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Since Sept. 11, 2001, sporting events have stepped up security. But how can you secure a major road race with crowds stretching 26.2 miles?

Photographs of Oscar Pistorius, some with a gray hood covering his head and others with him running in the Olympic Stadium in London, were splashed across newspaper front pages around the world Friday.

Facing a wave of criticism from around the world, IOC President Jacques Rogge will meet with the head of wrestling's governing body to discuss ways the sport can fight to save its place in the Olympics.

Dominique Daniels, Sam Willoughby secure number one pro titles for 2012 season

Samantha Davies' dream of winning the solo around-the-world Vendee Globe sailing race came to a sudden end Thursday, but her family knows the skipper will "bounce back quickly."

New mom Samantha Davies faces three months of solitude and danger as the lone woman in the Vendee Globe, the only solo, nonstop, around-the-world sailing race.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- Kobe Bryant was halfway around the world at the Summer Olympics in London when his phone rang and it was finally time to talk. Dwight Howard was on the other line. They had spoken briefly a few months earlier under far differ...

When it comes to amassing medals, money and friends around the world, leaders of the U.S. Olympic Committee couldn't be happier.

Every fourth summer, more than a billion people from around the world gather in front of their televisions to witness athletes perform at the highest level of competition. The Summer Olympics are special. But, as with every quadrennial sporting e...

Nothing brings the world together like the Olympics. And if you're a rock band, there's no better way to be heard around the world than by having your song named the official anthem of the Olympics. Muse, the English rock band that's sold more tha...

Jamie Bestwick discusses early vert influences, X Games expansion, 2012 season

DALLAS -- Allyson Felix's appearance at the U.S. Olympic Media Summit was the last leg of an around-the-world sprint of a road trip -- a very successful one. Felix won a pair of 100-meter races in Kawasaki, Japan, and Doha, Qatar, within a week's ...

LONDON -- The images beamed around the world from London were staged and pretty: Lord Sebastian Coe, the sporting hero-turned-executive who had more to do with bringing the Summer Games here than any other individual, planted an oak tree in Kew Garde...

He hit a ferocious forehand that could be heard around the world. But Fernando Gonzalez will say so long to a career that, if nothing else, entertained us until the end.

James Magnussen's coach says the world 100m freestyle champion will find it hard to replicate his recent fireworks at the NSW swimming titles.

A glass-court competition in the most unlikely of venues attracts top players from around the world and sold-out crowds.