Olympics: 'People Power' Stops Games Event, Holmes Wins
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"People's power" stopped a gymnastics  final when judges' scoring destroyed Russian Alexei Nemov's  Olympic medal hopes on Monday, while Briton Kelly Holmes  shattered Maria Mutola's dream of consecutive 800 meters  titles.
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ATHENS, Greece - Everyone knew the marathon was going to be tough, but having to dodge a would-be tackler in a kilt, green beret and matching knee-high socks wasn't an expected obstacle. It was definitely a bizarre way to end the Olympics...
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1. Has any gold medalist had a worse week than Paul Hamm? The IOC seemed to put an official stop to the controversy on Friday by rejecting South Korea&#39;s request to award bronze medalist Yang Tae-young a duplicate gold.
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Morocco&#39;s Hicham El Guerrouj and Britain&#39;s Kelly Holmes gave the Athens Games two of its greatest moments yesterday by surging to victory on the track to claim historic Olympic doubles.
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The International Olympic Committee  stripped a third Athens Games champion of his gold medal on  Sunday but its chief praised organizers on the final day for a  fantastic Games.
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ATHENS, Greece -- The Americans were staggered by emotions, never by opponents. It took a gold medal to knock them down. Laura Berg got a head start.
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A victory for Russia's Sochi in the race to host the 2014 Winter Olympics would affect millions of lives in Russia, leaders of the bid said on Sunday.
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n American Paul Hamm, who become the first American to win the Olympics menâs all-around gymnastics title, should not have been awarded the gold, the sportâs governing body ruled on Saturday.
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A DEFECTIVE blood sample has allowed Tyler Hamilton to retain the Olympic Games time-trial gold medal. Hamilton will remain as Olympic champion -- and Australian Michael Rogers in fourth placing -- after anti
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The names may change. Not the results. China still rules the Olympic diving pool. The Chinese earned another gold medal - their fifth of the Athens Games - when Guo Jingjing
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A month ago getting beaten would have seemed like the end of the world to the fiercely driven Kelly Holmes. But, with two Olympic gold medals to her name, it does not seem so important now.
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland - The last battle of the Athens Summer Olympics is over. The dispute over who won the men&#39;s all-around gymnastics Gold Medal has been resolved, at least officially.
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Briton Kelly Holmes extinguished  training partner Maria Mutola's dream of consecutive Olympic  titles Monday with an agonizingly close win in the women's 800  meters final.
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Kelly Holmes holds up her Olympic medals as Britain&#39;s team parades through London. Photograph: Tom Shaw/Getty Images. Thousands of people lined the streets of central London today to pay tribute to Britain&#39;s
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ATHENS, Greece - When the final whistle blew, an exhausted Mia Hamm was quickly swarmed by 17 thrilled teammates. A few minutes later, an Olympic gold medal was hanging around her neck, too...
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ATHENS, Greece - Bad judging has become a tradition at the Olympics, almost its own event really. From the robbery of Munich, where officials stole a basketball gold from the United States and gave it to Russia
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ATHENS, Greece - If anyone deserved a party, it was the people of Athens.    The flame went out on the Olympics during a closing ceremony Sunday night that honored the birthplace of the games with an ebullient display of Greek pride and symbolism, a relief-filled celebration of the ancient and the new...