2016 Olympic Games

Headlines for Friday,   May  25,  2012 METALLICA: Ulrich's Acting on Display Monday Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich makes his acting debut -- playing someone other than himself -- when Hemingway and Gellhorn premieres on HBO on Monday night at 9:00 p.m....

When historians of such things seek the moment the U.S. Olympic Committee found a way to forge the Thursday agreement that put the U.S. back in the game as a potential Olympic Games host, they need look no further than Oct. 7, 2009. It was five days...

When historians of such things seek the moment the U.S. Olympic Committee found a way to forge the agreement Thursday that put the U.S. back in the game as a potential Olympic Games host, they need look no further than Oct. 7, 2009. It was five days...

DALLAS — If you're looking for quiet and unassuming, Jordan Burroughs might not be your man. Not that you would expect reticence from someone who spends his days grabbing people and throwing them to the ground. This is a guy who does not...

QUEBEC CITY (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted to approve a 20-year revenue-sharing deal with the United States on Thursday that ends a long-running feud which paralyzed American efforts to stage an Olympic Games. The...

QUEBEC CITY (Reuters) - The chase to host the 2020 Summer Games was reduced to a three horse race between Istanbul, Madrid and Tokyo after Doha and the Azerbaijan capital Baku were dropped from the running by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on...

* 41 percent of World Cup projects have yet to begin * Only five projects complete so far - Sports Ministry * Total World Cup investments estimated at $13.2 bln BRASILIA, May 23 (Reuters) - With little more than two years until the kickoff of the...

This year's Cannes Brazil Tribute is "a way of highlighting a country that people will talk about a lot," says fest topper Thierry Fremaux, alluding to Brazil's role as host of the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Olympics. The celebration also...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Asafa Powell thinks he has pinpointed why he has so often failed to produce on the big occasion and believes that if he is at his best he will win the 100 metres at the London Olympics. The Jamaican former world record holder has run...

PARIS (Reuters) - Four years ago, Elodie Clouvel missed out on an Olympic swimming spot and was scared of horses. Now she is gunning for a modern pentathlon medal at the London Games as well as contemplating a modelling career. The 23-year-old fought her...

NEW YORK -- U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps says he'll make one more push in the pool at the Olympics in London this summer, but after that he's hanging up his Speedo. Phelps told Anderson Cooper in an interview on "60 Minutes" on Sunday that while it took...

Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps sat down with Anderson Cooper for "60 Minutes" to talk about his tumultuous four years between the 2008 Beijing Olympics and this summer's upcoming Olympics in London. "After Beijing, there have been countless times where I...