Olympics News

South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius poses at his arrival for the second and last day of a hearing at the Court of Arbitration for Sport, CAS, to appeal his case, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Wednesday, April 30, 2008. The 21-year-old South African was told last month by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) that he could not compete in their events because the artificial legs he uses gives him an unfair advantage. The Court of Arbitration for Sport said it will issue its ruling Friday on amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius' bid to race at the Beijing Olympics. (AP Photo/Keystone, Laurent Gillieron)

Amputee runner wins right to try for Olympic spot

AP - 9 minutes ago

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius has won the right to compete for a place in the Beijing Olympics.

  • South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius, seen here in 2007, will discover on Friday whether or not he will be handed an Olympic Games lifeline.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)
    Amputee runner wins appeal to compete for Olympics AP - 13 minutes ago

    LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius has won an appeal to compete for a place in the Beijing Olympics.

  • USOC still working on TV network for Beijing AP - Fri May 16, 3:58 AM ET

    COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The U.S. Olympic Committee's aggressive plan to start its own cable network is moving forward, though officials are giving no indications that the network will be on the air before the Beijing Olympics, as the federation had once hoped.

  • In this Feb. 12, 2008 file photo, Olympic gold medalist and world record holder Michael Phelps poses in a Speedo LZR racer swimsuit following a news conference introducing the high technology suit in New York. In a case sure to rock the swimming world, California-based TYR Sport filed a federal lawsuit this week alleging that rival Speedo, manufacturer of the record-breaking 'LZR Racer,' has conspired with USA Swimming to stifle competition and lure top athletes away from other companies. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)
    Battle over swimsuits moves to the courtroom AP - Thu May 15, 10:45 PM ET

    Forget the pool. The bitter battle over Olympic swimsuits is now in the courts, less than three months before the Beijing Games.

  • USOC still committed to letting foreign athletes in AP - Wed May 14, 7:04 PM ET

    COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - There will be nothing resembling Spygate to distract the U.S. Olympic Committee. In fact, the USOC actually encourages — gasp! — sharing its secrets with the competition.

  • Torchbearer Yang Jinghui, the Athens Olympics 10m dive gold medalist, carries the torch past onlookers at the Beijing Olympic Torch Relay in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China, Wednesday, May 7, 2008. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
    Olympic torch relay downscaled after quake AP - Tue May 13, 8:51 AM ET

    BEIJING - The Olympic torch relay will be simplified, downscaled and open with a minute of silence Wednesday when a leg starts in the southeastern city of Ruijin, a symbolic gesture to thousands who died in a massive earthquake in central China.

  • Top Cuban athlete still missing from national judo team AP - Mon May 12, 3:13 PM ET

    MIAMI - The Cuban national judo team prepared to return home Monday without one of its stars, whose weekend disappearance fueled speculation she is defecting.

  • Cuban team member missing after Judo competition AP - Sun May 11, 9:20 PM ET

    MIAMI - A member of Cuba's women's national judo team left the team at some point Sunday afternoon following the final day of the Pan American Judo Championships.

  • BMX racer Kyle Bennett clinches US Olympic berth AP - Sat May 10, 11:28 AM ET

    COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Kyle Bennett is the United States' first Olympic BMX qualifier.

  • Tibetan activists lying as dead bodies under a placard reading ' Mr Rogge, your silence kills Tibetants' in front the entrance of the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne, Switzerland, Thursday, May 8, 2008. Jacques Rogge is the acting President of the IOC. The Olympic torch reached Thursday the summit of Mount Everest en route to the Beijing games. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
    Beijing podium protests possible AP - Sat May 10, 6:22 AM ET

    SYDNEY, Australia - Australian Olympic chief John Coates said Saturday that he believes there's a good chance some athletes will protest on the medal podium at the Beijing Olympics.

  • Roger Federer of Switzerland reacts after winning his match against David Nalbandian of Argentina in the Monte Carlo Masters Series tournament in Monaco, April 25, 2008. Federer hopes to celebrate his 27th birthday on August 8 by carrying the flag again for Switzerland at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. (Pascal Deschamps/Reuters)
    Federer hopes to carry Olympic flag again for Switzerland Reuters - Mon May 12, 4:14 PM ET

    HAMBURG, Germany (Reuters) - Roger Federer hopes to celebrate his 27th birthday on August 8 by carrying the flag again for Switzerland at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.

  • Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal looking forward to Beijing Olympics Canadian Press - Mon May 12, 12:59 PM ET

    HAMBURG, Germany - Roger Federer's birthday is on the opening day of the Beijing Olympics, and the top-ranked tennis player hopes to be bearing the Swiss flag when the athletes march in at the opening ceremony.

  • Beijing to heighten transportation security for Olympics AP - Fri May 9, 3:42 AM ET

    BEIJING - Passengers riding the subway and major bus routes in Beijing will undergo strict security checks starting at the end of June ahead of the Olympics, police said Friday.

  • In a photo provided by the NBA, Houston Rockets basketball player Yao Ming, of China, is seen in Houston on Thursday, May 8, 2008. The Olympics are still three months away, and already Yao is trying to work the officials. Yao took a break from his rehab to talk to select media in New York and Beijing using Cisco's TelePresence technology, which allowed him to see the reporters as if they were in the same room with him in Houston. (AP Photo/NBA, Bill Baptist)
    Recovering Yao wants top-eight finish in Beijing AP - Thu May 8, 6:07 PM ET

    NEW YORK - The Olympics are still three months away, and already Yao Ming is trying to work the officials.

  • In this Feb. 27, 2008 file photo, Roger Clemens wipes his face while throwing batting practice during a workout at the Houston Astros minor league spring training facility in Kissimmee, Fla. Clemens apologized Monday May 5, 2008 for unspecified mistakes in his personal life but denied having an affair with a 15-year-old. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
    GM Bob Watson says Roger Clemens not welcome on Olympic team AP - Wed May 7, 9:15 PM ET

    NEW YORK - Roger Clemens isn't welcome on the U.S. Olympic baseball team. U.S. general manager Bob Watson said Wednesday that he isn't considering the 45-year-old right-hander for his roster for the Beijing Games.

  • Chinese police officers stands guard as a Chinese boy with national and Olympic flags watches the Olympic torch relay from behind the locked gate inside the Sun Yat-sen memorial park in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China, Wednesday, May 7, 2008. The Beijing Olympic Torch relay arrived in Guangdong, second province in mainland China. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
    Olympic torch nears Everest summit AP - Wed May 7, 6:28 AM ET

    BEIJING - The Olympic torch moved to within striking distance of the summit of Mount Everest on Wednesday, with the flame likely to reach the top of the world's tallest mountain in the next several days.

  • A Chinese man talks on mobile phone in front of the national and Olympics flag on display at a tourism spot call 'Beijing Street' in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China, Tuesday, May 6, 2008. Beijing Olympic torch relay will arrive in Guangzhou, the second province in mainland China. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
    Clothing, gestures will be scrutinized at Olympics AP - Tue May 6, 5:43 AM ET

    DENVER - Waving the Tibet flag or paying tribute to the Dalai Lama during the medals ceremony will be against the rules at the Beijing Olympics, though the penalties for those infractions remain unknown.

  • A screen grab shows policemen preventing local residents from stretching a poster with a slogan during a gathering at a cemetery near the site for the main Olympic venues in Sochi April 23, 2008. (Stringer/Reuters)
    Russian police and protesters clash at Olympics site Reuters - Wed Apr 23, 2:48 PM ET

    SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - Russian police clashed with residents protesting against plans to demolish their homes to make way for the 2014 Winter Olympics during a tour by international inspectors on Wednesday.