WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — When Serena Williams completed her first-round Olympic victory, the tall spectator in the front row near the Royal Box rose, smiled and added her lusty applause to the roar from the Centre Court crowd.
Michelle Obama liked w…
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LONDON (AP) — The head of the Syrian Olympic team offered a delicate defense of the Syrian army on Saturday while it pounded his own home city from helicopters to flush out rebels.
Maher Khayata told The Associated Press he was worried about his fami…
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Fourth-time Olympian Roger Federer overcame a jittery patch to win his opening match at the London Games, beating Alejandro Falla of Colombia 6-3, 5-7, 6-3.
Federer seeks his first singles medal, although he and Swiss teamma…
LONDON (AP) — Alexander Vinokourov of Kazakhstan won the gold medal Saturday in the men’s cycling road race at the London Olympics after a two-man sprint to the finish.
Vinokourov, who served a two-year doping suspension after twice testing positive …
LONDON (AP) — South Korean marksman Jin Jong-oh won the 10-meter air pistol gold medal Saturday, improving on his silver in Beijing.
Italian police officer Luca Tesconi won the silver, and Andrija Zlatic of Serbia took the bronze.
COVENTRY, England (AP) — Sweden held Women’s World Cup champion Japan to a 0-0 draw Saturday in Olympic soccer.
Japan created many chances – most in the second half – but was unable to take advantage, with Sweden goalkeeper Hedvig Lindahl making seve…
LONDON (AP) — Michael Phelps barely qualified in the 400-meter individual medley, Olympic champion Park Tae-hwan was disqualified and world record-holder Paul Biedermann failed to make the final in a surprising first day of swimming at the London Gam…
LONDON (AP) — Top-ranked Yi Siling of China captured the first gold medal of the London Olympics in the women’s 10-meter air rifle at Royal Artillery Barracks on Saturday.
Sylwia Bogacka of Poland took the silver for her first major medal, and Yu Dan…
LONDON (AP) — Natalie Coughlin is leading off in the preliminaries of the 4×100-meter freestyle relay, giving her a chance to join Dara Torres and Jenny Thompson as the most decorated U.S. female Olympian.
Coughlin has 11 medals in her career but fai…
LONDON (AP) — Shaken and stirred.
James Bond and the queen teamed to give London a wild Olympic opening like no other.
And creative genius Danny Boyle turned Olympic Stadium into a jukebox, cranking up world-beating rock from the Beatles, the Stones …