IOC open 2012 selection meeting

New York declared it would win but Paris remained the marginal favourite on Wednesday as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) opened an all-day meeting to decide the host of the 2012 Summer......

Beckham leads London Olympic bid

The mad hunt for David Beckham ended on Monday when the English soccer captain was spotted hand-in-hand with his wife Victoria in Singapore to back the London bid for the 2012 Olympic Games.......

Former Olympian McMahon retires

Former Olympic triathlon champion Brigitte McMahon has retired after testing positive for the blood-boosting drug EPO (erythropoietin), Swiss newspapers reported on Monday. "I had a problem and I......