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Kevin Durant and LeBron James were on their game on Sunday against Spain.

While the London 2012 Olympic Games closing ceremony has yet to air, all the athletic competitions were completed Sunday by about 1 p.m. EDT, allowing for a final medal count. Read on to see which countries came out ahead this year.

Watch live coverage of the FA Community Shield between Chelsea and Manchester City, plus a full preview, prediction and team news.

The obligatory pageantry at every turn, the attendance of the European host country's royal family, and the participation of one who is arguably the greatest Olympic athlete of the modern era: These games had it all.

It was the second-to-last day of the Olympics, and it was an eventful one.

Turkey and the United States are launching a new working group to draft stronger measures, including a possible no-fly zone, in response to the deteriorating situation in Syria.

When Benjamin Lawsky formally accused U.K.'s Standard Chartered bank of money laundering and a cover-up linked to Iranian financial institutions, the head of New York's newly formed Department of Financial Services was hardly described in glowing terms in the press. He was termed a rogue, an egomaniac and worse by unnamed scorned colleagues in New York and Washington. But in describing his ambitions, what these reports failed to take into account was the depth of his and Governor Andrew C...

Major data releases aplenty are on the economic calendar next week. In the U.S., investors will focus on July retail sales, industrial production, and consumer prices. In the euro zone, second-quarter gross domestic product figures across the major economies and the German ZEW index are the main highlights.

The men's basketball team earned a trip to the gold-medal match.

Liverpool complete their second summer signing with more still likely before the close of the transfer window.

Retailers are using digital monitoring to sharpen their pitches of products and services to specific individuals, adjusting prices and strategically timing offers to catch us when and where we're mostly likely to spend.

"X Factor" judge Gary Barlow was heartbroken after his wife, Dawn, delivered a stillborn baby on Aug. 4. Shockingly, former "Big Brother" UK contestant Kenneth Tong decided to use the couple's tragedy to generate publicity for himself.

Nintendo may not be able to release its Wii U console in time for the holiday season. Sources connected to the matter have exclusively told CVG that manufacturing issues may stop the gaming company for launching its Wii successor overseas.

"Thief 4," the long-awaited follow up to the the late-nineties cult stealth action videogame, will be developed for the launch of the next-generation consoles Xbox 720 and Playstation 4, according to a report by the UK branch of Official Xbox Magazine.

Manchester United Ltd. (NYSE:MANU), one of the world's most storied sports franchises, began publicly trading Friday, but early signs indicated investors were giving a less-than-enthusiastic welcome to the 134-year-old club.

The 2012 Olympics medal count of shame is a list curated by the Wall Street Journal during the London Games which shows that though Britain has done stunningly well when it comes to bringing home gold, silver and bronze medals, its athletes have also had by far the most last, second-to-last and third-to-last performances of any nation this year.

While the 2012 Olympic Games in London will be remembered for the great athletic performances and decidedly British opening ceremony, fans are certain to remember the tone that was set by the song “Chariots of Fire.” It started with Mr. Bean’s skit that was one of the water-cooler moments of the beginning of the Oympics and most recently caught fans’ attention when it was played at Wembley during the soccer medal ceremony on Thursday.

Prosecutors said they will commence an investigation into the ‘Nazi’ wine bottles.

Maybe you’ve heard the accusations that the opening ceremony was a leftist propaganda campaign. That’s all true, but it goes far deeper than that.

Kenya has thrown in a bid, along with Egypt and South Africa, to be the first African nation to host the Olympics in 2024. But the Kenyan economy might not be able to handle the financial burden.