It’s official: Nadal ends Federer’s reign at No. 1 - USA TodayNEW YORK (AP) — Rafael Nadal’s summer keeps getting better. A day after winning an Olympic gold medal in Beijing, Nadal officially unseated Roger Federer to become the world’s No. 1 tennis player when the ATP rankings came out Monday. Federer had [...]

BEIJING — Fittingly for the first Olympics held in China, the first week has been all about walls. We’ve seen cyclists ride past the Great Wall, a torch-bearer actually run on another one and a swimmer try to break through yet another in the pool more

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Ungs played key role in United States reaching BeijingDubuque Telegraph Herald, IA - 8 hours agoUSA Baseball selected Ungs to pitch in pre-Olympic qualifying tournaments in 2005 and 2006, while he still pitched for the Florida Marlins organization. …Cuba serves US painful loss in 11 Houston ChronicleLATEST ROUNDUP 11th inning rule pushes Cuba past US [...]

SHUNYI, China : As the leaping waters carried Benjamin Boukpeti surging across the finish line Tuesday, he smashed his double-bladed paddle across the bow of his kayak. Boukpeti had led going into the final of the individual slalom and had slipped to more

MIAMI, Aug 15 (Reuters) - The sixth tropical storm of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season formed on Friday over the Dominican Republic and was expected to track westward in the direction of Florida and the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Computer models used to predict storm more

Sticking to official Olympic brands – with duct tape - Globe and MailBEIJING — Get ready for the 2010 duct tape police. Already, they are being groomed and honed to swoop down on logos, brands and anything else that offends the Olympic goal of commercial-free playing fields, or perhaps even worse, offends official [...]

Brian Stemmle: Enough already with the Olympic complaintsNational Post, Canada - 12 hours agoHe tells us why: Why is everybody hacking on the Olympic Games? Why is everyone so negative? Are we bred to be pessimists or can we not remember back to …Video: Georgia Still At Olympics CBS• The joy of the Games is playing in [...]

BEIJING— One little girl had the looks. The other had the voice. So in a last-minute move demanded by one of China’s highest officials, the two were put together for the Olympic opening ceremony, with one lip-synching “Ode to the Motherland” over more

Alcoa, Yutong Introduce Environmentally-Friendly Buses for Beijing …WELT ONLINE, Germany - Jul 17, 2008Alcoa (NYSE:AA), the world’s leading aluminum company, and Zhengzhou Yutong Bus Company (Yutong), China’s largest bus manufacturer and the number two …

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Mac doesn't want to play Olympic GamesLos Angeles Times, CA - 13 hours agoIt's not even 11 am on Tuesday in Beijing but I've already got a wealth of Beijing Games streaming video — including live basketball, field hockey, …

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BEIJING - In the days since a knifing attack at a Beijing tourist attraction, the coach of the U.S. men’s volleyball team said his family has been consumed with the shock of his father-in-law’s death and with arranging care for his severely wounded more

Vidyo: A Winner at the XXIX Olympic Games in China for the Royal …MarketWatch - 9 hours ago… Olympic Sailing Centre in Qingdao, China will communicate with its HQ personnel in Hamble, Southampton in the UK, for the duration of the Olympic Games. …

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American superstar Michael Phelps announced his intentions for an …ABC Online, Australia - 1 hour agoPhelps qualified fastest for the final following an Olympic record swim during the heats in Saturday, and blitzed the field with a complete performance …US President Bush assists Phelps [...]

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Nepali newspaper hails opening of Beijing Olympic GamesHindu, India - 31 minutes agoKATHMANDU (Xinhua): Nepali official newspaper The Rising Nepal in an editorial Sunday hailed the success of the opening of the Beijing Olympic Games, …Brightness of Olympics dulled by one man's action USA TodayBBC chief hails Beijing Olympics, more open China XinhuaPress hails 'greatest ever' [...]

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US boxer out of Olympics after collapseNational Post, Canada - 3 hours agoBEIJING — United States bantamweight boxer Gary Russell Jr. will miss the Olympics after collapsing trying to make weight. Russell needed to weigh 119 …Olympics odds: Top US boxer out of Games WagerWebBantamweight Boxer Russell [...]

Video Fireworks lit up the night sky over Beijing on Friday, marking the beginning of the opening ceremonies for the XXIX Olympiad. The games will last for the next 16 days and 17 nights. more

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Proud nation plays host and tourist in transformed capitalHouston Chronicle, United States - Aug 5, 2008Several miles away inside the Olympic Green, they point with pride and nod their heads in admiration at the Bird's Nest, the Water Cube and all of the other …Video: Olympics '08: Music in Tiananmen Square AssociatedPressBack to Beijing: clear memories, [...]

Americans win basketball exhibition over Lithuania - Peoria Journal StarKobe Bryant harassed longtime nemesis Sarunas Jasikevicius into a miserable night and helped the U.S. Olympic basketball team roll to a 120-84 exhibition victory over Lithuania on Friday night. Dwyane Wade scored 19 points, Dwight Howard had 17 and

BEIJING – In a matter of days, hundreds of thousands of visitors from more than 100 countries will flood into China’s capital, where non-Chinese faces are still a rarity in some neighborhoods. The Beijing Olympics will be the largest gathering of more

DON’T ask a tourist’s age or wage, steer clear of sex and avoid religion: what many Chinese consider idle chit-chat has now become the latest area of censure in Beijing as it prepares for an influx of Olympic visitors. Posters displayed on bulletin more