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Reuters
| 10 months ago
Topics The U.S. team poses with their gold medals after their win over Spain in their Women's Gold Medal water polo match during the London 2012 Olympic Games August 9, 2012. The U.S. won the country's first gold medal in women's water polo, going...
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Reuters
| 10 months ago
Topics Montenegro's Bojana Popovic celebrates after scoring a goal against Spain during their women's semi-final match at the Basketball Arena during the London 2012 Olympic Games August 9, 2012. Olympic handball debutants Montenegro beat Spain 27-26...
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Ledger-Enquirer
| 10 months ago
Christian Taylor won the Olympic triple jump gold medal Thursday night, overtaking U.S. teammate Will Claye with his fourth jump in the final. Taylor, the world champion, earned the Olympic title with a best jump of 17.81 meters. Claye, the world...
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Seattle Post Intelligencer
| 10 months ago
Closing in on an Olympic medal three years after being forced to undergo gender tests, Caster Semenya of South Africa won her 800-meter semifinal heat in 1 minute, 57.67 seconds on Thursday night. The final is Saturday and will include defending...
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Japan Times
| 10 months ago
Staff writer There's so many events going on at the same time, that the only consistent thought swirling through my head on the topic is this: I wish I could be going to (fill in the blank), too...Usain Bolt was vying make history on the track,...
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Japan Times
| 10 months ago
Japan coach Norio Sasaki has indicated he will step down after Thursday's women's soccer final against the United States at the London Olympics. "I feel fortunate to have coached this national team during its growth periods," Sasaki told a news...
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Associated Press
| 10 months ago
The unbeaten U.S. women's volleyball team will get another chance at its first gold medal. The Americans advanced to the Olympic final with a straight-set victory over South Korea on Thursday. The team will play for the title Saturday against the...
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Reuters
| 10 months ago
Topics Russia's team are seen underwater as they perform in the synchronised swimming teams technical routine competition during the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Aquatics Centre August 9, 2012. A routine playing on folk themes and military music...
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The Guardian
| 10 months ago
Saudi Arabia's first female Olympic athlete hails progress - video Sarah Attar, the first Saudi Arabian track and field athlete at the Olympic Games, says just being allowed to compete could be inspiring for women in ultra-conservative Saudi Arabia.
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Israel National News
| 10 months ago
Israel allocated an unprecedented budget towards Olympic team preparations, but Israeli gymnast, archer, judokas and windsurfers didn't make the finals.
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Reuters
| 10 months ago
Topics Britain's Andy Murray holds his gold medal during the presentation ceremony after winning the men's singles tennis gold medal match against Switzerland's Roger Federer at the All England Lawn Tennis Club during the London 2012 Olympic Games...
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Reuters
| 10 months ago
Topics Jamaica's Usain Bolt (L) runs to take first place next to South Africa's Anaso Jobodwana in their men's 200m semi-final during the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium August 8, 2012. Usain Bolt's bid for an unprecedented Olympic...
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Reuters
| 10 months ago
Topics Argentina's Manu Ginobili (C) grabs the rebound with teammates Luis Scola (L) and Juan Gutierrez during their men's quarterfinal basketball match against Brazil at the North Greenwich Arena in London during the London 2012 Olympic Games August...
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Zee News
| 10 months ago
It was the 24th gold medal that China won at the Olympic table tennis competition since its national sport was introduced at the 1988 Seoul Games, reports Xinhua...South Korea`s Ryu Seung-Min, the Athens singles champion, and won the opening match 3-...
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Reuters
| 10 months ago
Topics Norway's Andreas Thorkildsen competes in his men's javelin throw qualification during the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium August 8, 2012. Andreas Thorkildsen has been dogged by injuries this season but the return to the stage...
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Kuwait Times
| 10 months ago
It remains in all meanings of games , that there must be high spirit , honor and participation. There were some players , who started to apologize to their nations or go deep into sorrow , when they lost after the pressures of their teams,...
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Taiwan News
| 10 months ago
Argentina's men's volleyball team is a family affair, with four players related to Olympic bronze-medal winners in 1988. So the talent was there to win another medal at the London Games, but the Argentines were eliminated after losing to fierce rival...
