Shen-Zhao win at first event since 2007 (AP)
Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo sure know how to make a comeback. Competing at their first event since winning the 2007 world title, Shen and Zhao claimed gold at the Cup of China on Saturday with a lands...
Badminton officials reject London 2012 venue switch (Reuters)
Badminton has become the latest sport to reject a possible money-saving switch to Wembley Arena at the 2012 London Olympics, with a senior official saying on Friday such a move would diminish the G...
Bolt's 200 steals show from Golden League winners (AP)
Under black clouds on a damp day, Usain Bolt was brilliant as ever. Once again, it was as if he were racing alone. The Jamaican ran the fourth fastest 200 meters in history on Friday to upstage Yel...
IOC gives assurances on 2010 Games budget (Reuters)
* Worries about a significant budget gap for 2010 Games
South Africa to test gender of 800-meter runner (AP)
South Africa's track and field federation had been asked to conduct a gender test on an 800-meter runner amid concerns she does not meet the requirements to compete as a woman. Eighteen-year-old Ca...
Wariner, Merritt reach 400 final at worlds (AP)
Olympic champion LaShawn Merritt and defending champion Jeremy Wariner both advanced to the final of the 400 meters Wednesday at the world championships. Wariner had dominated the distance since th...
Vlasic looking to defend world title in high jump (AP)
Croatian high jumper Blanka Vlasic said it's easier to get to the top than stay there -- and she's using that as motivation to defend her world champion status. "I know I'm ready," Vlasic said Mond...
3 Australians set world short-course marks (AP)
Libby Trickett, Christian Sprenger and Emily Seebohm set world short-course records at the Australian swim championships on Monday. Trickett broke her own record in the 100-meter freestyle, finishi...
Samuelson to run NYC Marathon 25 years after LA (AP)
Joan Benoit Samuelson will run the New York City Marathon this fall to celebrate the 25th anniversary of her gold medal in the first women's Olympic marathon. The 52-year-old Samuelson announced sh...
Russia wins its fourth gold at the synchro pool (AP)
Natalia Ishchenko gave Russia another gold in synchronized swimming Thursday with what she called a perfect performance. The silver medalist thought she was even better. Rekindling the debate over ...
Bertarelli defends Alinghi engine to trim sails (AP)
Alinghi boss Ernesto Bertarelli has defended the use of a contentious engine to trim the sails on the boat and denied the legal dispute with BMW Oracle Racing has damaged the reputation of the Amer...
Coe: Olympics won't be affected by spending cuts (AP)
The London Games chairman says the 2012 Olympic budget will not be affected by any British government efforts to reduce public spending. Sebastian Coe says Monday the recession has left Britain wit...
Babcock named coach of Canada ice hockey team (Reuters)
Mike Babcock was handed the toughest assignment at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics on Thursday when he was named head coach of the Canadian men's hockey team.
2016 bid cities take case to IOC (AP)
The four cities bidding for the 2016 Olympics took their case directly to the voters on Wednesday, stressing the backing of their government leaders and promising financial security for their multi...
Brazil president touts Rio for 2016 Games (AP)
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva urged the IOC to break new ground by awarding the 2016 Summer Games to Rio de Janeiro. "The Olympic Games cannot be kept by the rich countries," Silva ...
WADA to explain retro doping tests to EU officials (AP)
The World Anti-Doping Agency will explain its methods of retrospective testing to European Union officials as part of an ongoing debate over privacy issues. WADA vice chairman Arne Ljungqvist said ...
FINA set to rule on high-tech swimsuits (PA SportsTicker)
A panel of swimming experts will meet Monday to decide which models of high-tech swimsuits can be worn at the world championships this summer.
Pro beach volleyball star Holly McPeak retires (PA SportsTicker)
Pro beach volleyball star Holly McPeak is hanging up her bikini for good.
