Latest Olympics News - London 2012
AC Milan's forward Mario Balotelli controls the ball during their Serie A football match between AC Milan and AS Roma at San Siro Stadium in Milan, on May 12, 2013. Roma will play their next league game without fans in the Olympic Stadium's 'Curva Su...
Ser Miang Ng (left) holds the Olympic flame with Spyros Capralos of Greece at a ceremony in Olympia in July 2010. NG look set to challenge to become the new president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Wednesday, with officials saying an...
The United States, Iran and Russia on Tuesday forged an unlikely heavyweight alliance to keep the ancient sport of wrestling in the Olympic Games.While political differences between the three are deep, the national teams from the three wrestling supe...
Italian Vincenzo Nibali stands as ballons are released before the start of the 10th stage of the 96th Giro d'Italia (Italy Tour) cycling race on May 14, 2013 in Altopiano del Montasio.Uran attacked on his own before the final 4.4km climb to the summi...
Rigoberto Uran wins the Olympic road race silver medal in London last July. Uran soloed to victory in the hilly 10th stage of the Giro d'Italia on Tuesday, as his Sky team leader and race favourite Bradley Wiggins lost more time to race leader Vincen...
The bottom of the Artemis Racing AC-72 catamaran is seen in the water at Hangar 3 at Treasure Island on May 9, 2013 in San Francisco, California. America's Cup bosses announced Friday a probe into why the AC72 yacht on which Briton Andrew Simpson die...
Kenya's David Rudisha celebrates after winning the men's 800m final at the IAAF Diamond League in the Qatari capital Doha on May 10, 2013. Rudisha clocked the best time in the world this year with victory in Friday's Diamond League opener.Rudisha won...
Kenya's David Rudisha celebrates after winning the men's 800m final at the IAAF Diamond League in the Qatari capital Doha on May 10, 2013. Rudisha clocked the best time in the world this year with victory in Friday's Diamond League opener.Rudisha won...
Britain's Andrew Simpson celebrates on the podium at the London 2012 Olympic Games, August 5, 2012. Simpson died Thursday when a 72-foot catamaran of Swedish team Artemis capsized during America's Cup training on San Francisco Bay, officials saidSimp...
Britain's Andrew Simpson celebrates on the podium at the London 2012 Olympic Games, August 5, 2012. Simpson died Thursday when a 72-foot catamaran of Swedish team Artemis capsized during America's Cup training on San Francisco Bay, officials saidSimp...
The bottom of the Artemis Racing AC-72 catamaran is seen in the water at Hangar 3 at Treasure Island on May 9, 2013 in San Francisco, California. British sailor Andrew Simpson, a member of the Swedish America's Cup racing team died when he was submer...
Silver medalist Britain's Andrew Simpson celebrates on the podium after the Star sailing class at the London 2012 Olympic Games, in Weymouth on August 5, 2012. Simpson died Thursday after the catamaran of a Swedish team training for the upcoming Amer...
An Olympic flag flies in a blue sky in London on July 23, 2012. The acting president of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) pulled out of a meeting with the International Olympics Committee to discuss his country's return to the international fold.V...
German Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach poses during a press conference in Frankfurt am Main on May 9, 2013. Bach officially announced his candidature to succeed Jacques Rogge as president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).Bach, 59,...
