London 2012 Closing Ceremony: Rio de Janeiro Takes Torch as Britain Closes …

London 2012 chairman Lord [Sebastian] Coe has said tonight's Olympic closing ceremony will be a fun tribute to British music. Describing it as an "after show party" with lots of headline talent, Lord Coe said: "It's not anything desperately profound

London 2012 closing ceremony: Fashion superstars show why Britain is catwalk gold. There is a sure-fire way to ensure Team GB trumps London's record medal haul at Rio 2016: we must convince the IOC to enshrine fashion catwalking as an official Olympic

London 2012 Olympics closing ceremony has started with a performance charting a journey through a day in the life of the capital city.

LONDON — The closing ceremony was never going to be as exciting as the opening night, when the games were still ahead and medals still to be won. But producer Kim Gavin's "Symphony of British Music" seriously underachieved yesterday

London 2012 closing ceremony: Fashion superstars show why Britain is catwalk gold. There is a sure-fire way to ensure Team GB trumps London's record medal haul at Rio 2016: we must convince the IOC to enshrine fashion catwalking as an official Olympic

Rio de Janeiro has a lot riding on 2016 Summer Olympics

Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes, holds the Olympic Flag at the Olympic stadium during the closing ceremony of the 2012 London Olympic Games in London on August 12, 2012. Rio de Janeiro will host the 2016 Olympic Games. (AFP) Sun, 20

FILE – In this May 10, 2012 file photo, the Christ the Redeemer statue stands back dropped by Sugar Loaf mountain, right, as the sun sets in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Olympic flame goes out in London on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012, and all eyes turn to Rio

2, 2012 photo, relatives watch as Romulo Coelho holds his newborn daughter, Hadassa, birthed via cesarean section at the Perinatal Clinic in Rio de Janeiro. Brazil has one of the world's highest rates of cesarean births – the result of a widely held

LONDON — For all those beach volleyball players who thought Horse Guards Parade transformed itself into the sport's best Olympic venue yet, wait until they arrive on the Brazilian sands of Ipanema Beach in four years.

2, 2012 photo, relatives watch as Romulo Coelho holds his newborn daughter, Hadassa, birthed via cesarean section at the Perinatal Clinic in Rio de Janeiro. Bra.