London Olympics 2012 News

London Olympics 2012 Hockey: What is Indian captain Chetri`s role?

The Indian defence stands exposed after just three matches at the Olympic Games, writes former India captain Pargat Singh.

NBC forced to apologize for showing monkey ad right after Douglas’ gold medal win

American television network NBC was forced to apologize for showing an ill-timed advertisement featuring a monkey doing gymnastics, right after African origin Gabby Douglas won a gold medal for the US in gymnastics, sparking racism fears.

Ryan Lochte says he’s not one-night stand kind of guy

Ryan Lochte wants to clear the air after his mom’s comments — he’s never had a one-night stand. The gold medal-winning swimmer said that comments made by his mother about his dating life earlier this week were taken “out of context.”

2012 London Olympics: Day 8 Highlights

Latest updates from the London 2012 Olympics.

London Olympics: India protest against Vikas Krishan's 'defeat'

India has lodged a counter appeal in the boxer Vikas Krishan controversy.

London Olympics 2012: Spain, Australia win water polo top seeds

Anni Espar Llaquet scored with two seconds left to give Spain a 13-11 victory over Hungary and clinch the top seed out of Group A in the quarterfinals of women`s Olympic water polo here.

London 2012: President congratulates Vijay for silver at Olympics

President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday congratulated Indian shooter Vijay Kumar for winning a silver medal in the 25m rapid fire pistol event of the Olympic Games in London.

London Olympics 2012 Boxing: Vikas Krishan loses a bout he won five hours earlier

Indian boxer Vikas Krishan who was earlier declared winner in his 69 kg category has crashed out of the games after the decision was reversed in the favour of his American opponent Errol Spence.

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.

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.

London Olympics Weightlifting: Zielinski lifts Poland`s first gold

Adrian Zielinski of Poland claimed weightlifting gold by the narrowest possible margin in the men`s 85kg category Friday.

London Olympics 2012 Swimming: US teen prodigy claims gold in 800m freestyle

America`s 15-year-old freestyle prodigy Katie Ledecky blew away the field for gold in the women`s 800 meters freestyle at the Olympics Friday.

London Olympics tennis: Andy Murray defeats Djokovic, to face Federer in final

Britain`s Andy Murray clinched a silver medal Friday and advanced to the Olympic final as he defeated No. 2-seeded Djokovic of Serbia 7-5, 7-5.

Olympics boxing: Vikas Krishan enters quarterfinals

Another good news for the Indian fans. Vikas Krishan made it to the quarter-finals with a 13-11 victory over his American opponent Errol Spence.

London 2012, Day 8: India’s schedule (Saturday)

Following is the schedule of events involving Indian athletes at the Olympic Games Saturday.

London Olympics archery: South Korea`s Oh shoots gold

Oh Jin Hyek won an Olympics gold for South Korea in the men`s individual archery Friday, with a dominant victory over his Japanese opponent Takaharu Furukawa in the final.