olympic analysis

How women athletes made history at London Olympics

Women athletes managed to capture everybody’s attention due to their fortitude coupled with true sporting spirits at the London Games.

London Olympics: Look back at India’s golden moments

Here is a look back at glorious moments of London Olympics for India.

London 2012 Closing Ceremony: Get ready for the greatest after-party

Get ready for a star-studded spectacular: Olympic Stadium is being transformed into a giant jukebox of British pop and pizazz for the closing ceremonies of the London Games.

London Olympics 2012: Indian archers off the mark

“But all is not lost. Our archers have the talent to turn it around in the next few days."

2012 London Olympics: ‘Gagan’ Narang on ‘cloud’ nine

At the London Games, Narang got his much awaited and much cherished Olympic medal.

London Olympics: Will it be India’s best show ever?

India`s transformation from a laggard to a nation waking up to its sporting potential would be put to test when the biggest-ever contingent of 81 athletes sets out to prove that the three Olympic medals in Beijing were no fluke in the London edition of the biggest sporting show on earth.

USD 178 million for `Vision 2020`

`Catch them Young` seems to be the catchphrase of Sports Authority of India (SAI) that has come up with an ambitious plan under which it wants to spend a whopping sum to the tune of USD 178 million (approx Rs 984 crore) to prepare athletes for the 2020 Olympics.

Paddlers will look to make London a memorable event

With big names of Indian Table Tennis missing from London Olympics, onus will be on the teenaged duo of Soumyajit Ghosh and Ankita Das to deliver but it might be a case of asking too much, too early from them in their debut appearance at the mega-event.

Lifters aim to put behind doping past with clean Olympic show

They are returning to the Olympics after eight years and more than the medals, Indian weightlifters would feel the pressure of staying clear of the dope taint that has haunted the country in this discipline for about a decade.

Manmade vs natural: Oscar Pistorius stokes debate

Is manmade material superior to muscle? Are those blades better than real legs?

London 2012: The golden generation of Indian shooters

Speculation can often be a futile exercise but Indian shooters` success stories in recent years have ensured that they head into the London Olympics with bright hopes of adding on to Abhinav Bindra`s historic gold-medal feat in Beijing four summers ago.

Deepika Kumari leads Indian archers` Olympic dream in London

With world number one Deepika Kumari spearheading the campaign, the in-form Indian archers would aim for a perfect 10 when they pick up their bows and arrows to seek Olympic glory at the `spiritual home of cricket` -- the hallowed turf of Lord`s Stadium in London.

Olympics 2012: Indian boxers are the ones to watch out for in London

Indian boxers are the ones to watch out for as they seek to better the one bronze medal feat.

Olympics History: The greatest controversies

The Olympic Games are replete with controversies.

London Olympics: India’s medal hopeful

Abhinav Bindra, Vijender Singh and Sushil Kumar were the heroes of 2008 Bejing Olympics. Four years down the line, while all of us would expect the trio for an encore, there are some other renowned athletes who would like to forget the past and make the country proud in the upcoming London Olympics.

OLympics History: Heartbreaks for India

For Milkha Singh the agony of defeat at Rome Olympics in 1960 has been his worst memory next only to the death of his parents.

Indian medal winners at Olympics

Words fall short when expressing the frustration of a nation with a billion plus population to have waited eight decades before unearthing its first individual Olympic gold medalist