LONDON - Australian sprinter Andrew McCabe was left red-faced Tuesday after British police went on the hunt for his "stolen" running spikes -- only for them to turn up in another of his bags.One of McCabe's bags, which also contained personal items including his national kit and mobile phone, was stolen from a bench besides the running track as he practiced at Tonbridge School in Kent, southeast o

LONDON -- South Korea starts its taekwondo campaign Wednesday with Lee Dae-hoon in men's under-58-kilogram class. In Beijing, South Korea swept up four gold medals in taekwondo, the traditional Korean martial art, and will try to duplicate the feat in London.The men's table tennis team is up against the defending Olympic champion China in the final Wednesday.The following is the list of events for

SEOUL -- South Korean stocks turned a tad higher Tuesday after opening lower, helped by positive signs from the eurozone overnight, analysts said.The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) rose 1.30 points, or 0.07 percent to 1,887.18 in the first 15 minutes of trading.Oil refiners and machineries led the climb, with top player SK Innovation jumping 2.14 percent and equipment maker Do

LONDON - World taekwondo officials claim they still have the best fighters at the Olympic Games despite several world champions and world number ones missing.Taekwondo has been rocked by scandals in recent times, not least British Taekwondo's decision to pick world number 59 Lutalo Muhammad instead of the top ranked fighter in the world, Aaron Cook.Another issue is that while there are 16 division

LONDON - Kevin Durant scored 28 points and the US NBA Dream Team defeated Argentina 126-97 on Monday to remain undefeated and book an Olympic quarter-final date Wednesday against Australia.The result completed the entire medal playoff pairings, which will see the Americans face Argentina or Spain in the semi-finals if they defeat the Aussie Boomers, who knocked Russia from the ranks of the unbeate

LONDON - Italy's reigning 50km walk champion Alex Schwazer admitted doping on Monday and said his career was over after he was withdrawn from the Olympics for failing a drugs test."My career is over. I made a mistake. I wanted to be stronger for this Olympics, I was wrong," Schwazer told Italy's ANSA news agency."I take full responsibility for what has happened. I did it by myself, it was my idea.

LONDON - LeBron James seized command with the game up for grabs and the United States defeated Lithuania 99-94 on Saturday to clinch a berth in the medal playoffs at the Olympic men's basketball tournament.But the US NBA Dream Team received its toughest test yet at the LondonGames only two nights after unleashing an Olympic record 156-point performance in a shooting practice of a victory over Nige