Brubaker expects to return to ice in May (AP)
U.S. pairs figure skating champion Rockne Brubaker is hoping to return to the ice in early May after hernia surgery. Brubaker had surgery April 3 to repair tears in the muscles of the lower abdomen...
Maple Leafs' Wilson named US Olympic coach (AP)
Ron Wilson has coached American hockey teams from the World Cup to the world championships to the Olympics. The squad he will take into next year's Vancouver Games will look nothing like any over ...
Reports: Leafs' Wilson to be US Olympic coach (AP)
Ron Wilson of the Toronto Maple Leafs is expected to be selected coach of the U.S. Olympic team for next year's Winter Games in Vancouver, according to several reports Friday that cited unidentifie...
France picks Annecy for 2018 Winter Games bid (Reuters)
The lakeside town of Annecy has been named as France's candidate city to host the 2018 Winter Olympics, the French national Olympic committee announced on Wednesday.
Chambers welcome at Golden League meeting in Berlin (Reuters)
European indoor sprint champion Dwain Chambers, previously banned for two years for doping, will be welcomed at the Golden League meeting in Berlin on June 14.
Leaders ask USOC chairman to explain ouster (AP)
Leaders of America's Olympic sports federations have asked the chairman of the U.S. Olympic Committee to explain the sudden and unexpected ouster of chief executive officer Jim Scherr. More than th...
Gillick crashes out at European Indoors (Reuters)
Hot favourite David Gillick crashed out of the 400 metres semi-finals in controversial fashion on the first day of the European Indoor Athletics Championships on Friday.
Britain aims to keep 2012 security budget in check (AP)
The British government aims to keep security costs for the 2012 London Olympics from spiraling beyond the $862 million budget. Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said Thursday the government would not con...
Defar sets world women's indoor 5,000m record (Reuters)
Ethiopian Meseret Defar broke the women's world indoor 5,000 metres record on Wednesday when she clocked 14 minutes 24.37 seconds at the DN Galan meeting.
Defar breaks world women's indoor 5,000 record (Reuters)
Ethiopian Meseret Defar broke the women's world indoor 5,000 metres record on Wednesday when she clocked 14 minutes 24.37 seconds.
WADA willing to listen on drug-testing complaints (AP)
The World Anti-Doping Agency is sticking with its whereabouts rule for out-of-competition testing but will consider any proposed changes from athletes who consider the system intrusive. WADA direct...
Attorney: Police trying to build drug case against Phelps (PA SportsTicker)
COLUMBIA, South Carolina (Ticker) -- A lawyer for a man arrested on drug charges said local authorities are trying to build a marijuana possession case against American swimming superstar Michael P...
Britain sets plans for anti-doping agency (AP)
Britain set plans Wednesday for a national anti-doping agency that will work with law enforcement to catch drug cheats leading to the 2012 London Olympics. Sports Minister Gerry Sutcliffe said the ...
US military involved in Olympic security (AP)
The United States military will be cooperating with its Canadian counterparts to provide security for the 2010 Winter Olympics. Canadian Forces officials said Monday that the combined operations fa...
Putin: Sochi Games will be funded (AP)
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin assured the International Olympic Committee on Friday that Russia's economic troubles will not jeopardize state funding for the 2014 Winter Olympics. The liquidity cri...
Chicago venues get approval of sport federations (AP)
The venues proposed for a Chicago Olympics have gotten the approval of all 26 international sport federations, bid organizers said Thursday. Chicago 2016 consulted with the various federations in d...
IOC and EU sports leaders begin new era of accord (AP)
Olympic leaders met with European Union officials Monday to develop closer relations between the sports and political worlds. Sports federations want control to run their own affairs protected from...
Lepisto of Finland wins women's Euro skating (AP)
Laura Lepisto of Finland gave the enthusiastic crowd quite a show Saturday, winning the title at the European Figure Skating Championships. It's only the second European title for a Finnish skater,...
