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Every nation has a different method of financing its national-team athletes for the Olympics and the Paralympics through health-care systems and sports programs.

For London, the trap is to avoid being accused of wasting money on a short-lived event, while not being seen as skimping on the Olympic Games.

At the closing ceremonies, Jacques Rogge, the president of the INternational Olympic Committee, had the look of a man happy to get out of Dodge.

Public gnashing of teeth is not going to be noticeable Monday morning, when Beijing tries to get back to normal.

The Americans’ loss in the gold medal softball game will make it easier for the sport’s supporters to argue that it should be back in the Olympics in 2016.

Researchers say there is no one physiological reason for the gender gap in athletic performance, although there is a common biological thread.

The women of the U.S. soccer team won their second straight gold medal in the Olympics, thanks to their coach’s unorthodox style.

How can one describe former gymnastics coach Bela Karolyi’s role as commentator for the Olympic games?

The sports network said it would carry more live games, regardless of the time zone, than NBC has traditionally done.

Chinese authorities arrested five Americans on Tuesday after they spelled out “Free Tibet” with blue L.E.D. lights near the National Stadium.