LONDON (AP) — Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu of Japan won a wrestling gold medal in men’s 66-kilogram freestyle Sunday, beating Sushil Kumar of India to give the Japanese their first Olympic title in the sport in 24 years.
The last Japanese wrestler to claim go…
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LONDON (AP) — Italy won the bronze medal in men’s Olympic volleyball Sunday, winning 3-1 against a Bulgarian team that had been in disarray leading to London after its coach and several players quit the squad.
Italy won 25-19, 23-25, 25-22, 25-21 for…
LONDON (AP) — American wrestler Jake Varner will wrestle go for the gold medal Sunday in the men’s 96-kilogram freestyle division.
Varner rallied to beat George Gogshelidze of Georgia 0-2, 1-0, 1-0 in the semifinals.
Varner will face Valerii Andriits…
LONDON (AP) — The Americans say they are better than they were four years ago. So do the stats.
But they might not be the only ones.
In the rematch of the gold-medal game that produced a classic at the Beijing Olympics, the U.S. will square off again…
LONDON (AP) — One down, one to go.
Brazil’s volleyball powerhouse is trying for a sweep at the London Games. After the women defeated the United States, the men’s team has a chance to complete the sweep if it can win the gold Sunday against Russia.
B…
LONDON (AP) — Mo Farah didn’t want to leave anybody in doubt.
Roared on again by a boisterous, capacity crowd at the 80,000-seat Olympic Stadium, Farah surged ahead late and held on Saturday to complete a long-distance double by winning the 5,000 met…
LONDON (AP) — Mo Farah won the 5,000 meters to complete an Olympic distance double for Britain on Saturday night.
Backed by a boistrous, capacity crowd at 80,000-seat Olympic Stadium, Farah surged ahead late and held on to win in 13 minutes, 41.66 se…
LONDON (AP) — Swimming, track and field, basketball, women’s soccer, Serena Williams and Aly Raisman. They all found their way onto U.S. Olympic Committee chairman Larry Probst’s highlight list from the London Games.
“I like to hear ‘The Star-Spangle…
NEW YORK (AP) — NBC has changed its plans and will stream Sunday’s Olympic closing ceremony live online.
The network will still televise the ceremony in prime time on a tape-delay basis. But the network was criticized two weeks ago for delaying the o…
LONDON (AP) — The U.S. Olympic Committee is so disappointed by its medal-less men’s boxing team that it will make changes to the sport’s national governing body.
USOC CEO Scott Blackmun offered no specifics Saturday, although it’s clear far more is e…