Davis and White poised for new title at nationals (AP)
Twice Igor Shpilband had up-and-coming ice dance teams poised to finally upset the longtime U.S. champions. And twice they had to win by default, the favorites knocked out by injury. Please, Shpilb...
Premier League clubs involved with London 2012 (AP)
Premier League soccer teams will take part in a project to get youngsters involved in Olympic sports before the 2012 London Games. Each of the 20 teams will affiliate with local clubs in table tenn...
Wis. governor to make announcement about Olympics (AP)
Chicago's bid to host the 2016 Olympics apparently will get an assist from neighboring Wisconsin. Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle plans to make an announcement Friday. A spokeswoman for the Olympic bid ef...
Martina makes case to win back Olympic 200 place (AP)
Sprinter Churandy Martina made his case to be reinstated as the Olympic 200 meters silver medalist to the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Thursday. Martina and his Netherland Antilles team appeal...
Canadian province to deal with Olympic village (AP)
British Columbia will hold a special legislative session to deal with Vancouver's financing crisis over the 2010 Olympic village. Province premier Gordon Campbell said on Wednesday that government ...
UPDATE 1-Olympics-Scramble on to save 2010 Games village (Reuters)
(Refiles to fix typographical error in headline; updates with VANOC comments, credit rating)
Angerer wins 4-man bobsled World Cup race (AP)
Karl Angerer of Germany led his four-man bobsled team to its second World Cup victory of the season Sunday and Todd Hays was the top U.S. finisher in ninth. Angerer and his squad of Andreas Udvari,...
Zoeggeler extends perfect record on Turin track (AP)
Armin Zoeggeler extended his perfect record on the 2006 Turin Olympics luge track with his 43rd World Cup victory Sunday -- his third straight this season. The Italian won in a two-run combined tim...
Austria wins biathlon relay; Russian suspended (AP)
Austria won its second straight World Cup men's biathlon relay Thursday, and a Russian competitor was ruled out after failing a pre-race blood check. Daniel Mesotitsch, Friedrich Pinter, Dominik La...
Liu likely to miss Berlin worlds, says coach (Reuters)
China's Liu Xiang will probably not defend his world 110m hurdles title in Berlin later this year because of the injury that forced him out of the Beijing Olympics, his coach told local media on We...
Creator of Bolt dance shot to death (AP)
The creator of a dance step made famous by champion sprinter Usain Bolt at the Olympics has been slain in Jamaica. Police say David Alexander Smith was shot to death at a Kingston nightclub early F...
Swimming-Suits affecting credibility, says top coach (Reuters)
The high-tech swimming suits worn when world records were lowered more than 100 times this year could be affecting the credibility of the performances, the coach of the world's fastest male and fem...
Tokyo finalizes venue plans for 2016 Olympics bid (AP)
Tokyo's bid committee has finalized its venue plans for the 2016 Olympics, promising a compact games of tightly grouped venues. Among the plans that were announced by the bid committee on Thursday ...
Economy hasn't nipped 2010 sponsor deals yet (Reuters)
(In U.S. dollars unless noted)
Chicago 2016's bid plan gets a slight makeover (AP)
The competition pool for a Chicago Olympics would last about as long as a swimming world record does these days. Chicago 2016 organizers unveiled several venue changes Friday that they say will ben...
Kiplagat plans to concentrate on road racing (Reuters)
Dutch world half-marathon champion Lornah Kiplagat said on Wednesday she will quit track and cross country running and run on the road only.
Ross quits 2012 Olympics organising committee (Reuters)
David Ross, the co-founder of UK mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse, has resigned from the committee organising the 2012 London Olympic Games following his breach of share disclosure rules.
Oberstolz-Gruber wins luge doubles in World Cup (AP)
Christian Oberstolz and Patrick Gruber won the men's doubles and Tatjana Hufner took the women's singles at a World Cup luge meet Saturday. Oberstolz and Gruber, the 2008 European champions from It...
