LONDON, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- Kobe Bryant will lead a bunch of big names from the U.S. Olympic basketball team to tour in China after the London Olympics. Bryant will fly directly from London to Beijing to kick off his journey that will start from Jina...
LONDON, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- Nicola Adams of Great Britain beat Chinese world number one fighter Ren Cancan 16-7 to take home the gold medal on women's 51kg boxing event on Thursday. Adams lost nine time in the two's first ten meetings, but the home fa...
LONDON, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- Midfielder Carli Lloyd scored a brace to inspire the United States to beat Japan 2-1 in the final of the Olympic women's soccer tournament on Thursday. The American outfit, who lost to Japan in last year's world cup final,...
LONDON, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- China clinched the women's Olympic team table tennis gold medal here Tuesday, after fighting off a strong challenge from Japan to win the final 3-0. It was the 23rd gold medal that China won at the Olympic table tennis comp...
Olympic Fans Go Shopping People have been flooding into the department store John Lewis, which is right by the Olympic Park, to buy their official games merchandise. Inside, Olympic imagery is splattered across just about every product you can imagin...
LONDON, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- Defending Olympic champion Zou Shiming of China outscored Kaeo Pongprayoon from Thailand 13-10 to defend his Olympic gold at London Olympics here on Saturday. Zou, who edged the Irish fighter Paddy Barnes in Friday's semif...
After Security Concerns, No Serious Breaches at Olympics Some days at the Olympic Park there were so many people it was difficult to move around. That, and the many other venues around London and throughout Britain, might have been an attractive targ...
At Olympics, Christian and Islamic Groups Compete for Souls The competition is for peoples souls. Christian groups like Amana Trust are handing out Bibles and spreading the Christian word of God. Robin Fenwick, a volunteer from Canada, says they came...
Political Activists Shun Staging Protests at Olympics Maria Wenda and a small number of protesters from the Free West Papua Movement staged a demonstration in front of the Indonesian Embassy in London during the Olympics. She says the group hopes the...
LONDON, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Jike leapt over the barriers, ran to the podium, knelt down and kissed the top. That might be the most emotional moment for the newly crowned Olympic champion on Thursday. For the rest of the time, Zhang appeared calm...
