Palace beckons for swim queen Kromowidjojo
LONDON, England ● A night at the Palace with thousands of beer-drinking compatriots loomed for Dutch swim...
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Much criticized NBC gives viewers a break
NEW YORK, NY ● NBC briefly tore down the digital wall protecting its Olympics coverage on Thursday and...
Announcer narrowly avoids Korean gaffe
LONDON, England ● A diplomatic gaffe was narrowly avoided at the Olympic men’s individual all-round gymnastics final...
Ye continues gold rush despite finger pointing
LONDON, England ● Weighed down by the tide of suspicion or maybe just a little tired after...
Chinese paper says sorry for calling lifter “shameful”
BEIJING, China ● A Chinese newspaper apologised on Tuesday for attacking one of the country’s young Olympic...
Uproar fans about empty seats
LONDON, England ● British Olympic officials have rushed on sale thousands of unsold tickets for the 2012...
Police looking at Daley Twitter troll comments
LONDON, England ● Tom Daley hit out at a Twitter troll following his near miss in the...
Novice rower wins hearts of Eton crowd
DORNEY, England ● Niger’s Hamadou Djibo Issaka, a rower of just three months, was given a rapturous...
U.S. athletes stage Twitter protest over ad rules
LONDON, England ● A group of U.S. athletes protested on Twitter on Sunday over curbs on appearing in commercials...
NBA’s Yi to carry flag for China
LONDON, England ● China has continued its tradition of picking basketball players to carry their national flag at the...