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Ye faced with doping questions after 2nd gold
Two finals, two golds. And all anybody wants to know about Chinese teen swimming sensation Ye Shiwen is whether she's doping. After shattering the ...
Zara adds to family silver with Olympic medal
The queen's granddaughter Zara Phillips added to the family silver Tuesday, helping team Britain to a second-place finish behind Germany in Olympic ...
Olympics awash in Twitter, for better or worse
It's amazing how much trouble can be stirred up in 140 characters. But also how much intimacy, excitement, global scope and, yes, general zaniness.
APPRECIATING DENG
This was a moment to appreciate the effort, not assign blame for the failure. The British men's basketball team fell just short of an upset over ...
US women top NKorea 1-0, win Olympic soccer group
Abby Wambach became the first non-British woman to score a goal at Old Trafford. She and her teammates celebrated by coercing Hope Solo to get on the ...
Phelps takes record 19th Olympic medal
Michael Phelps broke the Olympic medals record Tuesday with his 19th as the United States romped to a dominating win in 4x200-meter freestyle relay ...
Djokovic drubs Roddick in 2nd round at Olympics
Novak Djokovic outclassed Andy Roddick in the second round of the Olympics at Wimbledon Tuesday, beating him 6-2, 6-1 under the Centre Court roof.
Japan's Kohei Uchimura chases 1st Olympic gold
Kohei Uchimura wows with a combination of flawless execution and flair. He'll need every bit of both to finally forget about the disappointment of his ...
From Sydney to London: How online Olympics evolved
At the turn of the millennium, online video at NBCOlympics.com meant still images taken from NBC's television feeds. Fast forward a dozen years, and ...
Phelps finishes second again for 18th medal
Michael Phelps has won a record-tying 18th Olympic medal, taking silver in the 200-meter butterfly. The winningest Olympian ever is still looking for ...
Teen cited for harassing British diver on Twitter
A U.K. teenager was arrested and cited for harassment Tuesday for posting malicious Twitter messages directed at British Olympic diver Tom Daley, ...
Forget the flame: Boris is on fire during Games
It's hard to miss Boris Johnson at the Olympics. London's over-the-top mayor is omnipresent, even for someone used to being the center of attention.
William, Kate, Harry meet British Olympic team
Prince William, the Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry have dropped in on the British Olympic team's official residence to wish them good luck and ...
Popular Irish author Maeve Binchy dies at 72
Bestselling Irish author Maeve Binchy, one of Ireland's most popular writers who sold more than 40 million books worldwide, died in Dublin after a ...
Olympic surprise: London traffic moving fine
Here's a pleasant surprise for Londoners who feared the worst: So far the traffic is flowing just fine despite the extra pressure of the Olympic games
Radical cleric fails in new bid for release in UK
Two judges on Tuesday rejected the latest bid by radical Islamist cleric Abu Qatada to be freed from detention in Britain, which has been trying to ...
'Tubular Bells' Oldfield proud of Olympic opener
Mike Oldfield wants to use the Olympics opening ceremony as a rallying cry. The British musician performed his most famous composition, "Tubular ...
'Sculling Sloth' back on water at London Olympics
The "Sculling Sloth" is getting even slower. Hamadou Djibo Issaka, the Niger rower at the London Olympics despite only three months of experience in ...
Wife of UK terrorism suspect also faces charge
The pregnant wife of a British Muslim convert accused of travelling to Pakistan for terrorism training has also been charged with a terrorism-related ...
Olympic Viewing: Coverage of London games
SPOILER: NBC must really think everybody knows the results before showing a tape-delayed race, or else someone was asleep at the switch. The network ...
Aer Lingus Q2 profit falls as it slams Ryanair bid
Irish airline Aer Lingus has reported a 73 percent drop in second quarter pretax profit but predicted that full year profit would at least match its ...
BP posts Q2 loss as output, oil prices fall
Oil company BP reported Tuesday a loss of $1.4 billion for the second quarter due to lower prices and production and as it wrote down the value of ...
Campbell fastest in single sculls quarterfinals
Alan Campbell of Britain upstaged a number of world and Olympic champions to qualify fastest for the semifinals of the men's single sculls on Tuesday, ...
Adrian of US leads 100 free heats at Olympics
Nathan Adrian of the U.S. qualified fastest in the 100-meter freestyle preliminaries at the London Games on Tuesday, when Michael Phelps will try to ...
THE WRONG TROUSERS?
Oh, the problems of a medal-winning athlete. British gymnash Louis Smith just tweeted that he is having a few problems in the trouser department ...