London Olympics 2012 News

North Korea allowing `recorded` broadcasts of London Olympics

Seoul: North Korea is allowing daily coverage of the London Olympics to be shown on its TV network, a South Korean broadcaster who arranged technical logistics for the North has said

Olympic swimming: Soni wins 200m breaststroke with world record

Rebecca Soni of the United States won the women`s 200 metres breaststroke gold, smashing the world record by half a second.

Olympics Men`s 50m Rifle Prone Qualification: Narang crashes out, Karmakar in finals

Live updates from the London Olympics Men`s 50m Rifle Prone Qualification round where India's Gagan Narang is competing.

Topless Ukrainian feminists protest against IOC’s support for ‘bloody’ Islamist regimes

British police arrested four topless Ukrainian women activists from the rights group, Femen, after they staged a protest in central London. The women protesters accused the International Olympic Committee (IOC), of supporting ‘bloody’ Islamist regimes

Olympics: Kromowidjojo blazes to 100m freestyle gold

of the Netherlands blazed to gold in the women`s 100 metres freestyle swimming Thursday, setting a new Olympic record.

Olympic swimming: Clary shocks Lochte for 200m backstroke gold

America`s Tyler Clary won gold in a new Olympic record in the men`s 200 meters backstroke here.

London Olympics 2012 Cycling: World records tumble at Olympic Velodrome

It didn`t take long for the Olympic cyclists to learn that the London Velodrome track is one of the fastest in the world.

Olympics 2012 badminton: Saina Nehwal vs Wang Yihan - As it happened

Wang Yihan of China beat Saina Nehwal 21-13, 21-13 in the semifinals.

Olympics Hockey 2012: Dutch beat Chinese 1-0 in women`s hockey

c reprised her scoring role from the 2008 final against the home team in Beijing to seal the Netherlands` 1-0 victory over China in women`s field hockey at the London Olympics.

Olympic beach volleyball stars can’t keep their hands off each other at match

Olympic beach London: Spectators watching the women’s beach volleyball, which was always going to be an exciting event at the London Olympics, seemed to have got more than they bargained for on Thursday.

Olympics Swimming 2012: Ryan Lochte ends Olympics `pretty satisfied`

Lochte said it was his time at the London Olympics. He`ll have to wait until next time.

Olympics Boxing: Vijender Singh one win away from medal

Star boxer Vijender Singh is only a bout away from repeating his medal performance of the Beijing Games following a narrow win in the pre-quarterfinals at the London Olympics 2012 on Thursday.

Women win Mexico`s first-ever medals in Olympic archery

Olympics 2012,London: Mexico ended its medal drought in Olympic archery here Thursday with a double triumph for Aida Roman and Mariana Avitia, who came away with the silver and bronze respectively.

It was error of judgement, says ‘mystery woman’ Madhura Nagendra

Madhura Nagendra, the mysterious woman who gatecrashed into the Indian Olympic contingent`s march past at the opening ceremony of the London Olympics, on Friday regretted the incident, saying "it was an error of judgement" on her part.

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’.

Olympics: Putin lauds `brilliant` Russian judo golds

London: Russian President Vladimir Putin Thursday lauded the "brilliant" performance of Russia`s judo exponents at the London Olympics, where they have won three gold medals.

London 2012 badminton: Next up for Saina Nehwal – World No 1 Wang Yihan

Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal moved a step closer to realising the Olympic dream of winning the first medal in badminton for the country after reaching the semifinals of the women’s singles at the London Olympics 2012 on Thursday.

London Olympics 2012 swimming: Michael Phelps creates another record

Michael Phelps created another record at the London Olympics 2012 by winning a gold medal in the 200-meter individual medley for the third consecutive time, the first male swimmer to do so.

London Olympics 2012: India Roundup

Champion shuttler Saina Nehwal rewrote history by becoming the first Indian to cruise into the Olympics badminton semi-final while the crack mixed doubles tennis combination of Leander Paes and Sania Mirza stormed into the quarter finals at the London Games here Thursday.