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Egypt Football Riots a Reminder that Sport Isn't Life
Football isn't life. No sport is life. Nothing is life except, of course, life . 74 people are dead, and that number may very well go up sooner than later, after the post-match violence that occurred in a football stadium located in Port Said, Egypt.

5 Storylines to Watch at the Missouri Grand Prix
Anyone else get incredibly excited watching pre-Olympic marketing hype during last night’s Super Bowl? With football season over, let the Olympic year commence.

From heaven to hell, Greek sport in freefall
ATHENS (Reuters) - Peeling paint flakes from Athens' Olympic park. Its entrances locked, this once sparkling edifice to sporting greatness lies rotting and largely unused -- maintenance costs too high for near-bankrupt Greece to operate. The rate of decay and dilapidation in just eight years provides a visual clue to the Greek scenario, one as effective as any economist's report or politician's ...

U.S. runners have tough road at Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympic Games , officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad, are set to begin July 27 in London, England. The Games, which will run until Aug. 12, will be held in the United Kingdom's largest city for an unprecedented third time. Lon

Spain shows support for disgraced hero Contador
MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish officials rallied behind national hero Alberto Contador Monday after he was handed a two-year ban by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) for failing a dope test during the 2010 Tour de France and stripped of the title. Alejandro Blanco, the president of the country's Olympic Committee (COE), said it had been "a bad day for cycling and for Spanish sport" but that ...

Olympic sport this week
Jess Ennis set to defend pentathlon title in UK trials, plus cycling's Tour of Qatar and archery's World Indoor Championships

Australia, Japan football hit by Olympic setbacks
Australia's Olympic hopes were dealt a major blow with away defeat to Uzbekistan, while Japan were knocked off the top of Group C with an upset loss to Syria.

Sharapova sets sights on London Olympics
Maria Sharapova is making the London Olympics one of her top priorities this year after missing the Beijing Games with an injury. The third-ranked Russian has already won three Grand Slams but has never competed at the Olympics. "Representing my country there will be a huge honor for me," Sharapova said.

Videos: 15 Weird Summer Olympics Ads
Like other years that show the games, the London 2012 Olympics is already fraught with strange previews and commercials. Over the past four decades, the good intentions of advertisers has led to many funny television moments for fans.