Lopresti: Hope springs eternal in soccer gold medal match
Noon on the campus of Beijing Normal University where we're still looking for a logo to tell us whether it's the Normal Swallows ...

Saytiev, Sahin pin down freestyle wrestling gold
World champion Ramazan Sahin of Turkey has won the Olympic freestyle wrestling gold medal at 66 kilograms by scoring a tight ...

Ukrainian heptathlon silver medalist in doping investigation
Lyudmila Blonska of Ukraine is under investigation for a positive doping test and could be stripped of her silver medal in the ...

A big Day for American BMX riders
The action sport of BMX bicycle racing made its Olympic debut Wednesday with lots of thrills and spills. Mike Day got a streak ...

Russian duo repeat gold in synchronized swimming
The Russian synchronized swimming duo of Anastasia Davydova and Anastasia Ermakova has repeated as Olympic champions. Performing ...

China, New Zealand strike sailing gold
Chinese windsurfer Yin Jian was won the host nation's first-ever Olympic sailing gold medal with a win in the women's RS:X class. ...

American whiz kid Cejudo captures wrestling gold
Henry Cejudo, who was born in Los Angeles to then undocumented Mexican immigrants, who never slept in a bed alone until he made ...

U.S. field hockey disappointed with eighth-place finish
The United States field hockey team got where it wanted by qualifying for the Summer Olympics but, by its estimation, didn't ...

U.S. softball team goes extra innings to beat Japan 4-1
Crystl Bustos hit a three-run homer in the ninth inning as the U.S. Olympic softball team beat Japan 4-1 in extra innings and ...

Russian wins, du Toit takes 16th in 6.2-mile marathon swim
Natalie du Toit of South Africa, the first female amputee to compete in the Olympics, finished 16th today (Tuesday night ET) ...