Jonsson wins of Sweden wins World Cup opener (AP)
Helena Jonsson of Sweden won the World Cup biathlon opener on Thursday. Jonsson shot clean and finished the 15-kilometer event in 45 minutes, 5.1 seconds. Kati Wilhelm of Germany, who missed one ta...
Athletes asked for daily 1-hour doping test window (AP)
Revised anti-doping guidelines call for athletes to provide authorities with a daily one-hour window during which they must be available for testing or risk being penalized for missing a test. The ...
Japan's Asada in the spotlight at NHK Trophy (AP)
World champion Mao Asada wants to put her struggles behind her with a strong performance in this weekend's NHK Trophy. Coming off a second-place finish at the Trophee Bompard, the Japanese skater w...
US women's volleyball coach Ping steps down (AP)
Jenny Lang Ping, who guided the U.S. women's volleyball team to the silver medal in the Beijing Olympics, has decided not to extend her contract with the team. Lang, who as a player led China to a ...
Women ski jumpers to argue for Olympic spot (AP)
A group of women ski jumpers will get the chance to argue in a Canadian court on April 20 for their sport to be included in the 2010 Winter Olympics. The ski jumpers have sued the Vancouver Olympic...
Ouch: Johnson & Johnson out as Olympic sponsor (AP)
The International Olympic Committee can't put a Band-Aid on this financial cut: Johnson & Johnson passed on the chance to renew its lucrative global sponsorship deal. The IOC confirmed Monday that ...
Canada's Chan, Rochette win Trophee Bompard (AP)
Teenager Patrick Chan won his second Grand Prix skating title and Joannie Rochette held off defending champion Mao Asada to give Canada a double victory Saturday at the Trophee Bompard. The 17-year...
Baseball, softball make case for 2016 Olympics (AP)
Baseball made its pitch for reinstatement in the Olympics on Friday, one the seven sports fighting for two spots on the program for the 2016 Summer Games. A team of six, led by International Baseba...
US boxer Warren to go for record 3rd Olympic berth (AP)
World champion flyweight boxer Rau'shee Warren has decided to stay in the amateur ranks for four more years in an attempt to become the first three-time Olympian in U.S. history. Warren, a three-t...
Martina gets court date for Olympic 200 medal case (AP)
Sprinter Churandy Martina will get a hearing next month in his bid to win reinstatement as silver medalist in the 200 meters at the Beijing Olympics. The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Friday se...
Tokyo brushes off Chicago's 2016 Obama boost (Reuters)
Tokyo's bid officials insist they still have the edge in the race to host the 2016 Olympics despite Barack Obama's victory in the U.S. presidential election.
Japanese fear 'Obama factor' could hurt 2016 bid (Reuters)
Japanese Olympic officials fear Barack Obama's victory in the U.S. presidential election could hurt Tokyo's bid for the 2016 Games.
2 cities vie to host first Winter Youth Games (AP)
Innsbruck, Austria, and Kuopio, Finland, are the finalists in the race to host the first Winter Youth Olympics in 2012. The short list was announced Monday by the International Olympic Committee. T...
2010 Winter games seen unhurt by economic turmoil (Reuters)
Preparation and marketing efforts for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Canada have not been hurt so far by global financial turmoil, organizers said on Thursday.
Study says 1,055 athletes were injured at Olympics (AP)
Nearly one in 10 Olympians were treated for injuries at the Beijing Games, the IOC said Thursday. More than half of the 1,055 athletes hurt had leg and foot problems and at least 100 suffered head ...
Rough times force USOC to rethink 2009 budget (AP)
The economic crisis has forced the U.S. Olympic Committee to delay setting next year's budget while officers consider contingency plans that could include administrative cuts. "We're not economists...
Pairs skater Naomi Nari Nam retires (AP)
Naomi Nari Nam, who went from 13-year-old national medalist in singles to a medalist in pairs, has retired from competitive figure skating. The 23-year-old Nam won the bronze medal at the 2007 nati...
