London Olympics 2012 News

Gold for France`s Decosse in women`s 70 kg judo

France`s Lucie Decosse took the women`s 70 kg judo gold at the Olympics Wednesday, beating Germany`s Kerstin Thiele by waza-ari in the final.

London Olympics Tennis: Federer-Wawrinka knocked out

No.6 seed Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka were knocked out of men`s doubles event by Andy Ram and Jonathan Erlich 1 - 6 | 7 - 6 | 6 - 3.

Chinese Li takes TT gold in controversial final

Li Xiaoxia of China beat teammate Ding Ning in a controversial Olympic women`s singles table tennis final here Wednesday.

Wiggins wins time trial to become Britain`s top Olympian

Bradley Wiggins became Britain`s most-decorated Olympian Wednesday, winning the cycling time trial gold for his seventh medal overall.

India slump to second successive defeat against New Zealand

India`s semi final hopes in Olympic Games men`s hockey competition were dealt a severe blow when the side slumped to a humiliating 1-3 defeat against New Zealand on Wednesday.

Plenty left to play for: Chetri

Indian hockey team`s chances for a berth in the semifinals suffered a big jolt after losing 1-3 to New Zealand today but captain Bharat Chetri said that his side must not get dejected and they still have plenty to play for in the London Olympics here.

Clijsters upsets Ivanovic at Olympics

Belgium`s Kim Clijsters knocked out 11th seed Ana Ivanovic of Serbia in straight sets in the third round of the Olympic tennis tournament Wednesday.

India`s badminton coach Gopichand accuses Japan of `wanting to lose`

India`s badminton coach Pullela Gopi Chand Wednesday accused Japanese pair of Mizuki Fujii and Reika Kakiiwa of "wanting to lose" at a Olympic Games group match here after India`s Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa failed to qualify for the knockout stage in group B amid allegations of match-throwing.

Federer reaches Olympics quarterfinals

World No.1 Roger Federer beat Uzbekistan`s Denis Istomin to reach the quarterfinals of the men`s singles tennis competitions of the London Olympics here Wednesday.

Badminton incident not acceptable: IOC

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Wednesday said badminton players throwing matches at the London Olympics to secure a favourable fixture was "not acceptable".

London Olympics 2012: Armstrong takes Olympic time trial gold for US

London :American rider Kristin Armstrong charged to victory in the women`s Olympic cycling time trial event here Wednesday.

London Olympic tennis: Serena Williams beats Zvonareva

Serena Williams thrashed Russian No.2 Vera Zvonareva in the third round of the Olympic tennis tournament here Wednesday.

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.

Olympic badminton: Eight players disqualified for fixing

Eight shuttlers, charged with throwing away badminton matches at the Olympics, were Wednesday disqualified from the Games.

Twitter can be dangerous for your Olympics wellbeing!

London: Known for connecting people, social networking site Twitter has been making all the wrong noises at the London Games. Racial posts on the site caused expulsion of two players while a spectator was arrested for sending malicious tweets to a British player.

Rowers give Britain first home gold

London :The British pair of Helen Glover and Heather Stanning gave the host nation their first gold medal of the London Olympics with a victory in the women`s pair rowing here Wednesday.

London Olympics hockey: India vs New Zealand- As it happened...

India would look nothing less than a win when they face New Zealand in a crucial match in the men`s hockey competition at the London Olympics 2012.

I`ll definitely not be playing in Rio: Bhupathi

London: Having lost the second round match of the men`s doubles event at the London Games, Mahesh Bhupathi`s long-cherished dream of winning an Olympic medal will remain unfulfilled as he would not be a part of the next edition in Rio de Janeiro.

London Olympics badminton: Gutta-Ponnappa will not replace one of the disqualified teams

Indian women’s doubles pair Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa, who failed to qualify for the quarterfinals despite a win in their last group match, will not replace one of the eight teams that were disqualified today for "not using one`s best efforts to win a match".