Rio Olympic organizers added Nissan as the fifth top-tier sponsor for the 2016 Games.

The chair of Olympic Park Legacy Company says she'll be stepping down after the games.

Hannah Kearney (Norwich, Vt.) set a new record by tallying her 13th and 14th consecutive world cup victories in Park City, Utah. On Feb. 2, Kearney came from behind and recorded 25.21 points on her final run to vault into first place in the mogul competition. She finished out the weekend with another gold medal in the dual mogul event.

The Olympic Park Legacy Company has started taking bids for naming rights for major stadiums once the 2012 London Olympics are complete.

Thousands of London 2012 volunteers are gathering at Wembley Arena for their first orientation and training event for the Olympics.

The designer of the Olympic golf course for the 2016 Summer Games won't be announced until March.

Governments, law enforcement agencies and betting operators agreed Thursday to work more closely together to fight illegal betting and corruption in sports.

Transit officials have rejected a petition for London's black cab drivers to bump up fares by 20 percent during the Summer Olympics.

James Bond might have to cancel that Caribbean vacation: British officials say time off for some who work at the MI5 and MI6 security agencies will be restricted during the London Olympics.

Triple Olympic gold medallist Stephanie Rice plans to return to competition next week as she makes a late bid for Olympic selection following shoulder surgery in December.

Construction and engineering firm BAM Nuttall has won two major contracts to transform the Olympic Park after the London 2012 Games, officials said Thursday.

All that stuff about the Olympic ideal, how it's all about taking part, not winning, can often seem like so much hot air, rendered hopelessly quaint and outdated by the ultra-competitive and mercenary world of modern sport. Until, that is, you speak to Kieran Behan.

Have flame, will travel.

Memo to Brazil: That idea of putting up a giant Jesus statue in a London park to promote the 2016 Olympic Games is not going over well.

The IOC wants governments to do more to tackle illegal betting, match-fixing and other corrupt activities that authorities say could pose a bigger threat to sports and the Olympics than doping.

London police said Tuesday they have arrested a man on suspicion of fraud after he allegedly duped an American woman into handing over tens of thousands of dollars for an investment related to the upcoming Olympics.

The U.S. women's national team claimed an Olympic berth with a semi-final victory over Costa Rica on Jan. 27 at the CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Vancouver, B.C. Following the victory, Team USA claimed the championship by defeating Canada, 4-0.

Olympic organizers have some travel advice for the millions of people who work and live in London: Be patient. Have a beer. Work from home.

Union leaders say subway staff are not being offered enough extra money for working erratic hours during the 2012 London Olympics.

Now Abby Wambach only has Mia Hamm to beat.

Ashley Wagner scored big in the free skate Saturday to win the women's title at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships.

The president of the International Ski Federation has been to every Winter Olympics in his lifetime since the five-ring circus came to his hometown of St. Moritz in 1948 - one week after his fourth birthday.

The final goal in the game that put the U.S. women's soccer team into the Olympics was scored by Alex Morgan, the super-sub who made her name at last year's World Cup.

Trying for his third national title, Jeremy Abbott surged to a large lead after the men's short program at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships Friday night.

In the end, what matters is that the U.S. women's soccer team is going to the Olympics. What the players won't soon forget is how hard they had to work get there.

There's a nod to Shakespeare, a big bell and ... nurses?

It's the burning question of the London Olympics.

The U.S. women's national team played in the two highest- scoring games in team history, defeating the Dominican Republic 14-0 and Guatemala 13-0 in the opening rounds of the CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament held in Vancouver, Canada.

Freestyle skier Sarah Burke died Thursday, a little more than a week after suffering serious injuries in a training accident. She was 29 years old.

Portugal's Nelson Evora will not defend his Olympic triple jump gold medal at this summer's London Games because of a fractured shin.

Team USA had a strong finish at the IBU World Cup in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic, with the entire men's squad placing in the top 35 in the 12.5km pursuit. Tim Burke (Paul Smiths, N.Y.) placed 16th and posted the top finish for Team USA, while Lowell Bailey (Lake Placid, N.Y.) finished 18th. Russell Currier (Stockholm, Maine) raced to a career-best sixth place in the 10km sprint, and Sara Studebaker (Boise, Idaho) had the highest finish for the American women, placing 42nd in the 10km pursuit.

Miami Heat teammates LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh are three of the 20 finalists for the 2012 U.S. Olympic men's basketball team.

Meb Keflezighi won the U.S. Olympic trials men's marathon Sunday, while Ryan Hall and Abdi Abdirahman finished second and third to also qualify for this summer's games in London.