Next president may sell Chicago 2016 bid to IOC (AP)
The next American president likely will be asked to get involved in politics of a different sort: Selling Olympic officials on bringing the 2016 Games to Chicago. On the surface, the U.S. Olympic C...
IOC approves Sochi 2014 Games sports sites (Reuters)
The International Olympic Committee on Tuesday approved all venue sites for the 2014 Winter Games in Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi.
Former CEO of EA Sports to chair USOC board (AP)
The U.S. Olympic Committee is replacing a name most sports fans know -- Peter Ueberroth -- with an architect of a game most sports fans know -- EA Sports. Larry Probst, a longtime executive at the ...
Belgium probes top anti-doping doctor (AP)
The head of the Belgian Olympic Committee wants his top anti-doping official to resign after a retiring athlete said the doctor had advised him to take illegal products a decade ago. Dr. Renno Roel...
Costs under scrutiny for 2012 athletes village (Reuters)
Costs for the athletes' village and the media centre at the 2012 London Olympics are under scrutiny as the consortiums responsible for their construction try to raise money during the global econom...
King, US Olympic dressage team disqualified (AP)
The United States was disqualified Monday from its fourth-place finish in the Olympic team dressage event for a positive drug test. The International Equestrian Federation said rider Courtney King'...
Halkia appears before Greek prosecutor over doping (AP)
Greek hurdler Fani Halkia appeared Monday before a prosecutor investigating the doping case that led to her expulsion from the Beijing Olympics, and insisted she did not intentionally use performan...
Coe knows a challenge awaits London (AP)
Sebastian Coe knows a challenge when he sees one. The chairman of the organizing committee for the 2012 London Olympics has heard the praise for the Beijing Olympics, and in four years it will be t...
Upset cyclists want USOC executive unmasked (AP)
The Olympic cyclists who wore masks at the Beijing airport want something positive to come out of their ordeal. They also seek the ouster of the U.S. Olympic Committee executive who they say humili...
Homan gets even in wheelchair tennis doubles (AP)
Korie Homan had to wait a day, but she finally got even with Esther Vergeer. Homan and Sharon Walraven won gold in wheelchair tennis at the Paralympics on Monday, defeating Dutch compatriots Jiske ...
Du Toit wins 4th gold at Paralympics (AP)
Natalie Du Toit of South Africa won her fourth gold medal in swimming at the Beijing Paralympics, taking the 400-meter freestyle on Friday in a world-record time for her disability group. Du Toit, ...
Disqualified Swedish wrestler appeals to CAS (AP)
The Swedish wrestler stripped of his bronze medal at the Beijing Olympics for protesting during the medal ceremony filed an appeal Thursday with the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Ara Abrahamian, ...
Britain wins 3 golds in Paralympic cycling (AP)
Britain won three gold medals in track cycling on Wednesday in the Paralympic Games, solidifying its spot behind leader China in the medal standings. China leads the medal table with 24 gold and 77...
Private funding grows in Chinese sports programs (AP)
Private money is playing a growing role in China's hugely successful system of state-backed sports academies, according to head of the country's national sports administration. The government's net...
Appeal for Martina taken to CAS (PA SportsTicker)
The Olympic Committee of the Netherlands Antilles has appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport over the disqualification of Churandy Martina from the men's 200 meter final at the Beijing Games.
Giselle Davies resigns as IOC spokeswoman (AP)
Giselle Davies has resigned after six years as the International Olympic Committee's communications director and chief spokeswoman. The 39-year-old Briton told The Associated Press on Thursday she ...
First Afghan medalist lands to hero's welcome (Reuters)
Thousands of jubilant Afghans packed the national stadium to give the country's first Olympic medal winner Rohullah Nikpai a hero's welcome on Thursday.
