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Final Quotas Filled for Women's Boxing at London Olympics
The 2012 London Olympics will see the debut of women's boxing as an Olympic event, and the conclusion of the Women's World Boxing Championships in Qinhuangdao, China May 19 saw the final continental quotas filled.

Venus Williams, Andy Murray Two Players Battling for London Olympics
When the 2012 London Olympics get going this summer, there will be hundreds of stories of triumph over adversity and drive pushing athletes to the edge of human ability. Most of the best stories come from the sports that don't have big professional ties, but some of the pros offer us inspiration as well.

Hurdler Liu seeks Olympic sparkle in Shanghai
Chinese superstar Liu Xiang faces a huge test of his Olympic credentials when he lines up against reigning 110m hurdles world champion Jason Richardson at Shanghai's Diamond League meeting on Saturday.

Money troubles raising corruption risk in football
There are thousands of players like Mario Cizmek in football, professionals who never fulfilled their early promise yet whose passion for the game takes them to unfashionable clubs to earn a living from the game they love.

Why Baseball Managers Don't Make The (Relative) Big Bucks
What's the easiest game to coach: basketball, football, or baseball? We vote for the national pastime

Olympic flame arrives in Britain
Former England football captain David Beckham, right, and London Mayor Boris Johnson attend a handover for the Olympic flame at Panathenaean stadium in Athens, Thursday, May 17, 2012. The torch begins its 70-day journey to arrive at the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics, from the Greek capital, to cover about 8,000-mile (12,875-kilometer) on its progress over many parts of England to ...

London 2012 Olympic torch relay starts in Britain
Sailor Ben Ainslie was the first torchbearer as the Olympic flame began its 70-day journey around Britain and Ireland on Saturday ahead of the 2012 London Games.

UAE footballers to play in Theatre of Dreams
The UAE’s national football team is to play in the London 2012 Olympic Games this summer in Manchester, home to Old Trafford’s Theatre of Dreams and soccer stars Manchester United, and in Wembley, known for Wembley Stadium, whose roof is visible right across London.

Drums athlete seeks to paddle back to Olympics
Knifing through whitewater and swooshing around gates in a canoe takes a blend of strength and technique that Casey Eichfeld hopes to exhibit just in time to qualify for the U.S. Olympic team. Eichfeld, 22, who grew up in Drums, will compete next month t