MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Call it a legitimate complaint. Or call it a big underdog trying to gain some sort of mental edge on the eve of a big game at the Olympics.
Either way, the coach of the Canadian women’s soccer team took a swipe at the Ameri…
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LONDON (AP) — Former 100-meter world champion Kim Collins of St. Kitts and Nevis was missing for several days before he was expelled by his team from the London Olympics, a team official said Sunday.
Dennis Knight, vice president of the Caribbean cou…
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Abby Wambach is feeling more confident that she’ll be able to play with the U.S. women’s soccer team through the next Olympics.
The 32-year-old forward said Sunday that she’s been playing pain-free at the London Games after…
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Court records show that the mother of Olympic gymnast Gabby Douglas filed for bankruptcy earlier this year in Virginia.
Documents filed in January in the Eastern District of Virginia show Natalie Hawkins filed for Chapter 13 bankr…
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Serena Williams relishes her role as copycat little sister. Even if it takes her 12 years.
Now, she has that remarkable Olympic double – just like Venus.
The overpowering American pair teamed to win the women’s doubles title…
WEYMOUTH, England (AP) — Sweden’s Fredrik Loof and Max Salminen sailed across the finish line first, not knowing what color medal they’d won in the venerable Star class.
They looked back and counted as the rest of the boats finished. A few minutes la…
LONDON (AP) — Michael Phelps got up to leave his last news conference at the Olympic pool when his relay mates were asked if they thought he would really stay retired.
Before they could answer, Phelps smiled and said emphatically: “Yes, yes.”
The mos…
LONDON (AP) — There’s been a whole lot of hype at the 2012 Summer Games about Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake and the men’s 100-meter final Sunday night. Yet Jamaica didn’t need to wait for those two guys to resume the island nation’s Olympic supremacy in sp…
LONDON (AP) — As if 22 medal ceremonies over the last three Olympics weren’t enough, Michael Phelps was summoned back to the pool deck for one more accolade.
This time, he received a trophy rather than a medal, an award that sought to sum up a career…
LONDON (AP) — Of course, the gold medal stays in Jamaica. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce wouldn’t have it any other way.
A golden ribbon in her hair, the bubbly Jamaican made it back-to-back Olympic titles in the women’s 100 meters Saturday night, closing g…