Torres undergoes shoulder surgery (PA SportsTicker)
Triple silver medalist Dara Torres, 41, had right shoulder surgery on Wednesday to repair damage that had been bothering her prior to the Beijing Olympics.
Report: China to auction Yao Ming's bed, 20 million other Olympic items (Yahoo! Sports)
BEIJING (AFP) รข?? China plans to auction off 20 million items related to the Beijing Olympics, including...
Political clouds lifted for China at Games (Reuters)
It could hardly have been a worse run-in to the Olympics for China's government.
Darfur runner wins Sudan's first Olympic medal (AP)
Sudan rejoiced on Sunday when a Darfur native brought home the country's first-ever Olympic medal, putting a rare positive light on the wartorn region. After nearly 50 years of Sudanese participati...
Pair of Americans finish in top 10 in marathon (PA SportsTicker)
While Sammy Wanjiru of Kenya defied daunting conditions to claim gold in the men's marathon on Sunday, Dathan Ritzenhein and Ryan Hall didn't do too badly for themselves, either.
Highlights from TV Olympic coverage (AP)
A look at NBC Universal's coverage of the Summer Olympics: HIGHLIGHT: Nice to see NBC add on the fly extended prime-time portions of key victories by the U.S. men's volleyball and water polo teams...
Saturday highlights at the Beijing Games (AP)
STAR Sanya Richards anchored the United States to a gold medal in the women's 1,600-meter relay, ending a streak of relay woes for the Americans in Beijing. She took the baton in second place behi...
Medals awarded on Saturday (Reuters)
The following medals were awarded at the Olympic Games in Beijing on Saturday.
U.S. women, men defend gold in 1,600 relay (PA SportsTicker)
This time, Sanya Richards had the kick to bring home the gold.
Team USA moves into gold medal game (PA SportsTicker)
The United States men's basketball team has already put the performance from Athens well in the past.
USOC hails overall medal performance in Beijing (AP)
While China is running away with the gold medal race in Beijing, the United States is laying claim to one of its best overall performances in Olympic history. "The athletes from the United States h...
For Solo, it"s hope restored (PA SportsTicker)
This time, Hope Solo was not alone.
Chinese duo claims bronze in beach volleyball (PA SportsTicker)
While Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh were waiting to defend their women's beach volleyball championship against one Chinese contingent on Thursday, another duo from the host country of the Olymp...
American wrestler Cormier withdraws (PA SportsTicker)
United States Olympic freestyle wrestler Daniel Cormier on Thursday withdrew from competition after becoming dehydrated.
"Lightning" Bolt strikes again (Reuters)
Jamaica's Usain "Lightning" Bolt roared to gold in the 200 meters on Wednesday to become the first man since Carl Lewis in 1984 to win an Olympic sprint double.
Russian Ilchenko claims gold in open water swimming (PA SportsTicker)
Russian world champion Larisa Ilchenko on Wednesday secured the gold medal in women's 10-kilometer open water swimming, an event making its Olympic debut.
Jamaica's "Lightning" Bolt could match Lewis (Reuters)
Jamaica's yam-powered Usain "Lightning" Bolt hopes to become the first man since Carl Lewis in 1984 to win an Olympic sprint double on Wednesday.
Rice will not attend Olympic closing ceremonies (AP)
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, confronted with sudden array of global troubles, has dropped plans to attend the closing ceremonies of the Olympics in Beijing this weekend. She will be replace...
Britain breaks century-old gold medal haul (Reuters)
Next Olympics hosts Britain reached their highest gold medal tally in a century on Tuesday with four victories including one from a once-banned runner.
Timetable of events for Wednesday (Reuters)
Olympic timetable of events for Wednesday (all times GMT)
A look at Michael Phelps' sponsors (AP)
Here's a look at the sponsors of American swimmer Michael Phelps, according to his agents. They declined to specify the value of the deals. Speedo USA -- maker of swimsuits, a licensed brand of th...
