Athletics
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 2012 London Olympics: Day 8 Highlights
Latest updates from the London 2012 Olympics.
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 London Olympics 2012 Ethiopia`s Dibaba retains 10,000m title
Ethiopia`s Tirunesh Dibaba put in a devastating last lap to retain her Olympic 10,000 meters title in London Friday.
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 2012 London Olympics Shot put: Majewski defends his shot put title
Poland`s Tomasz Majewski retained his Olympic shot put title Friday, snatching gold by just three centimeters with a throw of 21.89 meters.
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 London 2012, Day 8: India’s schedule (Saturday)
Following is the schedule of events involving Indian athletes at the Olympic Games Saturday.
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 Olympics 2012 athletics: Coach worried about Liu Xiang`s foot injury
The coach of 2004 Olympic hurdles champion Liu Xiang said here Friday that he is troubled about his ward`s foot injury.
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 Triple jumper Mayookha out of Olympics
India`s sole woman triple jumper in London Olympics Mayookha Johny crashed out of the Games, failing to qualify for the finals with a disappointing 13th place finish in Group B here Friday.
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 London Olympics 2012: Can Usain Bolt repeat his Beijing heroics?
Four years after storming into the limelight, breaking world records in 100m and 200m, Usain Bolt is all set to take on his rivals in his bid to cement his status as a ‘living legend’.
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 India at Olympics: Schedule of events, Day 7 (Friday)
Following is the schedule of events involving Indian athletes at the Olympic Games Friday.
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 London Olympics: Blake downplays experience factor in 100m contest
World 100 metres sprint champion Yohan Blake has dismissed experience as a key factor in the contest at the London Olympics this weekend.
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 London Olympics athletics: Indian athletes seek to redeem pride
Indian track and field athletes begin their campaign in the London Olympics on Friday, seeking to redeem their reputation, which lay in tatters due to the doping scandal that marred their splendid show in the 2010 Asian Games.
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 Olympics: Carl Lewis expects `surprise` in men`s 100m event
London: American track and field legend Carl Lewis expects close competition in the men`s 100 metres event in the London Olympics.
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 Olympics: Stewart quietly confident despite setbacks
London: Olympic silver medallist runner Kerron Stewart has been nowhere close to her best for the last two years but the determined Jamaican says she will not let that discourage her from going for gold when the track and field segment opens at the London Games later this week.
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 London Olympics: I will be happy if athletes improve their records, says Bahadur singh
India athletics coach Bahadur Singh says he will be happy if his 14 wards better their career best performance at the London Olympics.
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 Former champ Greene backs Blake to beat Bolt in 100m
Former world 100m record holder and Olympic gold medallist Maurice Greene has tipped Yohan Blake to win gold be beating teammate Usain Bolt at the London Olympics.
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 Olympic marathon: World record holder Paula Radcliffe quits
World record holder Britain`s Paula Radcliffe has withdrawn from the women`s marathon competition at the London Olympics due to medical reasons, the British Olympic Association and UK Athletics has confirmed.
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 Usain Bolt can’t be faster than a cheetah
Even Usain Bolt, currently the fastest man in the world, couldn’t outpace greyhounds, cheetahs, or the pronghorn antelope, according to a light-hearted comparison of the extraordinary athleticism of humans and animals in the Veterinary Record.
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 Olympics: Bolt hopes to `continue flying`
Jamaican sprinter and world and Olympic record holder Usain Bolt said he was feeling "very good" at the London Games and that he hopes to "continue flying".
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 High jumper Di Martino to miss Olympics
Italian high jump Olympic medal contender Antonietta Di Martino will miss the London Games with a knee injury, the Italian athletics federation said Friday.
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 Usain Bolt says bad back has caused problems
The Olympic champion said Thursday a bad back has been causing him hamstring problems, leading to a pair of losses to training partner Yohan Blake at the Jamaican trials.
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 Five reasons why London Olympics 2012 will be historic
Over 10,000 athletes will participate in the 30th edition of the sporting extravaganza when the 2012 Summer Olympic Games get started with the opening ceremony on July 27. Following are the five moments which would make London 2012 historic Games.
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