Olympics
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Golden girls no more: China beats Americans
Aug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - BEIJING _ China upset the error-prone United States in the women's gymnastics team final at the Beijing Olympics on Wednesday. China's score of 188.9 points was more tha...
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Rice wins another IM gold
Aug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - BEIJING ) -- Stephanie Rice of Australia has won the 200-meter individual medley at the Beijing Olympics, lowering her own world record and adding to her victory in the ...
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U.S. softball team powers past Australia
Aug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - BEIJING -- The U.S. Olympic softball team was not about to go down under. Cat Osterman pitched a no-hitter, Crystl Bustos belted a two-run homer and the Americans extend...
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Federer avenges Olympic defeat
Aug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - BEIJING -- Signaling his recent tailspin may be over, Roger Federer avenged a defeat four years ago at the Olympics by beating Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic 6-3, 7...
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Spain's Olympic basketball team defends controversial photo
Aug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - BEIJING -- Players on Spain's Olympic basketball team defended a photo in an ad showing the players using their fingers to apparently make their eyes look more Chinese. ...
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U.S. men's soccer done after loss to Nigeria
Aug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - BEIJING -- Promise Isaac and Victor Obinna scored to lead Nigeria over a short-handed United States team 2-1 Wednesday, earning a place in the quarterfinals of the Olymp...
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Leslie perfect as U.S. routs Mali in women's hoops
Aug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - BEIJING -- Lisa Leslie set a U.S. Olympic record going 7-for-7 from the field as the women's team continued its unblemished run through the Beijing Games with a 97-41 vi...
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18-year-old U.S. wrestler loses
Aug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Eighteen-year-old Jake Deitchler, the youngest U.S. Olympic wrestler in 32 years, dropped his opening-round match, then lost again in the repechage round of the Greco-Ro...
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U.S. cyclist wins gold
Aug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Kristin Armstrong became the second American female cyclist to win an Olympic gold, beating Britain's Emma Pooley in the road time trial. Armstrong joined only Connie Ca...
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Germans take gold in team, individual equestrian events
Aug 11, 2008 11:00 pm - HONG KONG -- German Hinrich Romeike, riding Marius, won the individual gold medal in equestrian eventing. His score of 54.2 penalty points Tuesday night edged U.S. rider...