BEIJING — Angela Hucles scored a goal in each half to lead the United States to a 4-2 soccer win over Japan and another Olympic final against Brazil.

BEIJING — American Angelo Taylor has won the men’s Olympic 400-meter hurdles, finishing in 47.25 seconds to lead a U.S. sweep in the event.

American men sweep Olympic 400m hurdles medals

BEIJING — The U.S. Olympic team put away Dirk Nowitzki and Germany in a hurry.

HONG KONG — The U.S. has won the gold medal Monday in Olympic equestrian team jumping, knocking out Canada, which has taken silver.

BEIJING — Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia has broken her own world record in winning a second consecutive Olympic pole vault gold medal.

BEIJING — The U.S. baseball team has beaten China 9-1 in a game that featured three ejections.

EIJING — Outfielder Jessica Mendoza has a plan to be back in the Olympics in 2012 when softball is off the program.

BEIJING — China’s He Kexin won a tiebreaker over all-around champion Nastia Liukin of the United States for the uneven bars gold medal Monday at the Beijing Olympics.

BEIJING — With an average victory margin of 42.8 points through preliminary play, the U.S. women’s Olympic basketball team has been tested less than a kindergartne

BEIJING — Before boxing in what he called the most important bout of his life, the American light flyweight Luis Yanez received conflicting advice. His Olympic coaches were telling him to attack from the opening bell. At the same time, his hometown coaches were reminding him to stay patient.

BEIJING — A case of national anxiety turned into what will be thought of as a stunning national disappointment when Liu Xiang, the most popular Chinese Olympic athlete and 2004 Olympic champion, withdrew from the Olympic high hurdles Monday morning with an injured Achilles tendon in his right foot.

BEIJING — Sarah Hammer crashed out of the Olympic women’s cycling points race Monday, falling after two racers clipped wheels in front of her and caused a pileup.

BEIJING — Chen Yibing has extended China’s perfect run of gold in men’s gymnastics by winning the still rings competition.

BEIJING — Britain has won the men’s team pursuit gold medal at the Laoshan Velodrome, knocking nearly two seconds off the world record it set a day earlier.

BEIJING — Emma Snowsill jumped off the bike and started running. She ran past the 10,000 people in the grandstand facing the reservoir, and away from all the other triathletes. And she ran away from all the difficulties of her past.