Olympics
Fancy a curry? Games athletes have range of choice
Fancy a traditional English fry-up for breakfast? How about a chicken curry or some kimchi? Or would a lamb samosa and some baba ganoush from a halal kitchen be more to your taste?
South Korea wins Olympic saber team event
Gu Bon-gil led South Korea to a 45-26 victory Friday over Romania in the men's team saber final at the London Olympics, earning the Asians their first gold medal at a fencing team event.
Pendleton wins Olympic keirin
Victoria Pendleton of Britain washed away the disappointment of her disqualification in the team sprint by claiming the gold medal in the keirin Friday at the London Olympics.
Phelps wins 100 fly in final individual race
Michael Phelps won the 100-meter butterfly at the London Games on Friday for the record 17th gold and 21st medal overall in his Olympic career.
Franklin sets world record to win 200 back
American teenager Missy Franklin set a world record in the 200 backstroke Friday for her third gold and fourth medal overall at the London Olympics.
London mayor visits troops on Olympics duty
British troops assigned on short notice to guard the Olympics are "enjoying a very unusual and memorable operation," London's mayor says.
Australian rower sent home for damaging shops
An Australian rower was sent home from the Olympics after damaging two stores outside London, actions that left him "deeply ashamed" and with a bill of $2,175 to repair the broken windows.
France, Cuba win Olympic heavyweight judo golds
France's Teddy Riner, the biggest star in judo, won the men's over-100-kilogram Olympic judo gold medal on Friday, giving him the only medal he was missing.
Russian out of Olympics for doping
Russian track cyclist Victoria Baranova was expelled from the London Games after failing a pre-Olympics doping test, the governing body of the sport said Friday.
US weightlifter calls for more feminine attire
Just because Sarah Robles competes in a sport dominated by men, it doesn't mean she wants to look like one.
Zhang, Zhao win all-Chinese mixed doubles final
Despite being world and Asian champions and newly minted Olympic gold medalists, Zhang Nan and Zhao Yunlei say their badminton partnership is just getting going.
Serena Williams beats Azarenka in Olympic semis
Serena Williams clinched at least a silver medal Friday and earned a berth in the Olympic final when she beat No. 1-seeded Victoria Azarenka 6-1, 6-2.
London Olympics offers a boost to beleaguered BBC
As senior BBC executives joined a conference call to discuss the previous night's spectacular London Olympics opening ceremony, they teased each other nervously over the possible size of their television audience.
Britain leads Germany in team dressage
Charlotte Dujardin's record score riding Valegro helped Britain take a slender lead over Germany on Friday after the two-day first round of the Olympic dressage competition.
China's Dong flips and twists to trampoline gold
Chinese trampolinist Dong Dong made three wishes on New Year's Eve.
5 things to know about archery
So you don't know a crossbow from a rainbow? Here's a crash course on archery, which is having a huge spike in popularity during the London Olympics:
Podobedova wins 75-kilogram gold for Kazakhstan
Svetlana Podobedova won Kazakhstan's third weightlifting gold medal of the London Olympics on Friday, beating Russia's Natalya Zabolotnaya in a 75-kilogram showdown decided on the last lift.
Rio Olympics to keep Havelange stadium name
Organizers of the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics plan to keep the name of disgraced former FIFA President Joao Havelange on their main stadium.
Spectator arrested after altercation at Olympics
A spectator at the London Olympics has been arrested and fined after officials say he and two other people verbally abused the family of an Australian track cyclist.
Ortiz wins women's over 78K Olympic judo gold
Idalys Ortiz of Cuba won the women's over 78-kilogram Olympic judo gold on Friday, improving on the bronze she won at the Beijing Games.
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