Olympics

Olympics

Locks changed after UK police lose keys to Wembley, Olympic soccer stadium

The locks at London's Olympic football final venue Wembley Stadium have had to be changed, after police responsible for security at the world-famous sports arena lost their keys.

London 2012 Olympics

The London 2012 Olympic games begin tonight on KETK. The Olympics have always been about winning gold and winning for your country. Some older generation Americans worry that sense of patriotism for the games is slowly vanishing.

London Olympics by the numbers

The Olympic Games have grown dramatically since 1908 when they were first held in London. Then just a little more than 2,000 athletes -- nearly of them men -- competed for 110 gold medals.

Is Team USA's militaristic uniform a problem?

When people across the world tune in to the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympics on Friday, regular TV programming will be set aside for pageantry and pomp.

Spain soccer team suffers shock defeat to Japan at Olympics

Tournament favorites Spain have suffered one of the biggest upsets in Olympic football history, losing 1-0 to Japan at Glasgow's Hampden Park on Thursday.

Showtime: London gets set to stage Olympic opening ceremony

Few shows can claim such an audience. As the dramatic spectacle of the Olympics Games opening ceremony in London unfolds Friday night, millions of people around the world will be glued to their television sets.

N. Korean women's soccer team walks out after S. Korea's flag mistakenly shown

North Korea's women's team walked off the pitch prior to their Olympic soccer clash with Colombia after the flag of neighboring country South Korea was mistakenly shown on Hampden Park's big screen.

U.S. sets up round-the-clock Olympic threat monitoring

The U.S. intelligence community has set up a 24/7 center to analyze all threat information coming in during the Olympic Games in London, according to a senior American counterterrorism official.

London prepares for an Olympics to remember

These will be the green Games, to many they will be the austerity Games -- and they may even be the rain Games.

UK deploying 1,200 extra Olympics troops

The British government will deploy an extra 1,200 troops for Olympics security, Sports Secretary Jeremy Hunt announced Tuesday.

South Sudan marathoner is an Olympian without a country

Even though he will not compete in the London Olympics under his country's flag, South Sudan native Guor Marial basks with pride as the first athlete from the world's youngest nation in the global arena.

Hero or villain? Ben Johnson and the dirtiest race in history

Ben Johnson was the last man to settle in to his blocks at the Seoul Olympic Stadium.

Local Athletes Head to Junior Olympics

The summer of 2012 has been a great season for 11 young track & field athletes from Hallsville and Marshall who are competing as part of the “For His Glory” Track & Field Club.

Longview Judo Expert Competed in 4 Olympic Games

Head to Anytime Fitness on Wal St. in Longview, and you will find Brian Olson. The Longview native competed for the USA Judo team in the 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008 olympic games.

Shreveport Olympian departs for London

Met by family and friends at his departure, Kendrick Farris, a weightlifting Olympian from Shreveport, left for the London games Thursday afternoon from the Shreveport Regional Airport.