The United States lived up to the
expectation to put them back on the top of the world when they edged
off world champions Spain 118-107 in the final of the men's
basketball competitions at the Beijing Olympics on Sunday. Full
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Defending Olympic champion Hungary
outplayed the United States 14-10 to reassure the team's dominance
in the men's water polo at the Yingdong Natatorium on Sunday.
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Tears dropped over the Capital
Gymnasium after the United States toppled defending champion Brazil
3-1 to win the gold medal of the Olympic men's volleyball in 20
years on Sunday. Full
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Samuel Kamau Wansiru won the
men's marathon, the final event of the Beijing Games track and field
sports, with a perfect performance at the long-distance running here
on Sunday. Full
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Chinese Zhang Xiaoping beat Ireland's
Kenny Egan to win the Olympic light weight (81kg) boxing gold medal
at the Olympic Games, the first gold of its kind for the country,
here on Sunday. Full
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Bakhyt Sarsekbayev of Kazakhstan beat
Carlos Banteaux Suarez of Cuba to win the men's welter title of the
Beijing Games boxing tournament here on Sunday. Full
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Alexey Tishchenko of Russia became the
fourth boxer to win golds in two weight divisions at Olympics when
he edged past Frenchman Daouda Sow to claim men's light weight
(60kg) title at the Beijing olympic boxing tournament on Sunday.
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Cuba's hope of boxing gold medals was
dented again as its boxer Yankiel Leon Alarcon was outclassed by
Badar-Uugan Enkhbat from Mongolia in the men's bantam (54kg) final
of the Beijing Olympic Games on Sunday. Full
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"I feel dizzy right now, and I also
feel happy and proud," said Chinese light flyweight (48kg) Zou
Shiming, who just won China's first boxing gold medal at the Beijing
Olympic Games, also China's 50th gold medalin the Games. Full
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