The chimes of Big Ben sound in the background to welcome midnight, and the lights shine against walls of history.
Olympics
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The Olympic Oath is taken late in the opening ceremony, when thousands of athletes stand and promise to respect their sport and abide by its rules, to compete in the true spirit of sportsmanship and for the glory and honor of their teams. There isn’t anything honorable about badminton today.
By GREG BEACHAMTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Las Vegas heavyweight boxer Michael Hunter tired badly in the third round of his first-round match and suffered a narrow loss to Russia’s Artur Beterbiev.
LONDON
The literal meaning is to be delivered from something. To be rescued, perhaps. From what, mind you, did Jordyn Wieber need to be rescued?
I am complete. I met a London mush.
By NANCY ARMOURTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LONDON – One by one, the Americans thundered down the runway, soared high above the vault and slammed into the mat.
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