls pain of Liu exit
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's seemingly unassailable medal haul and cleanest air in a decade helped dull the host nation's pain on Tuesday over the injury to track idol Liu Xiang.
- Cyclist Pendleton adds sprint gold to Britain's haul
BEIJING (AFP) - Victoria Pendleton of Britain grabbed her first Olympic gold after dominating Anna Meares of Australia over two legs of the women's sprint final here Tuesday.
- Jones leads US charge on China's medal stranglehold
BEIJING (AFP) - Lolo Jones leads a United States charge to build Olympic momentum Tuesday as China maintain their stranglehold on the medals table, poised to replace the United States as the global sports power.
- Russia's Batirov wins 60 kg freestyle wrestling
BEIJING - Mavlet Batirov of Russia has won the Olympic 60-kilogram freestyle wrestling gold, defeating Vasyl Fedoryshyn of Ukraine at 60 kilograms.
- Britain's Goodison wins Laser yachting gold
BEIJING (AFP) - Britain's Paul Goodison won the Laser yachting gold medal at the Beijing Games on Tuesday.
- Sailor gives US gold as track battle looms
BEIJING (AFP) - British-born Anna Tunnicliffe gave America an Olympic sailing title on Tuesday in a rare moment in the spotlight before the US team switches its attention to chasing track and field gold.
- Cejudo wins freestlye wrestling gold
BEIJING (Reuters) - Henry Cejudo gave the United States its first wrestling gold medal of the Olympic Games on Tuesday with a clinical victory over Japan's Tomohiro Matsunaga in the men's 55kg freestyle.
- Barbs heat up as Aussie-Brit rivalry boils over
BEIJING (AFP) - Few rivalries in sport match Australia and Britain and the barbs have started flying here, where the Brits could beat their Aussie cousins on the Olympic medal table for the first time in 20 years.
- Nepal's new Maoist PM to attend Olympics close
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal's new Maoist prime minister will travel to Beijing to attend the closing ceremony of the Olympics, a government official said on Tuesday, in what would be his first trip abroad as the country's leader.
- Cricket chief reveals Champions Trophy concerns
BEIJING (AFP) - World cricket's leading administrator has said the "perilously close" start of next month's Champions Trophy in Pakistan made the ongoing uncertainty over the tournament a "concern".
- U.S. and Dutch into women's water polo final
BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States battled its way into the final of the Olympic women's waterpolo on Tuesday with a 9-8 victory over arch-rival Australia.
- Scotland and England cyclists vie for sprint gold
BEIJING (AFP) - Britain are set for another track cycling gold medal later on Tuesday when teammates Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny meet in the final of the men's sprint.
Monday Olympic Updates: Liu Xiang hurt 0 comments
- He edges Liukin on uneven bars
BEIJING - China's He Kexin has won a tiebreaker over all-around champion Nastia Liukin of the United States for the uneven bars gold medal Monday at the Beijing Olympics.
- Bolt advances in 200m; US woman wins discus
BEIJING - Usain Bolt served up a speedy reminder Monday night that despite losing one of the Beijing Games' biggest attractions, there's still plenty to look forward to in Olympic track and field.
- China men 5-for-5: Chen wins rings
BEIJING - Chen Yibing has extended China's perfect run of gold in men's gymnastics by winning the still rings competition.
- Golden boy Michael Phelps eager for his own bed
BEIJING - Michael Phelps kept every swimsuit, every cap, every pair of goggles he wore during nine magical days at the Water Cube. Every memory will be savored, too, from goofing off with his U.S. teammates to bowing his head not one, not two, but eight times to receive a gold medal at the Beijing Games.
- Dalhauser, Rogers of US in beach v'ball final 4
BEIJING - Americans Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser are in the beach volleyball final four after beating Germany 21-13, 25-23.
- Hammer crashes out of Olympic cycling points race
BEIJING - Sarah Hammer crashed out of the Olympic women's cycling points race Monday, falling after two racers clipped wheels in front of her and caused a pileup.
- Australian win both mens and woman's 470 sailing
QINGDAO, China - Australia has scored double gold in Olympic sailing with wins in the men's and women's 470 class.
- Snowsill runs away with women's triathlon
BEIJING - Emma Snowsill of Australia has won the Olympic women's triathlon, pulling away toward the beginning of the 10-kilometer run to finish over a minute ahead of the field.
