South Korean boxer Han Soon-chul took silver in men's lightweight boxing Sunday, the final day of the London Olympics, for the country's last medal here.Han was overwhelmed by the top-seeded Vasyl Lomachenko of Ukraine, who took the three-round match by the score of 19-9. London Olympic Joint Press CorpsHan is the first South Korean boxer to reach an Olympic final in 16 years. The country has been

LONDON (AP) ― The names change, not the results. Just call the U.S. women’s basketball team Olympic champion.The Americans won their fifth straight gold medal Saturday, routing France 86-50 and putting more distance between themselves and the rest of the world heading to Rio for the 2016 Games.Candace Parker scored 21 points, including eight straight during the game-changing run in the second quarter as the U.S. won its 41st straight Olympic game since taking bronze medal in 1992.In that stretch

LONDON (AP) ― Usain Bolt made himself a living legend ― just ask him. Michael Phelps swam a last lap into history. A man ran on carbon blades. Two track stars and a long jumper produced perhaps the greatest night in British sports history.Take a victory lap, London.The nightmare that was supposed to be the 2012 Olympics ― gridlock and chaos Underground and overground, a city locked down by terrorist threats, day after day of gray and drizzle ― simply never materialized.Instead, London threw a fi

Usain Bolt‘s Jamaica smashed the 4x100m world record and Britain’s Mo Farah clinched a magical distance double in a rousing climax to London Olympics track action on Saturday.Sprint legend Bolt anchored Jamaica‘s 36.84sec around the Olympic Stadium, which lowered their own mark set last year and pushed him out to a unique “double treble”: the 100m, 200m and 4x100m titles, twice in a row.Aided by Nesta Carter, Michael Frater and Yohan Blake, it put the seal on a glorious Games for the party-lovin

Mexico players celebrate with their gold medals during a ceremony following their win in themen`s soccer final against Brazil at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Saturday in London. (AP-Yonhap News)With a goal in 29 seconds, Mexico extended Brazil's wait for a first Olympic football gold for at least another four years.Oribe Peralta stunned the Brazilians by scoring as some fans were still making it to t

South Korea lost to Spain 31-29 in double overtime in the women's handball bronze medal match Saturday at the London Olympics. (Yonhap News)Elisabeth Pinedo Saenz and Jessica Alonso Bernardo scored two late goals in the second of the 10-minute extra period, and two goalkeepers combined to stop six of 11 South Korean penalty shots to give Spain the bronze.South Korea entered the London Games having

A South Korean football player missed the ceremony to pick up his bronze medal Saturday, after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) instructed South Korea to keep him away for his political act after South Korea's win over Japan. (Yonhap)Midfielder Park Jong-woo didn't stand on the podium with his teammates at Wembley Stadium Saturday to collect his bronze medal.South Korea beat Japan 2-0 Fri

 Held back by a mediocre routine, South Korean Son Yeon-jae finished shy of the country's first rhythmic gymnastics medal Saturday.Son finished fifth in the individual all-around final at Wembley Arena, scoring 111.475 points combined from hoop, ball, clubs and ribbon routines. She finished only 0.225 points behind the bronze medalist, Liubov Charkashyna of Belarus.Evgeniya Kanaeva of Russia won t

Park Jong-woo (London Olympic Joint Press Corp)A South Korean football player missed the ceremony to pick up his bronze medal Saturday, after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) instructed South Korea to keep him away for his political act after South Korea's win over Japan.Midfielder Park Jong-woo didn't stand on the podium with his teammates at Wembley Stadium Saturday to collect his bronz

South Korea lost to Japan in the women's volleyball bronze medal match Saturday at the London Olympics.At Earls Court, Japan beat South Korea in straight sets, 25-22, 26-24, 25-21. South Korea came up short of winning its first volleyball medal, male or female, since the 1976 Montreal Olympics.Saori Sakoda led Japan with 23 points. Kim Yeon-koung of South Korea, who entered this game as the tourna