Freestyle skier Sarah Burke, who has won four Winter X Games gold medals in superpipe, was in "serious" condition after a crash Tuesday.

Simon Cho (Laurel, Md.) and Lana Gehring (Glenview, Ill.) captured the 2012 championship titles on Jan. 8, a first for both, at the U.S. Short Track National Championships in Kearns, Utah. Cho completed the race with a time of 1:33.850 in the men's 1000m. He was followed by Travis Jayner (Midland, Mich.) and Jordan Malone (Denton, Texas), who placed second and third with times of 1:33.931 and 1:33.967. In the women's competition, Gehring finished the 1000m race in 1:31.129 and netted five of six titles from the weekend. She was followed by defending four-time U.S. champion Katherine Reutter (Champaign, Ill.) and Alyson Dudek (Hales Corners, Wis.).

Angela Ruggiero, who won four medals as a member of the U.S. women's Olympic hockey team, has announced her retirement.

Anna Tunnicliffe's (Plantation, Fla.), Molly Vandemoer (Stanford, Calif.) and Debbie Capozzi (Bayport, N.Y.) won the ISAF Sailing World Championships in women's match racing, defeating Great Britain's Lucy MacGregor in four straight matches. Meanwhile, Mark Medelblatt (Miami, Fla.) and Brian Faith (Miami, Fla.) earned a bronze medal in the Star class and Paige Railey (Clearwater, Fla.) earned a bronze in Laser Radial.

Michelle Kwan, the most decorated figure skater in American history, was elected to the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame Class of 2012 on Thursday.

Team USA earned four medals at the 2011 Grand Prix Final and Junior Grand Prix Final. Meryl Davis (West Bloomfield, Mich.) and Charlie White (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) became the first U.S. team to win three straight gold medals at a grand prix final with their top performance in ice dancing, while Jason Brown (Highland Park, Ill.) and Joshua Farris (Colorado Springs, Colo.) earned gold and bronze in junior men's, and Britney Simpson (Golden, Colo.) and Matthew Blackmer (Detroit, Mich.) took the junior pairs bronze medal.

Marathoner Paula Radcliffe has been selected to compete for Great Britain at the 2012 London Olympics, where she will resume the pursuit of her first Olympic medal.

Lindsey Vonn (Vail, Colo.) completed a historic clean sweep in Lake Louise, Alta., topping the Audi FIS Alpine World Cup super G podium on Dec. 4, while Julia Mancuso (Squaw Valley, Calif.) finished third. It was Vonn's 45th career world cup win and 11th in Lake Louise. Following a season- opening giant slalom victory in Soelden, Austria, a pair of downhill victories, and the super G win in Canada, Vonn now has four victories in the five races she's started this season.

Eight companies have been named finalists for the right to build the course that will be used for golf's return to the Olympics in 2016.

Elana Meyers (Douglasville, Ga.) and Katie Eberling (Palos Hills, Ill.) won the women's race at the Europa Cup in Koenigssee, Germany, on Nov. 25 to secure their first victory of the season. Meyers teamed with Brittany Reinbolt (Searcy, Ark.) to earn another gold medal the following day. Meanwhile, Steven Holcomb (Park City, Utah) and Steve Langton (Melrose, Mass.) claimed silver on Nov. 26 in the two-man bobsled. Holcomb and his USA-1 four- man bobsled crew of Langton, Justin Olsen (San Antonio, Texas) and Curt Tomasevicz (Shelby, Neb.) finished fourth in the final Europa Cup race on Nov. 27. Brad Stewart (Hastings, Minn.) earned his first international medal on Nov. 26 after claiming bronze in the second men's skeleton Europa Cup competition of the season.

The U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team lost a 29-27, 25-23, 25-18 match to host Japan on Nov. 18, at Yoyogi National Stadium to finish with the silver medal in the 2011 FIVB World Cup. With the top-three finish, the U.S. (9-2, 26 points) achieved its primary goal of 2012 Olympic Games qualification one day earlier by defeating Italy. The silver medal also represents Team USA's highest finish in the FIVB World Cup after back-to-back bronze finishes in 2003 and 2007.

A former U.S. women's Olympic gymnastics coach accused of having sex with at least three young gymnasts has been banned for life from the sport and kicked out of the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame.

Michael Phelps (Baltimore, Md.) and Missy Franklin (Centennial, Colo.) earned the Male and Female High Points Awards at the USA Swimming Grand Prix in Minneapolis, Minn. Phelps won gold medals in all five of his events, which included the 200m IM, 100m and 200m butterfly, 200m freestyle and 100m backstroke. Meanwhile, Franklin also took home five medals, which included three gold, one silver and one bronze.