- Denmark's Warrer and Ibsen win 49er sailing gold
QINGDAO, China - Denmark's Jonas Warrer and Martin Kirketerp Ibsen are now the official winners of the 49er skiff gold medal in sailing after protests against their winning race delayed the result by nearly a day.
- China beats Germany for table tennis team gold
BEIJING - China has defeated Germany 3-0 to win the gold medal in the men's team table tennis event.
- Brit cyclists reap gold, smash records in Beijing
BEIJING (AFP) - Britain's greedy team of track cycling stars continued to sweep up Olympic medals here Monday, smashing their own world record on their way to ending a 100-year wait for Olympic team pursuit gold.
- China's He wins gold in trampoline
BEIJING - China's He Wenna has won the gold medal in women's trampoline, wowing the home crowd with her flips and twists.
- Liu injury darkens China's brightest Games
BEIJING (AFP) - Chinese superstar Liu Xiang sensationally pulled out of the 110m hurdles heats injured Monday, putting a huge dampener on China's celebrations at achieving their most successful Olympics.
- Brit cyclists smash team pursuit world record in Beijing
BEIJING (AFP) - Britain smashed their own world record in a time of 3min 53.314sec to end a 100-year wait for Olympic team pursuit gold here on Monday.
- Bolt cruises into 200m Olympic semi-finals
BEIJING (AFP) - Jamaica's Usain Bolt, searching for an elusive Olympic sprint double, cruised into the semi-finals of the men's 200m here on Monday in another effortless display of sprinting.
- Brown Trafton wins discus
BEIJING (Reuters) - Stephanie Brown Trafton hurled her way to women's Olympic discus gold on Monday to claim the title for the United States for the first time in 76 years.
- Aramnau wins weightlifting gold, breaks 3 records
BEIJING - Andrei Aramnau of Belarus broke three heavyweight world records to win his country's first Olympic gold in weightlifting.
- BEIJING BEAT: Embattled nations savor Olympics
BEIJING - An Iraqi sprinter whose coach had to bribe militiamen so she could train. A Palestinian swimmer unable to use the Olympic-size pool nearest her home. A pioneering runner from war-wracked Afghanistan who placed last in the 100 meters.
- China has not approved Olympic protest requests
BEIJING - Chinese authorities have not approved any of the 77 applications they received from people who wanted to hold protests during the Beijing Olympics, state media reported Monday.
- China weeps as main track hope limps out
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese fans were stunned into silence and tears as national hero and 110 meters hurdles Olympic champion Liu Xiang hobbled out of the Games injured on Monday.
- Brazil crush Germany to make Olympic final
SHANGHAI (AFP) - Brazil came from a goal down to stun Germany 4-1 Monday and book a place in the women's Olympic decider, avenging their painful defeat to the European powerhouse in last year's World Cup final.
- Brown Trafton wins women's discus
BEIJING - Stephanie Brown Trafton of the United States has won the Olympic gold medal in the women's discus throw.
- Poland's Blanik wins tiebreaker in vault
BEIJING - Leszek Blanik of Poland won a tiebreaker over France's Thomas Bouhail in men's vault at the Beijing Olympics on Sunday night.
- Britain's Whitaker ruled out of Olympics jumping final
HONG KONG (AFP) - Britain's show jumping medal hopes were dealt a blow Monday when the anchor of the team was ruled ineligible to compete.
- China's Liu bows out without running Olympic race
BEIJING - In any other city, at any other stadium, under any other circumstances, Liu Xiang might not have shown up at all.
- U.S. beats Germany in contentious volleyball quarter
BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. world champions Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser beat Germany in a tight and contentious match on Monday, winning a place in the semi-finals of the Olympic beach volleyball.
- Overseas-based athletes boost Africa at Games
BEIJING (Reuters) - Overseas funding and training has boosted the number of medals that have gone to African athletes at the Beijing Olympics.
- Britain wins team pursuit in Olympic cycling
BEIJING - Britain has won the men's team pursuit gold medal at the Laoshan Velodrome, knocking nearly two seconds off the world record it set a day earlier.
- Unfancied U.S. storms into water polo semis
BEIJING (Reuters) - Surprise package the United States pulled off a stunning 8-7 victory over Germany on Monday to reach the final four of the men's Olympic water polo tournament for the first
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