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| Games welcomes Bolt, says goodbye to Phelps Reuters Bolt, the charismatic Jamaican who lit up the 2008 Beijing Games with three golds and his trademark lightning bolt celebration, will run in the heats of the shorter sprint, the most anticipated event of the Games. Also limbering up for Sunday's final ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Boxing: US men humiliated in worst Games performance Yahoo! Sports LONDON (Reuters) - The United States men's team made a humiliating exit from the London Games on Friday after their final two fighters were eliminated, the first time the once great amateur boxing nation has failed to bring an Olympic medal home. The U ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Athens Olympics Venues In Decay 8 Years After 2004 Games (PHOTOS) Huffington Post Eight years after the 2004 Athens Games, many of the Olympic venues Greece built at great expense remain abandoned or rarely used. They are the focus of great public anger as the country struggles through a fifth year of recession and nearly three ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The new curling? Archery was hot at London Games ESPN LONDON -- Maybe it's the effect of "The Hunger Games" and bow-and-arrow-toting heroine Katniss Everdeen, or the lure of competing at a 200-year-old venue. Or maybe it's the Robin Hood factor. Whatever the reason, archery is hot at the London Olympics ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Sammy Watkins suspended 2 games ESPN (blog) "I told Sammy this past May that there would be a high end (number of games) and a low end, and it would be up to him as to the length of his suspension," coach Dabo Swinney said in a prepared statement. "He has done everything we have asked and then ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Athletics: Dibaba and 80000 fans light up Games Chicago Tribune Earlier, Poland's Tomasz Majewski claimed the first athletics medal of the Games when he became the first man to win back to back shot put golds since 1956 and Britain's Jessica Ennis led the heptathlon after the first four events. While athletics and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Federer, Murray will play for gold at London Games Fox News Wimbledon, England – Wimbledon champion Roger Federer outlasted former U.S. Open titlist Juan Martin del Potro in an epic showdown, while Wimbledon runner-up Andy Murray upset former top-ranked star Novak Djokovic in Friday's other semifinal at the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Upcoming home games are vital to DC United's playoff push Washington Post D.C. United's path to the MLS playoffs will pass through Kansas City and Salt Lake City, Montreal and Portland. However, the most important venue over the next 12 weekends is the 51-year-old quarters on East Capitol Street. United (10-7-3) hasn't lost ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Sailing: Ainslie wins mind games with Danish rival Chicago Tribune WEYMOUTH, England (Reuters) - Three times Olympic gold medal winner Ben Ainslie played mind games with his Danish rival Jonas Hogh-Christensen on Friday and remains on course to add to his haul in the men's heavyweight Finn class. In the tenth and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Fancy a curry? Games athletes have range of choice San Jose Mercury News Over the course of the 17-day games, Olympic organizers estimate 14 million meals will be served to athlete and spectator alike. On a busy day in the athletes' dining room, chefs will serve 65000 meals. In the Olympic village alone, that breaks down to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Senators reluctant to take up Internet gambling Baltimore Sun Key senators on the committee that handles casino-related matters rejected the notion of taking up the issue of Internet gambling during next week's special session, saying there isn't enough time to weigh the implications of a step that could, in ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| NBC ratings for London up 10% over Beijing Games Rochester Democrat and Chronicle That's about as good as it can get for first-week Summer Games TV ratings, which are driven by those two sports that dominate the Olympic prime-time shows, along with some look-ins on diving and beach volleyball. The question for NBC going forward is ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Tomasz Majewski of Poland successfully defends Olympic shot put title at ... Washington Post said Majewski, basking on an exciting opening day of athletics competition in the London Games. "Yeah, 50 years ago, Pat O'Brien did that and he was legend. So I take this. Very proud that I do it." Majewski was an unexpected winner in Beijing four ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| US women beat China 7-6 to win last group game in Olympic water polo at ... Minneapolis Star Tribune The Americans survived an 11-minute scoreless start before Maggie Steffens put in three goals and the rest of the offense got rolling to edge China 7-6 on Friday in the teams' last preliminary-stage game of the London Olympics. "You never know when you ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Compete in the Games yourself Toronto Sun It's the halfway point of the Games of the XXX Olympiad - that's London 2012 to its friends - and maybe you're getting a bit tired of watching the endless coverage of the Olympics on TV and online. Or maybe you're disappointed that your country isn't ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| LaRoche leads Nationals over Marlins 7-4 Press of Atlantic City Adam LaRoche homered and drove in three runs, Mark DeRosa added three RBIS, and John Lannan pitched into the seventh inning as the Washington Nationals beat the Miami Marlins 7-4 in the first game of a doubleheader on Friday. LaRoche had a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Sharapova will play for gold at London Games Fox News Wimbledon, England – Career Grand Slam winner Maria Sharapova will go for a "Golden Slam" on Saturday when she plays in the women's singles gold medal match at the London Summer Games. The third-seeded former world No. 1 superstar blew past ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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