London 2012 Games

Britain Allows Doping Offenders To Compete In London Games

AP | Posted 05.17.2012

LONDON -- Britain's Olympic committee has rescinded its rule on lifetime bans for drug offenders to fall into line with the World Anti-Doping Agency. ...

Olympic Flame Heading For London

AP | DANICA KIRKA | Posted 05.18.2012

ATHENS, Greece — The Olympic torch was passed to London – witnessed, appropriately, by hundreds of Greeks huddled under umbrellas. Seekin...

David Beckham's Big Honor

AP | Posted 05.16.2012

LONDON -- Organizers of the 2012 Olympics say soccer star David Beckham is bringing the Olympic flame back from Greece as the torch begins an 8,000 mi...

PHOTOS: Stella McCartney's Olympic Uniforms Are Too Blue, Say Critics

The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 03.24.2012

As the pride of the British fashion industry, Stella McCartney seemed like a perfect fit to design the London 2012 Olympic uniforms. Unfortunately...

Yoko Ono Returns For First Public UK Show In A Decade

Posted 12.12.2011

Yoko Ono, the widow of Beatles' songwriter John Lennon is preparing for her first show in a UK public institution in over a decade. The exhibition, fe...

Former Olympic Champion Doubts Usain Bolt

AP | Posted 11.15.2011

LONDON -- Former Olympic 400-meter champion Michael Johnson doubts Usain Bolt will be able to win four gold medals at the London Games. Bolt, who won...

Boxing In Skirts? 2012 Olympics May Enforce Dress Code For Female Fighters

AP | By GRAHAM DUNBAR | Posted 01.04.2012

LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- Boxing gloves, check. Headguard, check. Mouthguard, check. Miniskirt? After winning a long fight to get into the Olympics, f...

PHOTOS: London 2012 Velodrome By Hopkins Architects

Posted 05.25.2011

London-based firm Hopkins Architects has completed The Velodrome, the first of five structures going up for London's 2012 Olympic Games. Created to ...

Will Citizen Journalists Take Over the London 2012 Olympic Games?

Andy Miah | Posted 05.25.2011

Andy Miah

The International Olympic Committee is committed to opening up to new media, but what challenges does this present for them and Olympic fans?

Will London 2012 be The Greenest Olympics?

Inhabitat | Posted 05.25.2011

Vancouver was praised for hosting the "greenest Olympics ever" with LEED certified buildings, the use of recaptured gas and the construction of a hydr...