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Federer hopes to play 2016 Games in Rio
Roger Federer says he won't play as often in the next few years and hopes to compete in the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The 31-year-old Federer ...
Olympic champs highlight Brazil equestrian event
Seven Olympic champions and nine out of the world's 10 top-ranked riders are in Rio de Janeiro for Latin America's most important equestrian event, ...
Column: Not-So-Great Britain learning to win again
Learning to lose used to be as British as warm beer and milky tea. Growing up in Not-So-Great Britain post-1966, when England football fans last had ...
London wraps up a dazzling Olympics
Usain Bolt made himself a living legend — just ask him. Michael Phelps swam a last lap into history. A man ran on carbon blades. Two track stars and ...
Review: Following foreign athletes is cumbersome
It should come as no surprise that much of the Olympics coverage in the U.S. is focused on American athletes and top performers from other countries.
Wimbledon repeat: Federer-Murray face off in final
Roger Federer has "been around the block," as he puts it. The Swiss star has played for major titles, for the record books, for a place in tennis ...
EYES ON LONDON: Boris dangles, a badminton scandal
Around the 2012 Olympics and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of the games to you: ___ THE ...
Twitter suspends reporter's account
Twitter has suspended the account of a Los Angeles-based reporter for a British newspaper who included the email address of the NBC Olympics president ...
Swiss Olympic team expels player for racist tweet
A Swiss soccer player was expelled from the Olympics on Monday for his threatening and racist message on Twitter about South Koreans. The comments by ...
EYES ON LONDON: A mayor's rejoinder to Romney
Around the 2012 Olympics and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of the games to you: ___ ...
Federer, Serena draw opponents for Olympic tennis
Roger Federer is back at Wimbledon a few weeks after winning his seventh title there, bidding for the one major accolade that has eluded him: an ...
THE RACE: Romney weighs in on London Olympics
Mitt Romney has been in London for a day and already he's causing a stir. Credited with rescuing the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, he found ...
Pope's Olympic message credits the power of sports
Pope Benedict XVI says he is praying that the London Olympics promote world peace and friendship — a message the Vatican is increasingly emphasizing ...
G4S hurts its future with Olympic contract debacle
Just months ago, a senior executive from the G4S security firm boasted that the London Olympics would make his British company as synonymous with ...
Wimbledon champ Federer eyes Olympic singles gold
The morning after Roger Federer won a record-tying seventh Wimbledon championship, he returned to the site of his latest triumph to conduct interviews ...
Tony Parker cleared to play for France at Olympics
Spurs guard Tony Parker can play for European runner-up France in the Olympic Games after San Antonio's doctors agreed he has recovered from an eye ...
Mikulak shines on first day of gymnastics trials
Danell Leyva likes being right as much as he enjoys winning. The world parallel bars champion has been saying for months there is not just one guy ...
Oilers tap assistant Ralph Krueger as new coach
The Edmonton Oilers have promoted assistant Ralph Krueger to head coach. Krueger spent the last two seasons as an assistant under Tom Renney, whose ...