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The Olympic Flame Torch Relay for the 2012 London Games continued its trip across Greece on Tuesday, braving rain, as it nears Athens for the handing over ceremony on Thursday.
Sports-themed biscuits have been created in celebration of the upcoming London 2012 Olympics.
When the Los Angeles Lakers and Oklahoma City last met, Metta World Peace delivered an elbow that sent the Thunder's James Harden home with a concussion.
After taking out the top seed in the Eastern Conference in the opening round of the playoffs, the Philadelphia 76ers weren't about to get discouraged by a one-point loss to Boston to start the second round.
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson said on Monday he wasn't concerned by rival and newly-crowned Premier League champion Manchester City's ability to out bid it in the transfer market.
Mexico is counting on the youthful energy and ambition of teenager Carolina Mendoza to complement the experience of 2009 world champion Paola Espinosa as they bid to upstage China's divers at the 2012 Olympic Games.
World champions Japan have called up a towering goalkeeper to help them in their bid to win the women's soccer title at this year's London Olympics.
Australian Olympic shooting gold medallist Russell Mark is set to parade in a lime-green "mankini" made famous by the movie character "Borat" at the opening ceremony of the London Olympics as the penalty for losing a bet.
Being an excellent rider is not enough for Jessica Michel. For what is likely to be just a brief appearance at the London Olympics dressage competition, she has also had to prove herself as a horse trader and shrewd businesswoman for the past six years.
Olympic all-around gymnastics champion Nastia Liukin is relishing the exhaustion of intense training in her rushed bid to represent the United States at the London Games.
Hitting rock bottom six months before the London Games was the best thing that could have happened to Steve Hooker, the Olympic pole vault champion said, after climbing out of an abyss of self-doubt to qualify last week.
The Oklahoma City Thunder delivered a blow to rival Metta World Peace's infamous elbow by crushing the Los Angeles Lakers 119-90 on Monday to win the opening game of the second-round playoff series.