American Liukin Takes Silver in the Individual
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Nastia Liukin settles for the silver medal in the uneven bars finals, falling one spot short of becoming a world champion in her signature event for the second straight year.
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South Korea's Yu-Na Kim shocked defending champion Mao Asada of Japan to take the ISU Grand Prix final women's figure skating title, as France's Brian Joubert won the men's gold.
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Mark Nielsen of Calgary won a silver medal in the men's 100 metres while Jeremy Wotherspoon of Red Deer, Alta., claimed bronze in the 500 Sunday in the season's fourth World Cup long track speed skating event.
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THESSALONIKI, Greece - Abby Wambach will never score an easier goal. From one foot away, she tapped the ball into the net and put the United States into the Olympic semifinals...
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Anja Paerson of Sweden won her second straight world title in the women's super-giant slalom Tuesday and American Lindsey Kildow captured silver for her first world championship medal.
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Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - Michael Anti of the United States won the silver on Sunday in the men&#39;s 50m rifle 3-position event at the Summer Olympics in Athens.
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Paul Hamm of the USA celebrates with his coach after scoring a 9.837 in the horizontal bar to claim victory in the men&#39;s artistic gymnastics individual competition on August 18, 2004, during the Athens 2004 Summer Olympic Games at the Olympic Sports ...
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British boxer Amir Khan takes silver after losing to triple Olympic champion Mario Kindelan.
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ATHENS, Aug. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Chinese Hercules Liu Chunhong Thursday lifted three world records on her way to winning the women&#39;s 69kg gold medal at the Athens Olympics, the fourth of the power sport competition for China.
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Lioubov Galkina sets an Olympic record as she wins the women's 50m rifle three positions.
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ATHENS, Greece - Shawn Crawford led an American medals sweep of the 200 meters Thursday, overcoming teammates Bernard Williams and Justin Gatlin - and a hostile crowd - to win in the fastest time in the world this year.    Crawford's personal best of 19.79 seconds was just good enough to edge Williams, who tied his personal best of 20.01 seconds for silver...
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China&#39;s Wang Xu captured gold in the 72-kilogram category, defeating Russian Gouzel Maniourova in the final Monday. Kyoko Hamaguchi of Japan took the bronze.
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Nastia Liukin moved within one medal of joining Shannon Miller as the most decorated American gymnast in world championship history yesterday in Stuttgart, Germany.Liukin won a silver medal in the uneven bars finals, failing to become a world champion in her signature event for the second straight year. Ksenia Semenova of Russia beat Liukin for the gold by 0.05.Other winners included Brazilâs Diego Hypolito (floor), and Chinaâs Chen Yibing (rings), Xiao Qin (pommel) and Cheng Fei (womenâs vault). Liukin will have a chance to tie Miller with a ninth medal today in the beam finals.
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Liu Xiang of China won the Olympic men&#39;s 110 meters hurdles gold medal, equaling the world record time of 12.91 seconds and becoming the first Chinese man to win an Olympic track and field title.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil  - Shawn Johnson led an American sweep of the podium in the women's artistic gymnastics individual all-round final at the Panamerican Games on Monday, as the U.S. medal machine continue to rumble along.
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Australian cyclist Katie Mactier has won silver behind New Zealand world champion Sarah Ulmer in the women&#39;s 3000 metre individual pursuit at the Athens Olympics.
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ATHENS, Greece  -- Jeremy Wariner picked up where Michael Johnson left off as he became the sixth straight American to win an Olympic 400-meter title and led a U.S. sweep of the medals. Wariner, 20, finished in 44.00 seconds -- a personal best and fastest in the world this year. He crossed the finish line with his arms extended in victory, followed by silver medalist Otis Harris (44.16) and bronze medalist Derrick Brew (44.42).