In a spectacle featuring pop stars, fireworks and athletes from around the world, the London Games come to a close, handing off to Rio de Janeiro for 2016.
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Britain’s Party: The London Games Rock On at the Closing Ceremony
With a musical medley of epic proportions, Britain puts on a memorable closing ceremony to cap a jolly good fortnight in London
How Team USA Won Men’s Hoops — and the Entire Olympics
For America, a gritty basketball win over Spain tops off a spectacular Olympics, across all sports
U.S. Women Win Fifth Consecutive Basketball Gold. Will the WNBA Benefit?
The WNBA has struggled to find a place in the crowded landscape of predominantly male sports that rule the best broadcast slots. Could a gold medal be the boost it needs?
For Olympic Women, the Pressure to Look Perfect Lingers
The elite athletes at the London Games give women a positive body-image message, experts say. But the Olympics are certainly not free from superficiality
The Olympic Games in Motion
For Olympic athletes, success is all about having the right moves. Blink and you’ll miss these high-speed moments from the London games
Dwight Howard Is Traded To The Lakers!! And Oh Yeah, The Olympics: U.S. And Spain Will Vie For The Gold
A little NBA business disrupted the Olympic party. Only Kobe Bryant – now in position to win another title – seemed psyched
Olympic Injuries in Action: When Athletes Play Through Pain
From American Manteo Mitchell running with a broken leg to Germany’s Matthias Steiner being felled by a falling weight, TIME looks at the Olympic competitors’ most memorable injuries and mishaps.
Britain’s Olympian Capital: Why Yorkshire Produces So Many Winners
There’s one boast the county of Yorkshire can confidently make: it’s a veritable Olympic champion factory
The U.S. Women’s Team Is Golden Again in Soccer
“Fans deserve a great final,” Abby Wambach said before the U.S. women’s soccer team’s gold-medal match against Japan. And they got one, with the U.S. avenging last year’s World Cup loss to the same Japan team