A Palestinian athlete prepares to compete in judo at the London games. CNN's Elise Labott reports.
NEW YORK -- It's a cold afternoon in Harlem with various groups of little kids running around screaming and giggling in makeshift soccer games. It would appear that most are oblivious to the presence of Dutch royalty in their midst. That would be actual Dutch royalty, as in Prince Pieter-Christiaan van Oranje and Dutch soccer royalty in the form of the now retired legendary goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar -- both acting as referees for the day.
U.S. player ratings Tuesday against Slovenia (scale of 1-10, 10 as best)
Three thoughts after the U.S.'s 3-2 win at Slovenia on Tuesday:
The U.S. meets Slovenia on Tuesday for its last game of 2011. Coming off a 1-0 loss, the U.S. now has a W-L-T record of 1-4-1 in six games under Jurgen Klinsmann.
The U.S. meets Slovenia on Tuesday in the team's last game of 2011 (noon ET, ESPN2, ESPN3.com, Galavisión), and it's fair to say the U.S.' lack of goals is starting to reach historic proportions. With Friday's 1-0 loss at France, the U.S. has scored just two goals in coach Jurgen Klinsmann's six games, the fewest over a six-game period since May 1998-January 1999. If the Yanks get blanked again -- and Slovenia is a stingy defensive outfit -- then it would be the U.S.'s driest goal spell since June-October 1992.
Azerbaijan was awarded the open seat on the U.N. Security Council Monday after Slovenia dropped its bid.
Vlade Divac was on the phone from Slovenia, where he used to be a citizen. Then came war. Now he was a visitor, a foreigner welcome home at long last.
With the qualifying series for both next year's European Championships and the African Cup of Nations roughly half-complete, a number of big names are in danger of missing out.
The small, seaside town of Piran, Slovenia, is thousands of miles away from Washington, but headlines are heralding its new mayor as the city's Barack Obama.
Thinking of renting a villa for your next vacation? There are seven things you should consider before booking your vacation spot.
It wasn't always pretty but the U.S. picked up it's second straight 20-plus point win in the FIBA World Championship, stomping Slovenia 99-77 (RECAP) in Istanbul, Turkey on Saturday.
FINAL -- U.S. 99, Slovenia 77 Another game, another convicing double-digit blowout for Team USA. After coming out slow against Croatia on Saturday, the U.S. (2-0) made sure history didn't repeat itself on Sunday, outscoring Slovenia 23-11 in the first quarter and cruising to a 22-point victory.
Did we just become a soccer nation?
CNN's Pedro Pinto profiles the U.S. team after its draw against England at the World Cup.
Slovenia is the smallest country to qualify for two non-contiguous World Cups, which at first sounds like a terribly contrived statistic. Trinidad and Tobago and Northern Ireland have both qualified for a World Cup with a smaller population, and Northern Ireland, having qualified in 1982, did so again in 1986. But that can be explained by a fine generation of players led by an inspirational manager in Billy Bingham who were fortunate that their period of excellence lasted long enough to get them to two tournaments.
The gods of soccer smiled upon the United States for once on Friday, giving the Americans one of the most fortunate draws imaginable for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa (FULL DRAW).
CNN's Alex Thomas has reaction from London on the eight groups for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
German police make 17 arrests in a football match-fixing probe. CNN's Richard Quest and Pedro Pinto discuss.
The prime ministers of Croatia and Slovenia signed a deal Wednesday to settle a long-running border dispute and remove a key obstacle to Croatia's prospects of securing European Union membership.
Two canoes were crushed running over a dam in southeastern Slovenia, killing 8 people
Two canoes were demolished when they tried to go over a dam in Slovenia, spilling more than a dozen people.
Forget lists of "What's Next" in travel. Eastern Europe is "What's Now." While it's catching up to the West -- becoming more modern, expensive and crowded -- Eastern Europe remains a great value. Here's what to expect this year.
Now Kosovo has broken off from Serbia. A confused follower of world events asks: Are we really better off minting smaller and smaller nations?
NBA scouts are anticipating a pool of foreign talent similar to last year, when five international players were drafted in the first round (though only one, Yi Jianlian of China, went in the lottery).
Pop music icon Elton John complained to a British newspaper this week that the Internet was destroying music.
Voters in Montenegro have decided narrowly to sever the country's union with Serbia, a move that breaks up the last two pieces of the former Yugoslavia, according to official preliminary results from the election commission.
For two weeks, Richard Quest and his team are traveling around countries about to join the European Union on May 1. We asked for your views. Richard's replies are in italics.
It is picture-postcard perfect. Slovenia, home to just 2 million people, has it all: To the north, snow-covered mountains, fairytale castles and magical lakes. A couple of hours to the south, the Adriatic coastline.
The border between Italy and Slovenia is barely visible here. Neighboring rooftops sit in two different towns in two different countries.
With 10 more countries about to swell the ranks of the EU come May 1, the one business sector likely to get a boost is the travel industry -- both for leisure and business.
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