The men’s Olympic soccer tournament, which features players under 23, isn’t as big a deal as the World Cup. But America’s failure to qualify doesn’t speak well for the future.
Olympics
Will The UK’s Olympic Uniforms Cost The Brits Medals?
Did the designer Stella McCartney disadvantage Team GB by not including more red in their Olympic outfits?
Synchronized Swimming: No Joke
TIME gets a lesson in synchronized swimming
Olympic Outlook: In Gymnastics, Meet America’s Flying Squirrel
U.S. gymnasts have a tough road ahead to make the Olympic squad. But that doesn’t deter Gabby Douglas, who left her family and home for a chance to compete in London
Taking a Dive: Is Great British Hope Tom Daley Set for an Unsuccessful Olympic Games?
Why hasn’t Daley harnessed his obvious abilities as a springboard to predicted success this summer?
Jeremy Lin Won’t Be an Olympian. At Least Not for Team USA
There won’t be any Linsanity at this year’s Olympics — unless the rising NBA star decides to switch sides.
The Dream Team Gets Dreamier: Team USA Adds Blake Griffin to Olympic Pool
The 20-player group will be narrowed down to a final dozen by June. Which NBA stars will get cut?
Those Loony Olympic Mascots
London’s eerie choices for the 2012 games prompt questions about what makes a successful mascot. From the cute and cuddly to the creepy, absurd, and ethically questionable, a visual survey of past Olympic mascots.
Top 10 Memorable Moments of the Winter Olympics
It started with tragedy, and a technical mishap or two, but the Vancouver Winter Games also had its share of athletic triumphs. Here is a look at this year’s Olympic highs and lows
A Brief History of Olympic Sore Losers
Russia’s Evegni Plushenko believes he deserved the men’s figure-skating gold medal instead of silver at the Vancouver Winter Olympics. In honor of his poor sportsmanship, TIME takes a look at other Olympic complainers
What Becomes of Olympic Stadiums?
A photographic survey of how the venues for the Summer games look today
The 2008 Paralympics
The world’s greatest Paralympians are competing in Beijing, and inspiring us all in the process
Olympic Tattoos
TIME takes a look at some tattoos among the highly decorated competitors out in Beijing