NBA’s Yi to carry flag for China
LONDON, England ● China has continued its tradition of picking basketball players to carry their national flag at the...
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North Korea flag blunder mars day one
LONDON, England ● London’s Olympics got off to an embarrassing start Wednesday when North Korea’s women footballers refused to...
Baseball, softball join forces for 2020 spot
LONDON, England ● The governing bodies of baseball and softball are to merge in a bid to...
Olympic gymnastics tie-break rules changed
LONDON, England ● Nastia Liukin would have another gold medal if tie-break procedures introduced for this summer’s London Olympics...
Chinese athletes pledge against doping
BEIJING, China ● China’s Olympic athletes and coaches must vow to reject performance enhancing substances and pass an...
Japan women cleared of fixing Olympic qualifier
LAUSANNE, Switzerland ● The International Volleyball Federation has dismissed claims of match-fixing by Japan at a London Olympics...
More Olympic fever in Oregon
PORTLAND, Oregon ● Did earlier Kenya announce it will have their Olympic trials for their top runners...
From China with love…
BEIJING, China ● Footage of Chinese people expressing their hope for a successful 2012 London Olympics will...
Mangiarotti, Olympian fencer, dead at 93
MILAN, Italy ● Fencing great Edoardo Mangiarotti, who collected 13 Olympic medals in his long career, died in Milan...
Olympic Basketball schedule announced
LONDON, England ● The London 2012 Olympic Basketball competition schedule has today been confirmed, revealing when teams will play...