Summer Olympics News

From piping Canadian television coverage into the athletes' village to locating soy milk for the lactose-intolerant Olympian, no detail is too small in pursuit of a gold medal.

Instead of walking into the annual summer basketball camp wearing his traditional red attire, Alford dressed in a blue-and-gold T-shirt that was just a few shades short of matching Franklin's school colors.

President Dilma Rousseff has tried to placate the crowds by supporting their right to protest, and the Sao Paulo municipal government has rescinded the 10-cent hike in bus and subway fares that sparked the demonstrations in the first place.

Three people have been charged with the murder of a man who was stabbed during a fight at a party in north London.

U.S tennis player, Serena Williams arrives for Burberry Prorsum show, during London Men's spring summer fashion collections 2014, in London, Tuesday, June 18, 2013.

The historic wave of protests that has swept across Brazil in recent days has gained some important allies -- the players of the Brazilian national football team.

Chris Froome is in discussions over an extension to his Team Sky contract in a deal which could have implications for Sir Bradley Wiggins.

The world athletics body on Wednesday denied that it had any prior knowledge or evidence of Italian 2008 Olympic race walk champion Alex Schwazer's doping practices before he was caught with a positive test last year.

YOUNG Rowan Harink wore his special running shoes to meet Olympic rowing champion Zak Purchase at St John's Primary School's sports day.

A Russian judo official says a four-time European judo champion who committed suicide had been depressed since failing to win a medal at last year's London Olympics.

When Wimbledon gets underway next week, Serena Williams will be there as the defending champion and five-time overall winner.

U.S tennis player, Serena Williams arrives for Burberry Prorsum show, during London Men's spring summer fashion collections 2014, in London, Tuesday, June 18, 2013.

Croydon Harrier Omar Reid took a huge step towards representing Great Britain in the discus after winning the World Youth Trials at Bedford last weekend.

Lolo Jones has angered her bobsled teammates just eight months ahead of the Winter Olympics by publicly revealing the paycheck she received from the U.S. Bobsled and Skeleton Federation, which determines compensation on performance results.

Twice Olympic 200 metres champion Veronica Campbell-Brown could avoid a maximum two-year doping ban because she declared a cream containing a banned diuretic, sources close to Jamaican athletics told Reuters on Tuesday.

The U.S. Women's National Team captured its second consecutive gold medal at the 2013 Pan American Cup, held June 10-16 in Lima, Peru.

Protestors march in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, June 17, 2013. Protests in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and other Brazilian cities, were set off by a 10-cent hike in public transport fares, have clearly moved beyond that issue to tap into widespread frustration in Brazil about a heavy tax burden, politicians widely viewed as corrupt and woeful ... (more)

Justin Gatlin talked a big game before a recent race with the world's fastest sprinter, stepping up his boasting simply to bait Usain Bolt.

More than 100,000 people took to the streets in overwhelmingly peaceful protests in at least eight cities Monday, demonstrations that voiced the deep frustrations Brazilians feel about carrying heavy tax burdens but receiving woeful returns in public education, health, security and transportation.

In the category of no rest for the weary, yet another Grand Slam event will swing into action next week when Wimbledon commences, with Roger Federer as the defending champion.