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Kansas City Star
| 10 months ago
China delivered one of its most pressure-packed gold medals of the London Olympics on Wednesday, completing the sweep of all four table tennis titles with a victory 3-0 over South Korea in the men's team final.The sweep was expected, and anything...
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Russia Today
| 10 months ago
The London 2012 Olympic Museum is the only place where it's possible. Welcome to a journey where the whole history of the Olympics is available. You can get to see artefacts belonging to athletes who competed thousands of years ago, to pictures...
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Reuters
| 10 months ago
Topics Brazil's players celebrate defeating Argentina in their men's quarterfinal volleyball match at Earls Court during the London 2012 Olympic Games August 8, 2012. Passions ran high at London's Earls Court on Wednesday as the latest chapter of one...
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Christian Science Monitor
| 10 months ago
Russia's sports minister warned of 'disciplinary decisions' in response to a fifth-place overall standing at London 2012. About a fifth of Russians say the Olympics were a 'complete failure' for Russia.
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Reuters
| 10 months ago
Topics Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva kisses her bronze medal during the women's pole vault victory ceremony at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium August 7, 2012. Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva will try to regain her Olympic...
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Reuters
| 10 months ago
Topics Hungary's Mate Lekai celebrates scoring the last goal for Hungary in their men's handball quarterfinals match against Iceland at the Basketball Arena during the London 2012 Olympic Games August 8, 2012. Hungary pipped Beijing silver medalists...
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International Herald Tribune
| 10 months ago
The women's soccer final between the United States and Japan will smash the Olympic women's attendance record on Thursday after a frenzied buying spree for tickets for the gold medal decider at Wembley. A crowd of at least 83,000 is guaranteed after...
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The Local
| 10 months ago
59 CET Double click on a word to get a translation Online: http://www.thelocal.se/42496/20120808/ Sweden is currently in 30th place in the medal table after having only won seven medals at the Olympic Games...After having won seven medals (one gold,...
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BBC
| 10 months ago
The team's swimmers, skeet shooting competitor and 100m entrant also failed to get past qualifying rounds. The country's athletes have won 10 Olympic medals over 64 years at the games but have not brought home a medal since the 1992 Barcelona Games.
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Reuters
| 10 months ago
Topics Iran's Behdad Salimikordasiabi (R) and compatriot Sajjad Anoushiravani Hamlabad celebrate with their natinoal flag winning gold and silver respectively at the end of their men's +105kg Group A weightlifting competition at the ExCel venue...
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The Hindu
| 10 months ago
Only Mexico stands in the way of its first Olympic gold in football. Brazil moved a step closer to winning the elusive medal by beating South Korea 3-0 on Tuesday and reaching the final of the men's Olympic tournament for the first time in 24 years.
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National Public Radio
| 10 months ago
The American women's water polo team will again chase an elusive gold medal, this time at the London Olympics. The team qualified for the gold medal match by defeating longtime Olympic rival Australia. Tied after regular time expired, the Americans...
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Ledger-Enquirer
| 10 months ago
China won another gold medal in a sport it dominates like no other, taking the women's team table tennis title Tuesday with a 3-0 victory against Japan. Despite the loss, Japan won the silver for its first medal of any color in table tennis at the...
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Zee News
| 10 months ago
I went to London with a belief of winning a medal and I was able to achieve what. An Olympic medal was the reason started playing at the age of nine," said Saina Tuesday at the felicitation ceremony organised in her honour. Saina became the first...
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Zee News
| 10 months ago
The Indian hockey team would like to end their forgettable campaign on a positive note as they take on Belgium in their last match at London Olympics 2012. The 8-time gold medal winners India are the only team among 12 competing in these Olympic...
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Zee News
| 10 months ago
Speaking to reporters after she received a rousing welcome at her hometown, Hyderabad, Saina said, I am really happy to be back with a medal. It was a great dream; I actually did what I believed in With a reassuring smile on her lips, Saina said that...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 10 months ago
Describing Saina Nehwal as a 'phenomenal', her coach Pullela Gopichand today said if Saina had not won the Olympic medal, his life would have been incomplete. Saina and Gopichand returned here from London to a warm welcome. "Without this medal, I...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 10 months ago
The enormity of her achievement has gradually started sinking in but for Saina Nehwal, who is 'jumping with joy inside', it still feels like a dream that she stood on podium, receiving an Olympic medal. The Indian badminton queen, as she is known now...
