Olympics
Berg sits out Olympic volleyball match for US
U.S. women's volleyball team captain Lindsey Berg did not play in the team's Olympic quarterfinal match against the Dominican Republic on Tuesday after a left ankle injury in a preliminary round game.
Column: China's Liu epitomizes Olympic bitterness
Seven steps, five more than in Beijing. But the outcome was identical: Liu Xiang's Olympics were over, yet again, before they really began.
German Olympic weightlifter hit by barbell
Defending Olympic weightlifting champion Matthias Steiner of Germany was hit in the neck by the barbell Tuesday and withdrew from the men's super heavyweight competition.
Olympic soccer thriller has US glad, Canada bitter
Abby Wambach was counting. Out loud. Within earshot of the referee.
Rezaei of Iran wins Olympic gold in Greco-Roman
Ghasem Gholamreza Rezaei of Iran won the Olympic gold medal Tuesday in 96-kg Greco-Roman wrestling.
Australia's Meares wins Olympic sprint cycling
Anna Meares of Australia spoiled the British party at the London Velodrome by winning the Olympic gold medal in the women's sprint with a 2-0 victory Tuesday over defending champion Victoria Pendleton.
Kim Hyeon-woo of South Korea wins Olympic gold
Kim Hyeon-woo of South Korea has won the Olympic gold medal in men's 66-kilogram Greco-Roman wrestling.
Defending champion Brazil defeats Russia 3-2
Defending champion Brazil denied Russia match point six times before winning 3-2 Tuesday and advancing to the women's volleyball semifinals at the London Games.
China's Liu out again in Olympic 110 hurdles
Liu Xiang slowly, awkwardly made his way alongside the track he was supposed to be racing on Tuesday, forced instead to hop on his good leg while straining to keep his injured one elevated.
Weightlifter Cholakov withdraws from Olympics
Velichko Cholakov of Azerbaijan has withdrawn from the super heavyweight weightlifting competition at the London Olympics.
Japan makes Olympic women's volleyball semis
Japan outlasted China 3-2 Tuesday to reach the semifinals of women's volleyball at the London Games, upsetting a team it had never even taken a set from at any Olympics.
Melissa Wu chases another Olympic diving medal
Melissa Wu knew her father would never let her get a tattoo when she turned 18. So, she went to her mother instead.
Women dominate Olympic headlines, and podium
Gabby Douglas. Jessica Ennis. Missy Franklin. Ye Shiwen. And don't forget the Olympics' first female judo fighter from Saudi Arabia.
Clueless fans inject fun into Olympic contests
Lucy Stewart says she likes water polo _ even if it doesn't have horses.
Britain's Alistair Brownlee wins Olympic triathlon
Alistair Brownlee grabbed a British flag, slowed to a jog and then walked across the finish line to win the men's triathlon on Tuesday at the Olympics.
Pikus-Pace comes out of skeleton retirement
Noelle Pikus-Pace retired from skeleton after the 2010 Vancouver Olympics because she was tired of traveling without her family.
IOC says it's NBC's call on tape-delayed coverage
If NBC wants to show Usain Bolt's 100-meter victory on tape delay, the IOC says that's up to the network.
Gold medal match set for women's soccer
Steve Futterman, CBS News correspondent in London
5 Olympic things to know for Tuesday
Here are five things to look out for at the London Olympics on Tuesday:
Spain's Alabau wins women's windsurfing gold
Marina Alabau of Spain won the Olympic gold medal in women's windsurfing Tuesday in the discipline's final race in the games.
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