The U.S. women's soccer team is back in the Olympic gold medal match after a wild, come-from-behind 4-3 win over Canada with a goal in the final minute of extra time by Alex Morgan. Now the Americans will be out to avenge one of the most [...]

Usain Bolt of Jamaica won his second straight gold medal in the 100 meters, finishing in an Olympic record 9.63 seconds and joining Carl Lewis as the only men to go back-to-back in track's biggest race. Fellow Jamaican Yohan Blake was second in [...]

Michael Phelps headed into retirement with another gold medal — the 18th of a mind-boggling career, bringing his overall medal haul to 22 — as the U.S. won the 4x100-meter medley relay. After the race, the president of international [...]

Swimming the final individual race of his remarkable career, Michael Phelps came from behind to win the 100-meter butterfly for his third gold medal of the London Games. It was the 17th gold and 21st medal of his Olympic career. Said Phelps: [...]

Gabby Douglas won the women's all-around gymnastics title, becoming the third straight American to win the sport's biggest prize and the first African-American. It's her second gold medal of the London Games, coming two nights after she and her [...]

Nathan Adrian made a name for himself by winning the 100-meter freestyle, lunging to the wall to edge James "The Missile" Magnussen by one-hundredth of a second -- the slightest margin possible -- to again deny Australia its first individual [...]

Michael Phelps became the most decorated Olympian of all time by winning his 19th medal — a gold — as the United States romped to a dominating win in the 4x200-meter freestyle relay. Phelps now has 15 golds, two silvers and two bronzes over [...]

Missy Franklin gave a much-needed boost to U.S. swimming, coming back less than 14 minutes after swimming a semifinal heat to win the 100-meter backstroke — the first gold medal of what figures to be a dazzling career for the [...]