US women field hockey team ousted, China advances (AP)
The U.S. women's field hockey team will have at least four years to think about its missed opportunities at the Beijing Olympics. The Americans entered Monday with only an outside chance of making ...
Chinese champion pulls out hurt, stuns fans (Reuters)
China's Olympic 110 meters hurdles champion and main hope for a track and field gold Liu Xiang pulled out of his race injured on Monday, devastating fans around the host nation.
Timetable of events for Monday (Reuters)
Olympic timetable of events for Monday (all times GMT)
1 week to go, China beats Athens gold medal haul (AP)
With a week still to go at the Beijing Olympics, China on Sunday surpassed its best-ever gold medal haul in Athens, reaching a total of 35 and making the home team look unstoppable. A lopsided vict...
Sunday highlights at the Beijing Games (AP)
STARS Michael Phelps and three teammates won the 400-meter medley relay for Phelps' eighth gold medal, eclipsing Mark Spitz's seven-gold performance at the 1972 Munich Games. Of his five individua...
Wilder advances; Andrade ousted (PA SportsTicker)
Heavyweight Deontay Wilder rescued the United States boxing team from what has turned out to be an disastrous performance in the Olympics.
Phelps completes historic effort, claims eighth gold (PA SportsTicker)
In an Olympics where the number eight has so much significance for the host nation, Michael Phelps made it important worldwide.
Americans rally from four-run deficit (AP)
U.S. baseball coaches Rick Eckstein and Marcel Lachemann watched and thought their players were just going through the motions against Canada, their concentration sub-par and their at-bats too easy...
Russia, Romania and Norway unbeaten in handball (AP)
Russia, Romania and Norway all earned victories on Friday to stay perfect at women's Olympic handball. Hungary (2-1-1) overcame an early first-half deficit for a 13-12 lead, but world champion Russ...
Lawmakers want Olympics out of Russia (AP)
The International Olympic Committee should punish Russia by moving the 2014 Winter Olympics out of Sochi, Russia, the co-chairs of the congressional House Georgia Caucus said. Reps. Allyson Schwart...
Sprinter trains where Taliban staged executions (AP)
Afghan sprinter Massoud Azizi trains on the cracked concrete track of a stadium that was used for executions during the Taliban regime. His Olympics are already over, having finished last in his he...
American duo Liukin and Johnson end China's gymnastics run (AFP)
Russian-born Nastia Liukin of the United States won the women's gymnastics individual all-round event here Friday to break China's stranglehold on the sport at the Beijing Olympics.
Basketball-Yao breathes fire in China win (Reuters)
(Adds Kazlauskas quotes, Lithuania win)
Most Americans back holding Olympics in China (AP)
Most Americans think staging the Olympics in China was a good decision despite its government's human rights abuses, Beijing's smog and threats of attacks by militants, according to a poll released...
Ticket scramble leaves venues half empty (Yahoo! Sports)
Scalpers' soaring prices and unused sponsor tickets have kept fans away from Olympic events.
Ni Howdy! A security-fence view of Olympic Park (AP)
Ni Howdy! AP's Warren Levinson, who is covering his 8th Olympic games, is blogging daily about the sights and sounds of the host city. WEDNESDAY, Aug. 13, 2008 So what was that? The tank ok, armore...
Cycling-Swiss Cancellara wins men's time trial gold (Reuters)
Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland won the Olympic gold medal in the men's cycling individual time trial on Wednesday.
Father of former Olympian killed in Beijing (AP)
Police tightened security Sunday as they investigated the fatal stabbing of the father of a former U.S. Olympian, an attack that stunned the athletic community and embarrassed Chinese authorities d...
Railey throws down the gauntlet to Ainslie (Reuters)
Unheralded American Zach Railey continued to throw down the gauntlet to defending Olympic Finn champion Ben Ainslie with another strong performance on Sunday.
