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Curtain comes down on Beijing Olympics as baton passes to London

Curtain comes down on Beijing Olympics as baton passes to London

Olympics › Monday 25th August, 07:06 AM JST

BEIJING — A celebrity ensemble, featuring guitar legend Jimmy Page of the rock band Led Zeppelin, electrified the audience at the Bird's Nest national stadium on Sunday…

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London takes on Olympic mantle with quirky party

Olympics › 01:41 AM JST - 25th August

LONDON — Pop stars, choirs, dancing policemen and a boisterous singalong to "We Are The Champions." After the orderly precision of the Beijing Olympics, it was time…

Rogge says Olympics opened up China

Olympics › 11:32 PM JST - 24th August

BEIJING — Giving the Summer Games to China proved to be the right thing to do and will pay benefits beyond sports, the International Olympic Committee said…

Phelps looking ahead to 2012 Olympics

Olympics › 09:44 PM JST - 24th August

LONDON — Look out London, Michael Phelps is coming to the 2012 Games and he's thinking about adding even more events to his repertoire. The Beijing Olympics…

U.S. beats Spain for men's basketball gold

Olympics › 08:25 PM JST - 24th August

BEIJING — The United States won the gold medal in Olympic men's basketball Sunday with a 118-107 victory over Spain. Culminating a three-year mission to end years…

U.S. wins gold medal in men's volleyball

Olympics › 04:25 PM JST - 24th August

BEIJING — The U.S. men's volleyball team won the Olympic gold medal Sunday, defeating defending champion Brazil to complete a perfect run through a tournament shadowed by…

Rogge: London should play up its diversity

Olympics › 03:53 PM JST - 24th August

BEIJING — IOC president Jacques Rogge has urged organizers of the 2012 London Olympics to top Beijing -- not by bigger venues or more volunteers, but by…

Kenya's Wanjiru wins men's marathon; Japan's Ogata 13th

Olympics › 01:23 PM JST - 24th August

BEIJING — Kenya's Samuel Wanjiru set a new Olympic record to win the men's marathon while Japan's Tsuyoshi Ogata could only manage 13th place on the final…

South Korea wins gold in baseball

Olympics › 06:42 AM JST - 24th August

BEIJING — South Korea captured the gold medal with the country's biggest win yet in international baseball, a 3-2 victory over defending champion Cuba on Saturday night…

Aussie diver prevents Chinese from golden sweep

Olympics › 02:29 AM JST - 24th August

BEIJING — Matthew Mitcham of Australia, earning four perfect 10s on his last dive, won the men's 10-meter platform in an upset Saturday night that prevented China…