The Olympic Council of Asia has endorsed the bid of Tokyo to host the Summer Games in 2016.

The U.S. Olympic team will stay with the Polo look for the opening and closing ceremonies in Vancouver and London.

Sidney Crosby, left off the team as an 18-year-old in 2006, was among 46 players invited Thursday to the Canada Olympic hockey orientation camp next month.

The legendary 1992 Dream Team that won gold at Barcelona was named Wednesday by the U.S. Olympic Committee as a member of the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame class for 2009.

The Dream Team is still dominating.

Team USA announced its invitees to camp on Tuesday for the upcoming 2010 Olympics in Vancouver.

St. Louis Blues defenseman Erik Johnson, who missed all of last season because of a knee injury, was among 34 players invited to the U.S. Olympic hockey camp Tuesday for next year's Vancouver Games.

The main stadium for the 2012 London Olympics might not be downsized after the games because of England's bid for the 2018 World Cup.

John Tortorella and Scott Gordon have been named assistant coaches for the United States' men's Olympic hockey team.

Ron Wilson's coaching staff for the U.S. Olympic hockey team is complete, with the addition of assistants John Tortorella and Scott Gordon.

John Tortorella and Scott Gordon have been named assistant coaches for the United States' men's Olympic hockey team.

The U.S. Olympic swimming trials will return to Omaha in 2012, with a temporary pool again being set up inside the Qwest Center.

Detroit Red Wings head coach Mike Babcock on Thursday was named the head coach of the 2010 Canadian Olympic men's hockey team.

Two-time World Cup overall champion and double World Championships gold medalist Lindsey Vonn headlines the 2010 U.S. Alpine Ski Team.

Detroit Red Wings head coach Mike Babcock reportedly will be sworn in to guide the 2010 Canadian Olympic men's hockey team.

A leader in the supplement industry chafes when he hears sports leaders blame his multibillion-dollar industry for their steroid problems, citing studies that claim large percentages of their products are tainted.

London 2012 organizers have completed a deal to sell almost half of the housing units in the Olympic Village after the games.

Picabo Street believes that in tough times for Americans, they can still feel patriotic about their Olympic teams.

The head of Chicago's bid for the 2016 Olympics says its is unlikely that taxpayers will be on the hook for millions of dollars if the games turn out to be a financial flop.

American cyclist Tyler Hamilton has accepted an eight-year suspension for testing positive for a banned substance, the United States Anti-Doping Agency announced Tuesday.

The International Olympic Committee announced Tuesday that Kuwait will be suspended from the Olympic movement if it does not change its sports laws.

Karine Ruby, the first Olympic women's Olympic snowboarding champion in Nagano in 1998 and a silver medalist at the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City, passed away in a mountain climbing accident on Friday. She was 31.

Michael Phelps suffered his first defeat in a year, as world record-holder Aaron Peirsol won the 100-meter backstroke in a down-to-the-wire finish Saturday at the Charlotte UltraSwim Grand Prix.

Michael Phelps returned to competitive swimming Friday night for the first time since his record-setting Olympic gold medal haul last summer and posted a pair of victories at the Charlotte UltraSwim Grand Prix.

Darryl Seibel resigned on Tuesday as the chief communications officer of the United States Olympic Committee.

Team USA avenged a pair of relay errors at the 2008 Beijing Olympics to win the men's and women's 400-meter relay events Saturday at the Penn Relays.

The United States Olympic Committee announced Friday that Stephanie Streeter will remain as the Chief Executive Officer of the organization through the conclusion of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.

American cyclist Tyler Hamilton, an Olympic gold medalist in 2004, announced he is retiring from competitive racing effective immediately after failing an out-of-competition doping test.

The United States Olympic Committee announced the nominees for the 2009 Hall of Fame class on Thursday.

Shawn Johnson, who won the 2008 Olympic balance beam gold medal, has been named the recipient of the 79th Annual AAU Sullivan Award, given to the top amateur athlete in the country.

Connecticut women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma has been selected to guide the United States women's national basketball team for the next three years through the 2012 Olympics.

Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Ron Wilson has been selected to guide the United States men's hockey team at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Andrea Mead Lawrence, winner of two Olympic skiing gold medals, has died. She was 76.

They may not have come home with gold medals around their necks, but the students returning from Beijing as part of the Olympic Orchestra got a hero's welcome from excited family and friends Tuesday afternoon.