VANCOUVER (Reuters) - The Winter Games may be nearly over, but a mime dressed in workman clothes finally pulled the missing leg of the Olympic cauldron out of the ground at BC Place on Sunday.
VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Canada beat the United States in an extraordinary men’s ice hockey final on Sunday to capture a record 14th gold medal and end the Vancouver Winter Olympics on top of the world.
VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Sidney Crosby scored in overtime to give Canada a 3-2 win over the United States in a heart-stopping Olympic men’s ice hockey final on Sunday and add one last glorious gold medal to a record haul.
VANCOUVER (Reuters) - The Vancouver Olympics began inauspiciously but ultimately triumphed through adversity to emerge as one of the most enjoyable Winter Games in living memory.
VANCOUVER (Reuters) - For Canada, a country always in the shadow of its bigger, brasher, richer neighbor to the south, the idea of being best in anything was always something of a stretch.
VANCOUVER (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper unwittingly provided support for the popular belief that politicians cannot organize a booze-up in a brewery when they mixed up a simple wager on the outcome of Sunday’s Olympic ice hockey final.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers produced a second half comeback to beat the Denver Nuggets 95-89 Sunday, and their first victory over their Western Conference rivals this season.
VANCOUVER (Reuters) - The Vancouver Olympics have been marked by outstanding athletic achievements and an organizing committee which responded well to early mishaps, the International Olympic Committee said on Sunday.
WHISTLER (Reuters) - Norway’s Petter Northug overcame treacherous conditions to win the closest ever men’s Olympic 50 km cross country race on Sunday, nipping ahead of Germany’s Axel Teichmann at the finish line.
WHISTLER (Reuters) - Canadian race organizers dismissed German criticism of their Olympic cross-country course on Sunday, saying the trails had held up well despite bad weather conditions.