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Ruling: Double-amputee sprinter can make Olympic bid

Today's verdict overturns an early ruling, which said Oscar Pistorius' carbon fiber prosthetic blades give him an advantage.
2008 a year of trouble for China

China hoped 2008 would be a yearlong celebration of the upcoming Beijing Olympics, but instead it has brought a wave of troubles — both natural and man-made.

Carpenter-Phinney's cycling life has come full circle

It was a touching moment for Connie Carpenter-Phinney. Standing on a nearby stage was her son, Taylor, calmly handling a torrent of questions about the Beijing Games.

Olympics not an option for Clemens

“From my standpoint, we don’t need that type of distraction,” said Bob Watson, general manager of the U.S. national baseball team.

Beijing Olympics: Unflinching endurance

Matt Reed has had his share of hard knocks.

Jenkins can run again after appeal dropped

American sprinter LaTasha Jenkins can compete again after the World Anti- Doping Agency dropped its appeal of a U.S. arbitration ruling that cleared her of a positive drug test.

Olympic gold medalist ice dancer sickened by date rape drug

Former Olympic ice dancer Pasha Grishuk was drugged with GHB, a common date rape drug, during a business meeting at a ritzy Orange County hotel, a sheriff's spokesman said today.
LINCICOME: Flame comes with a flicker of controversy

Last time around, for the Athens Summer Games, the Olympic flame made it from Greece all the way back to Greece, through 35 stops around the world, entirely to cheers, inspiring sighs and smiles wherever it appeared, including Beijing, without bodyguards or wardens.

Marion Jones' teammates stripped of medals

Marion Jones’ former relay teammates paid the price today for her doping offenses, losing their medals from
the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Torch arrives in U.S. with heavy security

The Olympic torch arrived for its only
North American stop amid heavy security today, a day after its
visit to Paris descended into chaos and activists here scaled the
Golden Gate Bridge to protest China’s human rights record.
Protests halt Paris torch relay early

Security officials snuffed out the Olympic torch
and carried it through Paris in the safety of a bus at least five
times today before canceling the final run of a relay repeatedly
disrupted by chaotic protests against China’s human rights record.
Greek sprinter Thanou takes silver medal won by Jones

Greek sprinter Katerina Thanou was awarded the silver medal from the 100 meters at the 2001 world championships after Marion Jones' doping admission.

China gets Olympic flames amid protests

Chinese spectators cheered Sunday as Greece handed off the Olympic flame for its journey to Beijing and relay through 20 countries. But protesters brandishing Tibetan flags stole the limelight.
House Speaker: Olympic boycott would be wrong

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a longtime critic
of China’s human rights policies, said today it would be wrong to
boycott the Beijing Olympics.
WADA says it has effective test for human growth hormone

An effective blood test for detecting human growth hormone will be in place for the Beijing Olympics, the head of the World Anti-Doping Agency said Wednesday.
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