Phelps, Bolt, Home Team’s Haul Highlight `Exceptional’ Olympics - Bloomberg
Aug. 25 (Bloomberg) — The $70 billion Beijing Olympics concluded with host China topping the gold-medal standings for the first time and record-setting swimmers and sprinters overshadowing pre-Games fears about doping and pollution. China won 51

BBC apology over Olympics ‘fakery’ - Western Telegraph
The BBC has been drawn into a new fakery controversy - this time over the Olympics. Live coverage of Chinese hopeful Liu Xiang was manipulated on this week’s Ten O’Clock News. The BBC said it regretted broadcasting the misleading footage, after

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Closing ceremony ends record-setting Olympics - Miami Herald
The closing ceremony of the Beijing Olympics brings to an end 16 days of competition at these Summer Games. It was the biggest Olympics in more ways than one, with a record 204 nations represented by at least one athlete. More women participated than

Olympic medal winners go home with cash rewards, even new cars - Miami Herald
BEIJING How much is an Olympic medal worth? If you’re a U.S. gold medal winner, the answer is $25,000 courtesy of the U.S. Olympic Committee plus millions more in potential endorsement deals. A silver medal comes with a $15,000 prize, and a bronze

Athlete kicks referee in face - AZCentral.com
Cuban tae kwon do participant Angel Matos deliberately kicked a referee square in the face after he was disqualified in a bronze-medal match, prompting the World Tae kwon do Federation to recommend he be banned for life. “We didn’t expect anything

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They’re hoping someone will have a soft spot - Boston Globe
BEIJING - Wasn’t sure if I was attending a sporting event or the first night of a two-day wake. It’s no secret what’s happening to baseball and softball in the Olympics. This is it. They’re O-U-T, out. The Eurocentric International Olympic Committee

Winning By a Nose: The Judge’s - Washington Post
Go figure: China’s Cheng Fei falls during the vault finals but still earned the bronze medal in Beijing. (By Amy Sancetta — Associated Press) Consternation over Olympic judging quirkiness began intensifying a few days ago after a Chinese gymnast

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