The contractor responsible for providing security guards for the Olympic Games said Saturday it stands to lose up to $77 million after failing to recruit enough staff, less than two weeks before the event opens in London.
British defense officials consider surface-to-air missiles as part of security during the London Olympics.
The British Ministry of Defence might place surface-to-air missiles on a water tower in a densely populated London neighborhood as part of security for the Olympic Games this summer, a ministry official said Sunday.
A double amputee has his eyes set on gold. CNN's Mohammed Jamjoom has the story of a disabled Afghan athlete.
Inside a sparkling new pool house off a dusty, bustling street in Afghanistan's capital, sits a young man with a dream.
He has yet to compete at the Olympics, but the eyes of the world will be on Oscar Pistorius if he is selected for London 2012.
The bill for staging the 2012 London Olympics and Paralympics is set to rise by nearly 20% to £11 billion ($17.2 billion) a UK government committee has warned.
London 2012 Olympic organizers said Wednesday they oversold thousands of tickets for the synchronized swimming events at this summer's Games.
He's "the fastest man on no legs," or -- as his sponsor's high-profile advertising campaign put it -- "the bullet in the chamber."
"I think it was more than I hoped for and a little bit more," double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius told CNN when asked about his historic appearance at the recent world athletics championships in Daegu, South Korea.
July 27 marks the start of the final countdown for London's staging of the 2012 Olympic Games.
Natalie du Toit became a national hero in South Africa, even after she lost a leg in a scooter accident.
A horrific motor accident led to the partial amputation of one of her legs but that was never enough to stop South African swimming heroine Natalie du Toit from realizing her ambitions.
Richard St. Denis is the founder of World Access Project, a nonprofit that provides custom-fit wheelchairs and other mobility aids to people living with disabilities in rural Mexico.
Demand for tickets for the 2012 Olympics in London hit fever pitch ahead of Tuesday's deadline, according to organizers.
The latest sponsor announced for the London 2012 Olympic Games is the mining group Rio Tinto, which will provide the metal for all 4,700 medals, organizers announced Wednesday.
Childhood polio left him using a wheelchair, but that's never stopped Paralympian Ade Adepitan from achieving his goals.
Nigerian-born paralympic athlete and entertainer Ade Adepitan has never forgotten his African upbringing.
Put on a blindfold, kick a ball, and you could win a $310 Olympic shopping spree.
South Africa's "Blade Runner" Oscar Pistorius is still struggling to qualify for the Commonwealth Games despite smashing his own Paralympic record in Britain on Saturday.
Exactly five years after the suicide bombings on the London transport network killed 52 people, a woman who lost her legs in the attacks was flying to the United States as a Paralympic hopeful.
Athletes competing at the 2012 Olympic Summer Games will face more scrutiny about banned substances after organizers said they will be carrying out more doping tests than in any previous Olympics.
Ever since he was a child, Jasmin Bambur dreamed of going to the Olympics. In college, he played competitive handball and was close to making the national team that would take him to the big games.
As the host nation's athletes continue to win mdeals at the 2008 Paralympics, many in Beijing hope the Games will open doors for China's other 83 million disabled citizens
British Paralympic athletes hope to take home at least 95 medals in Beijing. ITN's Ian Payne reports.
Two of the world's top wheelchair tennis players took different paths to win a gold medal at the Paralympics.
A double amputee sprinter has won the right to be eligible to compete at this summer's Olympic Games in Beijing after sport's highest court backed his appeal against a ban imposed by athletics authorities.
CNN's John Vause has a look at the newly unveiled Olympic village that will house 16,000 athletes in Beijing.
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CNN Hero Josh Sundquist discusses the cancer diagnosis that changed his life.
Norway will bid to host the Winter Olympics in 2018 and will choose its venue next February.
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