Is reverse imperialism the ultimate form of trash talk? It just might be. (...more)

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Islamist extremists have targeted two Tunisian Olympic medalists for behavior and dress seen as un-Islamic, as debate grows over the role of religion and women in the country that unleashed the Arab Spring uprisings. (...more)

Nadzeya Ostapchuk of Belarus will have to return her gold medal in shot put after both of her urine samples tested positive for anabolic steroids. Her medal will go to Valerie Adams of New Zealand, who had previously been awarded silver. Ostapchuk... (...more)

Before the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, the US had finished at the top of the gold medal count in four consecutive Olympics. China snapped that streak in 2008, finishing with 51 gold medals to only 36 for the US. Without the benefit of home-field adv... (...more)

A runner named Kiprotich winning the Olympic marathon? Hardly a surprise. That he was the one from Uganda and not Kenya? Major surprise. Stephen Kiprotich rounded a corner with three miles left and simply took off, turning the last mile into a victory lap as he easily captured the marathon Sunday, along with the first (...more)

LONDON (AP) — Oscar Pistorius has been chosen to carry South Africa's flag at the closing ceremony for the London Olympics. (...more)

LONDON (AP) — The IOC has formally excluded Colombian runner Diego Palomeque from the London Olympics for doping, and told team officials to investigate his coach. (...more)

LONDON (AP) — Stephen Kiprotich of Uganda surged ahead late in the race to win the Olympic marathon and capture the first medal for his country at the London Games. (...more)

LONDON (AP) — IOC President Jacques Rogge says Usain Bolt is a legend after all. (...more)

LONDON — Abdi Abdirahman is 35 years old and will run in his fourth Olympics for Team USA when the London Games end with the men's marathon Sunday, but anyone who knows him is struck by the childlike innocence with which he embraces... (...more)

Photos from the Track and Field events at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London on Saturday, August 11, 2012. (...more)

LONDON (AP) — Justyn Warner spiked the flag down onto the track. (...more)

LONDON (AP) — On any other day and in any other situation, the Tibetan exiles who gathered excitedly in groups next to Buckingham Palace would never have come to cheer for an athlete wearing the colors of China, a country they regard as their oppressor, a country that invaded and has governed their Himalayan homeland with an iron fist for six decades. (...more)

LONDON (AP) — Mo Farah didn't want to leave anybody in doubt. (...more)

LONDON (AP) — Mo Farah of Britain wins 5,000 meters for his 2nd gold medal of London Olympics. (...more)

LONDON (AP) — Here are five things to look out for at the London Olympics on Saturday: (...more)

LONDON (AP) — Step by step, he is there for the Kenyans. (...more)

LONDON (AP) — Sergei Kirdyapkin of Russia has won the gold medal in the 50-kilometer race walk at the London Games. He did it in 3 hours, 35 minutes, 59 seconds, breaking the Olympic record by more than a minute. (...more)

LONDON — It will be said that the U.S. men's 4x400-meter team failed Friday night. But maybe they didn't lose the gold so much as they won silver.Yes, they lost the lead on the home stretch when Ramon Miller of the Bahamas took the lea... (...more)

LONDON (AP) — Russian walkers are the favorites to claim gold in the men's 50-kilometer race walk at the London Games after the defending champion, Alex Schwazer of Italy, was disgraced and excluded from the competition because of doping. (...more)

LONDON (AP) — Oscar Pistorius set precedent with his journey to and through the London Games. When he leaves, he can add one more accomplishment: He was a finalist. (...more)

Men's and Women's track and field events at the London 2012 Summer Olympics, Friday, August 10. (...more)

LONDON (AP) — By the time Oscar Pistorius got the baton he was so far behind that he wasn't going to catch the pack on the final lap, even if the carbon-fiber blades he was running on had superchargers. He and his South African teammates had no chance for a medal in the 4x400 final, though on this night the Olympics for them were about more than just winning a gold. (...more)

LONDON (AP) — One moment Morgan Uceny was in the middle of the pack, getting ready to make her move in the 1,500 meters. (...more)

LONDON (AP) — Olympic silver medalist Bryshon Nellum will carry the U.S. flag at Sunday's closing ceremony of the London Olympics. (...more)

LONDON (AP) — Liu Xiang's representative says the Chinese hurdler should fully recover after undergoing successful surgery on his right Achilles tendon. (...more)

LONDON (AP) — Eyeing the trackside clock as she approached the finish line, Carmelita Jeter pointed the black baton in her left hand at those bright orange numbers. (...more)

LONDON (AP) — Ramon Miller of the Bahamas chased down Angelo Taylor of the United States in the men's 4x400-meter final Friday night to win his country's first gold medal in a relay won by America at every Olympics since 1984. (...more)

LONDON (AP) — Alsi Cakir Alptekin led Gamze Bulut in a 1-2 finish for Turkey in the Olympic women's 1,500-meters Friday night. (...more)

LONDON (AP) — Tatyana Lysenko of Russia won the hammer throw gold medal in an Olympic record Friday night. (...more)