The Olympic torch was briefly snuffed out Monday during the relay leading up to the London 2012 Games.

Britain's Olympic gold medal hope in the heptathlon Jessica Ennis was denied a career best time in the 100m hurdles at the Great City Games in Manchester on Sunday after organizers failed to put out the right amount of hurdles.

We’ve sorted through the position battles among the U.S. women’s national soccer team’s goalkeepers, defenders and midfielders over the past two days. Now, finally, we dig into the women seeking to occupy the American frontline, starting with two of the most prominent faces of U.S. soccer.

As the U.S. women embark on this final stage of their Olympic preparation, it feels like a good time to take an assessment of where the roster stands, and who seems most likely to break into Sundhage’s final 18. First up, the goalkeepers and defenders.

It's months before athletes hit the Olympic track, but time is running out for those in another fierce competition: The scramble for a place to stay in London.

China may not give an encore performance of its heavy metal show from Beijing at this summer's London Olympics, but there will be no shortage of stories as gymnastics prepares to take center stage at The O2 Arena. Aside from American medal contender Danell Leyva, here are a few of the athletes and angles worth watching this summer:

Australian sailing officials are surprised by a decision to replace windsurfing with kitesurfing at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

The IAAF is looking for the best impression of Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt's "To Di World" pose, in which he leans back, his right arm cocked and the left extended skyward.

When London hosted the Olympics in 1948, organizers did it on the cheap — and they made no apologies about it.