Heat wilted Olympic basketball team (AP)
The U.S. Olympic basketball team didn't have to wait for its first game to break a sweat. The Americans joked Saturday before practice about how hot they felt during the opening ceremony, when they...
Phelps in tough first swim towards Olympic glory (AFP)
Michael Phelps's quest for Olympic immortality begins Saturday, when he opens the Beijing Games swimming competition with a race he says may be one of his toughest -- the 400m individual medley.
Weightlifting-Taro and tattoo: Samoa's secret weapons (Reuters)
It takes six weeks to tattoo a Samoan because the traditional technique of hammering pigment into the skin is so painful and the customer loses so much blood.
FACTBOX-Olympics-Ten great rivalries at Beijing (Reuters)
(Corrects years for Gebrselassie gold medals)
Olympic torch relayed through China quake zone (AP)
The Olympic torch completed the final leg of its global relay before reaching Beijing where the games will open, passing Tuesday through the earthquake-stricken province of Sichuan in an homage to ...
Johnson returned Sydney Games relay medal: IOC (Reuters)
U.S. Olympic champion Michael Johnson has returned his 4x400m Sydney 2000 Olympics gold medal to the International Olympic Committee after his then team mate Antonio Pettigrew admitted to doping...
Swimming Playboy model Beard to bare all in fur protest (Reuters)
Olympic swimming champion Amanda Beard, who appeared in Playboy magazine in 2007, is to appear naked in an advertising campaign protesting against fashion furs that will be launched at the Beiji...
Archery-Big Canadian Lyon roaring on fast food diet (Reuters)
Lyon is Canada's best hope for an archery medal, although the 96-kilogram Winnipeg native admits he is probably not the archetypal Olympian.
Rowing-Shunyi course wins top marks from rowers (Reuters)
Rowers training on the new Shunyi Olympic rowing park lavished praise on the venue on Monday, welcoming the close spectator stands they hope will result in a great atmosphere.
No divided loyalties for United States coach Chen (AFP)
Former Chinese champion diver and national team coach Wenbo Chen insists there will be no divided loyalties as his United States dive team looks to spoil China's party in the Beijing pool.
Weightlifting-Miyake turns pressure into power (Reuters)
The diminutive and softly spoken weightlifter Hiromi Miyake seemed to drown in the crowd of Japanese photographers and journalists who surrounded her following a training session in Beijing on Sund...
Volleyball-China's 'fragile beauty' Zhao is key (Reuters)
Zhao Ruirui has less than happy memories of the Olympics but nothing is more important to China's hopes of retaining their women's volleyball crown on home soil next month than her remaining fit.
No mind games for swim sensation Phelps (AFP)
US swimming sensation Michael Phelps has broken countless world records and won a hatful of Olympic medals, and it has all been achieved with a blank mind.
Cycling-Cunego withdraws from Italian team (Reuters)
Damiano Cunego withdrew from Italy's Olympic road race cycling team on Saturday because he is still suffering the effects of a nasty fall on last month's Tour de France.
IOC turn up the heat on the dope cheats (Reuters)
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) turned up the heat on dope cheats at the Beijing Games on Saturday, hailing a spate of positive tests as proof that their "zero tolerance" policy was pa...
IOC strips gold from 2000 US relay team (AP)
The International Olympic Committee stripped gold medals Saturday from the U.S. men's 1,600-meter relay team that competed at the 2000 Olympics in the aftermath of Antonio Pettigrew's admission tha...
Mark Spitz makes splash about Beijing invite (Reuters)
Mark Spitz has rounded on Olympics chiefs for failing to invite him to Beijing for swimmer Michael Phelps' quest to break his record gold medal haul in the pool.
Pole vaulter Stuczynski still on the rise (Yahoo! Sports)
Team USA pole vaulter Jenn Stuczynski continues to reach new heights.
U.S. men indoor volleyball seeks first medal in 16 years (PA SportsTicker)
By Zach Ingraham PA SportsTicker Staff Writer
