LONDON (AP) ― The names change, not the results. Just call the U.S. women’s basketball team Olympic champion.The Americans won their fifth straight gold medal Saturday, routing France 86-50 and putting more distance between themselves and the rest of the world heading to Rio for the 2016 Games.Candace Parker scored 21 points, including eight straight during the game-changing run in the second quarter as the U.S. won its 41st straight Olympic game since taking bronze medal in 1992.In that stretch

Aug. 12, 2012

LONDON (AP) ― Usain Bolt made himself a living legend ― just ask him. Michael Phelps swam a last lap into history. A man ran on carbon blades. Two track stars and a long jumper produced perhaps the greatest night in British sports history.Take a victory lap, London.The nightmare that was supposed to be the 2012 Olympics ― gridlock and chaos Underground and overground, a city locked down by terrorist threats, day after day of gray and drizzle ― simply never materialized.Instead, London threw a fi

Aug. 12, 2012

Usain Bolt‘s Jamaica smashed the 4x100m world record and Britain’s Mo Farah clinched a magical distance double in a rousing climax to London Olympics track action on Saturday.Sprint legend Bolt anchored Jamaica‘s 36.84sec around the Olympic Stadium, which lowered their own mark set last year and pushed him out to a unique “double treble”: the 100m, 200m and 4x100m titles, twice in a row.Aided by Nesta Carter, Michael Frater and Yohan Blake, it put the seal on a glorious Games for the party-lovin

Aug. 12, 2012

Mexico players celebrate with their gold medals during a ceremony following their win in themen`s soccer final against Brazil at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Saturday in London. (AP-Yonhap News)With a goal in 29 seconds, Mexico extended Brazil's wait for a first Olympic football gold for at least another four years.Oribe Peralta stunned the Brazilians by scoring as some fans were still making it to t

Aug. 12, 2012

South Korea lost to Spain 31-29 in double overtime in the women's handball bronze medal match Saturday at the London Olympics. (Yonhap News)Elisabeth Pinedo Saenz and Jessica Alonso Bernardo scored two late goals in the second of the 10-minute extra period, and two goalkeepers combined to stop six of 11 South Korean penalty shots to give Spain the bronze.South Korea entered the London Games having

Aug. 12, 2012

A South Korean football player missed the ceremony to pick up his bronze medal Saturday, after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) instructed South Korea to keep him away for his political act after South Korea's win over Japan. (Yonhap)Midfielder Park Jong-woo didn't stand on the podium with his teammates at Wembley Stadium Saturday to collect his bronze medal.South Korea beat Japan 2-0 Fri

Aug. 12, 2012

 Held back by a mediocre routine, South Korean Son Yeon-jae finished shy of the country's first rhythmic gymnastics medal Saturday.Son finished fifth in the individual all-around final at Wembley Arena, scoring 111.475 points combined from hoop, ball, clubs and ribbon routines. She finished only 0.225 points behind the bronze medalist, Liubov Charkashyna of Belarus.Evgeniya Kanaeva of Russia won t

Aug. 12, 2012

Park Jong-woo (London Olympic Joint Press Corp)A South Korean football player missed the ceremony to pick up his bronze medal Saturday, after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) instructed South Korea to keep him away for his political act after South Korea's win over Japan.Midfielder Park Jong-woo didn't stand on the podium with his teammates at Wembley Stadium Saturday to collect his bronz

Aug. 12, 2012

South Korea lost to Japan in the women's volleyball bronze medal match Saturday at the London Olympics.At Earls Court, Japan beat South Korea in straight sets, 25-22, 26-24, 25-21. South Korea came up short of winning its first volleyball medal, male or female, since the 1976 Montreal Olympics.Saori Sakoda led Japan with 23 points. Kim Yeon-koung of South Korea, who entered this game as the tourna

Aug. 11, 2012

When it comes to the 4x400-meter Olympic relay, the American men aren't used to being overtaken at the end, the way Angelo Taylor was Friday night.Then again, they have never really run that race under these circumstances.The day after Manteo Mitchell finished out his preliminary lap on a broken leg, the banged-up U.S. team made sure he would get something as a reward. But it was a silver medal, n

Aug. 11, 2012

South Korea’s Hwang Kyung-seon poses with her gold medal on Friday after winning the women’s under-67-kilogram event at 2012 London Olympic Games. (Yonhap News)Hwang Kyeong-seon captured the gold medal in the women's under-67-kilogram taekwondo finals on Friday at the London Olympics. Hwang defeated Nur Tatar of Turkey 12-5 for her second straight gold medal. Hwang, 26, is the first female taekwon

Aug. 11, 2012

 The South Korean men's football team celebrates after defeating Japan on Friday to win the bronze medal at 2012 London Olympics. (London Olympic Joint Press Corps)South Korea beat Japan 2-0 to claim the bronze medal in men's football at the London Olympics Friday.At Millennium Stadium, striker Park Chu-young scored late in the first half and midfielder Koo Ja-cheol added second-half insurance to

Aug. 11, 2012

 Son Yeon-jae became the first South Korean rhythmic gymnast to make an Olympic final at qualifications for the individual all-around event on Thursday.Korean rhythmic gymnast Son Yeon-jae smiles after performing in the ribbon segment at the individual all-around event on Thursday in London. (Yonhap News)Son put together solid performances in clubs and the ribbon, earning 26.350 points and 28.050

Aug. 10, 2012

LONDON (AP) ― Instead of one victory lap, Ashton Eaton got four.His Olympic gold medal in the decathlon was all but sealed when he reached the last event, the 1,500 meters, where he simply needed to finish in an average time to win the event on Thursday night.The world-record holder cruised over the four laps, crossed the line and fell to the track ― partly of exhaustion but mostly out of elation.Eaton finished the two-day competition with 8,869 points to defeat fellow American Trey Hardee by 19

Aug. 10, 2012

LONDON (Yonhap News) ― South Korean Olympic athletes on Thursday paid tribute to British veterans who fought in the Korean War, remembering their sacrifices to protect South Korea’s freedom.South Korean medalists from the London Olympics were joined by five veterans from the 1950-53 conflict at St. Paul’s Cathedral, the Korean Olympic Committee said. Medal winners included Ki Bo-bae, double gold medalist in women’s archery, Park Tae-hwan, who grabbed two silver medals in men’s freestyle swimming

Aug. 10, 2012