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Reuters
| 10 months ago
Topics Kevin Durant (C) of the U.S. reacts after a dunk against Argentina during their men's preliminary round Group A basketball match at the Basketball Arena during the London 2012 Olympic Games August 6, 2012. The U.S. men's basketball team pulled...
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Christian Science Monitor
| 10 months ago
One of the world's least populated countries at around 15 million, Kazakhstan is No...That would belong to Kazakhstan , the ninth largest country in the world, and one of the least populated countries at around 15 million people.
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United Press International
| 10 months ago
Kirani James of Grenada won the Olympic gold medal Monday in the men's 400-meter dash. Luguelin Santos of the Dominican Republic took the silver and Lalonde Gordon of Trinadad and Tobago captured the bronze. The victory by James gave Grenada its...
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Japan Times
| 10 months ago
More offensive fireworks were on display at the basketball venue this time courtesy of the U.S. women. The Americans tied their Olympic scoring mark in a 114-66 rout of China on Sunday and set a couple of other U.S. records along the way. Just days...
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Zee News
| 10 months ago
China`s Ma Long defeated Germany`s Dimitrij Ovtcharov, London Olympic bronze medallist, 3-1 in the first singles match. Germany`s Timo Boll, who failed to enter the men`s singles quarter-finals, beat China`s Zhang Jike, the new Olympic singles gold...
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Celebrity Gossip
| 10 months ago
While the 2012 London Olympic Games has been filled with amazing displays of athleticism all the way around, the men's 100-meter dash was a highlight thanks to Usain Bolt . The 25-year-old Jamaican sprinter set an Olympic record of 9.63 seconds which...
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Taiwan News
| 10 months ago
The Olympics changed Wimbledon, which became a more lively, colorful place, from the purple backstops to tennis outfits of every hue. And Wimbledon changed Olympic tennis, too, raising the profile of an event that has long operated in the shadows of...
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Zee News
| 10 months ago
I think this is as good as I could do during these championships. Andy was much better than I was today in many aspects of the game...I won Wimbledon, became World No.1 again, and I got silver," Federer was quoted as saying Sunday by Xinhua. "I am...
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DAWN
| 10 months ago
Photo by Reuters Jamaica's Usain Bolt celebrates after winning the men's 100m final at the athletics event. - Photo by AFP Gold medallists Serena Williams (center, L) and her sister Venus Williams of the U.S. are flanked by silver medallists Andrea...
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Zee News
| 10 months ago
Abhinav Bindra bowed out of the London Olympics by failing to qualify for the final round in men's 10m Air Rifle event. He thus missed the chance of becoming the first Indian to win two straight individual Olympic medals. The honour now is up for...
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San Diego Union-Tribune
| 10 months ago
35 p.m., Aug. 5, 2012 Britain's Andy Murray, left, talks with Switzerland's Roger Federer after the men's singles gold medal match at the All England Lawn Tennis Club at Wimbledon, in London, at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012.
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GMA News
| 10 months ago
Roger Federer missed out on bagging an elusive Olympic tennis singles gold to complete his vast trophy collection, but the 17-time grand slam champion doesn't want any sympathy. Federer, who goes home with silver after a 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 thrashing at...
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GMA News
| 10 months ago
Belarussian mixed doubles duo Victoria Azarenka and Max Mirnyi silenced the Centre Court crowd at Wimbledon on Sunday when they beat men's champion Andy Murray and partner Laura Robson to win the first Olympic mixed doubles medal tournament since...
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Augusta Daily Gazette
| 10 months ago
Jamaica's Usain Bolt was able to win his second consecutive Olympic gold medal in the 100-meter dash by beating out a star-studded field on Sunday in London with an Olympic-record time of 9.63 seconds. Yohan Blake coasted in behind Bolt to win the...
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GMA News
| 10 months ago
For Britain's Andy Murray every cloud has a golden lining. Four weeks after the Scot cried his eyes out after losing to Switzerland's majestic Roger Federer in his first Wimbledon final, he returned to a sunlit Centre Court to exact sweet revenge...
