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I.O.C. Issues Glowing Review of Beijing Games I.O.C. Issues Glowing Review of Beijing Games

The Beijing Olympics were an “indisputable success” that brought change to China in areas as diverse as press freedom, the environment and public health, according to an assessment released by the...

Sochi 2014 Games security up to Russia, says IOC

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USA looks back then ahead

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Olympics Close With a Bang...

With another dramatic fireworks display Sunday evening at the National Stadium here, the Beijing Olympics came to a...

London’s Countdown to 2012...

If there were any doubts that the 2012 Olympics in London would be different from those in Beijing, they vanished as...

New Cast of Olympic Heroes...

It is not every day that a nation worships a pixie who bounces off a springy mat more than a dozen feet into the air,...

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