What to do with your Olympic medal…
LONDON, England ● British tennis player Andy Murray’s two dogs were photographed wearing his silver and gold...
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‘Drunken’ photos get Belgian sent home
BRUSSELS/LONDON ● The Belgian Olympic Committee has sent track cyclist Gijs Van Hoecke home from the 2012...
‘60 percent of athletes at the Games on drugs’
LONDON, England ● Victor Conte, convicted owner of the now-defunct BALCO laboratory that was at the centre...
The Olympics is the sports photographer’s marathon
LONDON, England ● When Canada’s Ben Johnson accelerated across the 100 metres finishing line in 9.79 seconds...
NZ’s Fouhy apologises for rant
DORNEY, England ● New Zealand’s outspoken kayaker Ben Fouhy apologised on Monday for the foul-mouthed tirade he...
Baranova sent home after positive test
LONDON, England ● Russian track rider Victoria Baranova failed a pre-Olympics dope test for testosterone and was sent...
Much criticized NBC gives viewers a break
NEW YORK, NY ● NBC briefly tore down the digital wall protecting its Olympics coverage on Thursday and...
Chinese paper says sorry for calling lifter “shameful”
BEIJING, China ● A Chinese newspaper apologised on Tuesday for attacking one of the country’s young Olympic...
Injured Kluft out of London Games
HELSINKI, Finland ● Former Olympic heptathlon champion Carolina Kluft will miss the London Games after suffering a hamstring...
Report: Belarus Olympic track team coach arrested
MINSK, Belarus ● State television in Belarus says the head coach of the country’s Olympic track and field team...