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Brazil frustrated with Olympic score, eyes hosting 2016 Games (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Brazil Monday moaned its lackluster performance in the Beijing Olympics, with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva saying the country must do better even as Rio de Janeiro bids to host the 2016 Games.

Commentary: Political preseason is over. Let the games begin! (CNN.com)
Like most sports fans, I hate the preseason and can't wait for the regular season, when the games count. Many of us don't even watch the preseason games, because they are more or less glorified practice sessions.

Organisers hail 'glorious' Games (BBC News)
The 2008 Beijing Games are praised as "truly exceptional" by Olympics chief Jacques Rogge.

Web audience for Games soars for NBC and Yahoo (International Herald Tribune)
The ratings for NBC's television coverage of the Games were record-breaking. But the extent to which the Internet served as a supplement to television was unprecedented.

After Glow of Games, What Next for China? (New York Times)
In its post-Olympic era, the question is whether the success of the games will lead China to domestic reforms or convince leaders that their current model is working.

Alexander Wolff: Seeing what the Games meant to China (Sports Illustrated)
We asked the Sports Illustrated writers who covered the Beijing Olympics to leave us with their indelible memory of the Games.

Bolt, Phelps and China shine as Games lives up to motto (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Athletes at the Beijing Games lived up to the Olympic motto 'Faster, Higher, Stronger' and none more so than swimmer Michael Phelps and sprinter Usain Bolt.

Games' legacy includes athletic excellence, protests and censorship (Philadelphia Daily News)
BEIJING - China completed its stint as Olympic Games 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 curious world. The games did little, though, to erase concerns about the emerging superpower's approach to human rights.

A look at the 29th Summer Games, by the numbers (Los Angeles Times)
The 29 on the list run the gamut from medals won to records broken to athletes' ages to doping violations. BEIJING -- Count along with us as we look back on the 29th Summer Olympic Games. . . .

Beijing Games Come to a Close (Washington Post)
Olympics showcased China as a sports powerhouse, validating their efforts to stage a great Games.