All Olympics
- USA basketball team escapes with win in Argentina warmup
Team USA beat Argentina 86-80 in Sunday's exhibition game. Argentina, which won the 2004 Olympic gold medal, kept it close.
- Cover StoryOlympic mettle: athletes who overcame barriers to get to London
For some Olympians, the struggle to qualify for the 2012 Games may be as notable as what will happen there.
- Getting to the Olympics on borrowed shoes
Marathoner Gladys Tejeda, who grew up in a poor family in the mountains of Peru, will be representing her country in London even though just four years ago she had never heard of the Olympics.
- 2012 London Olympics quiz: Are you ready for a gold medal?
- Spanish tennis star Nadal pulls out of London Olympics
French Open men's champion Rafael Nadal says an injury will keep him from competing this month in London.
- An Olympic 'truce' on the tough streets of East London
Young people in a rough London borough use peacebuilding techniques to curb local violence.
- Obama takes in Olympic basketball, appears on stadium 'Kiss Cam'
Obama and Vice President Joe Biden took their seats to chants of 'U-S-A' at a US men's Olympic basketball exhibition game against Brazil as the loudspeakers blared Bruce Springsteen's 'Born in the U.S.A.,' images that any president running for re-election would relish.
- Olympic athletes come with lots of baggage
As the Olympic Games near Athletes begin to arrive in Heathrow with lots of luggage in tow.
- Two weeks till the Olympics, and still a long to-do list
It's time to put on the finishing touches on Olympic Park; will it be a mad rush to finish before the opening ceremony?
- Why 'Made in China' is gold for US Olympic team
Ralph Lauren's line of clothes for the US Olympic team was made in China, which has some members of Congress furious. It put the US Olympic Committee in a tough spot.
- Congress fumes over US Olympic uniforms 'Made in China'
Ralph Lauren, an American company, designed US Olympic uniforms. But members of Congress are angry that the US Olympic uniforms were made in China.
- Michael Jordan rejects Kobe Bryant's 'Dream Team' comparison
Michael Jordan says there's "no comparison" between the 1992 Olympic Dream Team and the 2012 US basketball team. Jordan "laughed" at Kobe Bryant's comments that the 2012 team was better.
- Saudi Arabia to send first-ever female athletes to Olympics
Saudi Arabia will send two women to the London Olympics. For the first time in Olympic history, every country competing in the Summer Olympics will include women.
- Britain puts 3,500 more troops on standby for Olympics
In Britain's mammoth Olympics security operation, 7,500 troops are already being deployed at venues and 6,000 more had previously been put on stand-by to provide a range of security duties.
- Hope Solo receives public warning from the US Anti-Doping Agency
Solo's prescribed medication is classified as a specified substance by USADA that can result in a reduced sanction.
- FocusOh, for the simpler Olympic Games of 1948
In today's dollars, the 1948 London Olympic Games cost about $33 million. This year's tab: about $17 billion. What happened?
- FocusHave the Olympics gotten too big?
London residents today lost a bid to stop rooftop missile deployments. Many Britons are questioning Olympics they say are most notable for super-sized costs and security.
- Hope Solo explains why she failed a drug test
Hope Solo, the US soccer team goalkeeper, failed a drug test and received a warning Monday from the US Anti-Doping Agency. Hope Solo says she will still play in the Olympics.
- London Olympics: heightened vigilance leads to 7 more arrests
Ahead of the London Olympics, seven men were arrested after a car-load of guns was found in northern England. The UK's national threat level warns of a 'strong possibility' of a terrorist attack.
- Six missile sites to protect London Olympics
Six missile launchers will be positioned to protect the London Olympics from terrorist attacks. Two missile sites are to be located on the rooftops of London apartment buildings.