Cox loses Athens gold, U.S. lose Sydney medal
(Reuters) – American Crystal Cox, who won 4×400 meters relay gold at the 2004 Athens Olympics, was stripped of her medal on Saturday, the International...
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Basketball team to go at full speed in Barcelona
(Reuters) – Kobe Bryant, who has said the 2012 U.S. Olympic basketball team could beat the 1992 Dream Team, issued a safer guarantee when the...
Groff out to put U.S. on triathlon map
(Reuters) – While the United States’ swimmers and track athletes have had to endure cut-throat qualifying competitions to secure their places in the Olympic Games,...
Scott sets pace with 64, Woods lurks ominously
(Reuters) – Australian Adam Scott set the pace with a course record-equaling 64 while a steely-looking Tiger Woods rattled off four early birdies in a...
Tour de France: Wiggins closes in on maiden title
(Reuters) – Bradley Wiggins closed in on a maiden Tour de France title on Thursday but had to deal with controversial behavior from team mate...
Ex-Penn State board chair becomes first trustee to quit after scandal
(Reuters) – The former chairman of Penn State’s board resigned on Thursday, becoming the first trustee to step down following the child sex abuse scandal...
Olympics security poster ‘gibberish’ to Arabic speakers
A train company has been criticised for producing an Olympics security poster which reads as “gibberish” in Arabic. First Capital Connect sent posters to 13...
U.S. women’s basketball team show gold medal pedigree
(Reuters) – The U.S. women’s basketball team rallied from a 10-point deficit to record an emphatic 88-63 win over potential Olympic medalists Britain on Wednesday....