Summer Olympics: Latest News, Pictures & Videos

A family tradition for the Phelps: Swimming, winning and water safety
8/16/12 4:38 PM
One of the many in the stands in London cheering Michael Phelps toward victory will be his sister, Hilary, who has her own accomplished track record of swimming and teaching water safety.
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Next stop: Sochi in Winter 2014
8/13/12 8:41 AM
The idea of holding the Winter Olympics in Sochi once seemed as much of a long shot as a gold medal for Jamaica's bobsledders - a city that few outside Russia had ever heard of.
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Mexico upends Brazil for shocking gold medal
8/11/12 12:20 PM
Oribe Peralta scored only 29 seconds into the Olympic final and added another goal in the second half to help Mexico upset Brazil 2-1 and win its first soccer gold Saturday.
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Spain, U.S. headed for men's basketball rematch?
8/10/12 2:32 PM
Jose Calderon scored 14 points and Pau Gasol added 16 as Spain rallied for a 67-59 win in the men's Olympic basketball tournament over Russia on Friday, setting up a potential second straight final against the U.S.
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Bolt cements status as world's fastest man
8/9/12 4:16 PM
Usain Bolt won the 200 meters in 19.32 seconds Thursday night to become the first man with two Olympic titles at that distance.
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Pistorius, South Africa win appeal, heat to 4x400 final
8/9/12 10:30 AM
Oscar Pistorius will get another chance to run at the Olympics after South Africa won an appeal to advance to the 4x400-meter relay final despite a crash in the heat.
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Two years after gender test, Semenya races toward goal
8/8/12 10:21 AM
In 2010, South African runner Caster Semenya endured public scrutiny after she had to go under a gender test to verify that she was a woman. With that behind her, she's now advancing in the 800-meter competition.

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Raisman captures bronze in women's beam, Douglas 7th
8/7/12 11:02 AM
A day after she finished last in the uneven bars individual competition, U.S. gymnast Gabby Douglas scuffled again Wednesday, falling and finishing 7th in the beam. Aly Raisman, though, captured the bronze.
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Magnificent Morgan: OT goal sends U.S. women to soccer final
8/7/12 8:47 AM
With perhaps just 30 seconds to play until a penalty shootout, Alex Morgan's header found the back of the goal to give the United States a stunning 4-3 victory over Canada and a berth in the gold medal game.

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Gold medal-winning shot putter stripped of gold
8/15/12 9:40 AM
Just hours after the close of the Olympics, Nadzeya Ostapchuk, a female shot putter from Belarus was stripped of her gold Monday in the first case of an athlete losing a medal for doping at the London Games.
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The latest medal count from London
8/11/12 5:52 PM
Check here for the most up-to-date medal count from the Olympic Games in London.
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Russians steal show in rhythmic gymnastics
8/11/12 11:51 AM
Evgeniya Kanaeva found something besides sparkles and sequins to help her stand out from the competition. A second Olympic gold medal.
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U.S. beats Japan in women's soccer final
8/9/12 4:37 PM
The U.S. team has won three consecutive Olympic titles and four of five since women's soccer was introduced at the 1996 Atlanta Games.

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U.S. women's hoops powers into gold medal game
8/9/12 2:01 PM
Tina Charles and Diana Taurasi scored 14 points apiece and the U.S. women's basketball team advanced to the gold medal game with a decisive win over Australia.
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Dashing to gold: Felix nabs women's 200-meter victory
8/8/12 4:14 PM
Allyson Felix of the U.S. finally got her Olympic gold in the 200 meters Wednesday night, overtaking two-time 100 champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica
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Raisman grabs gold in floor exercise
8/7/12 12:32 PM
Just an hour after winning the bronze medal in the women's beam competition, the Massachusetts native brought home her second gold medal of these Olympic games with a win in the floor exercise.
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Olympics 2012: Kirani James wins Grenada's first Olympic medal
8/7/12 9:58 AM
The island of Grenada has erupted in celebration over the small Caribbean nation's first-ever Olympic medal, a gold in the men's 400-meter final. The tiny nation's government has declared Tuesday a holiday to celebrate.
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American judo fighter expelled for positive cannabis test
8/6/12 11:10 AM
American judo fighter Nicholas Delpopolo has been expelled from the London Olympics after testing positive for cannabis.
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