Summer Olympic News

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.

Spain's two-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador has been nominated by race favourite Chris Froome as his biggest threat for this year's edition, which gets underway on June 29 in Corsica.

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

The suspended president of Athletics South Africa says Caster Semenya is recovering from a knee injury and will be ready for the world championships.

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.

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.

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.

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.

If Lolo Jones returns to Lake Placid, N.Y., later this year in hopes of making the Olympic bobsled team, she can expect a frosty reception.

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.

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)

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.

Triathletes begin the swim at the Boulder Sprint on Sunday. The 2013 Boulder Sprint Triathlon was held at the Boulder Reservoir on June 16, 2013.

Mads Glaesner of Denmark, seen at the 2012 short course championships in Istanbul in question, received a three-month suspension.

Throughout his college career, Elijah Greer has been one of the top 800-meter runners in the country.

Great Britain rower Moe Sbihi is thrilled to be part of a men's eight boat with a real medal chance at this year's Samsung Rowing World Cup.

Spain put in a classy performance to get their Confederations Cup campaign off to a winning start against Uruguay with a 2-1 win in at the Arena Pernambuco.