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Paris ended its stunning 17-day Olympic adventure with a Closing Ceremony that imagined bleakness: A world without the Olympics. Fear not! A Golden Voyager led an excavation of the Olympic rings, and ...

SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Flushed with pride after its athletes’ spectacular showing at the costliest Olympics ever, Russia celebrated Sunday night with a visually stunning finale that handed off a smooth ...

China completed its stint as Olympics host yesterday with a superstar-studded closing ceremony that capped a 16-day pageant of state-of-the-art logistics and astounding athletic feats, set out for a ...

The 2008 Summer Olympics closed last night in a display of tightly scripted merriment and lavish fireworks, a final burst of pomp ending 17 days of sports and celebration that Chinese authorities ...