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SHEFFIELD, England (Reuters) – Former Olympic champion Yevgeny Plushenko was in pain, had not competed internationally for two years and had simplified his routine and yet the 29-year-old got the better of most of the next generation on his return to major competition Thursday.

London 2012 organisers are to take control of the Olympic Village site in a ceremony to mark six months until the Games begin.

Former Olympic marathon champion Mizuki Noguchi, who is trying to qualify for the London Games after missing Beijing due to injury, has been forced to miss her first full race in more than four years.

The suspension of Olympic champion Kenenisa Bekele and 34 others was lifted Tuesday, clearing the way for the Ethiopian great to run at the London Games. Ethiopian Athletics Federation President Bisrat Gashawten Tirfe told The Associated Press by telephone that "we have agreed to discuss all the matters concerning their problems." The athletes were suspended last week for not reporting…

Olympic sports rub shoulders with quirky control techniques as players blow and shout in Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games on Nintendo 3DS.

London 2012 committee probing claims of poor conditions at a Chinese factory where mascots are being made.

The organisers of this year's London Olympics said they were investigating claims that cuddly toy versions of the Games mascots are being made by poorly paid workers in a Chinese factory.

Sidney Crosby's overtime shot to win the 2010 Olympic ice hockey final was supposed to be the last step in an ascension that seemingly began the second he laced up skates in Nova Scotia as a toddler. The Canadians were Olympic champions. Order to the ice hockey world had been restored with one brilliant flick of Crosby's wrist.

The London Olympic Games could mark the last time fans see Meb Keflezighi run the Olympic marathon, he said on Jan. 14, 2012. On the same day, Keflezighi won the men's U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials, allowing him to qualify for this third Olympic Games.