London Olympics 2012 News

Olympics: China`s Lei Sheng wins foil gold

Chinese fencer Lei Sheng beat Alaaeldin Abouelkassem of Egypt 15-13 to win the men`s foil gold Tuesday.

London Olympics Boxing: Manoj Kumar storms into pre-quarterfinals

Indian boxer Manoj Kumar stormed into the pre-quarterfinals by defeating Turkmenistan’s Serdar Hudayberdiyev 13-7 in the Men’s Light Welter (64 kg) category.

London Olympics: Michael Phelps becomes the greatest Olympian

Michael Phelps broke the Olympic medals record Tuesday with his 19th as the United States romped to a dominating win in 4x200-meter freestyle relay at the London Games.

India at London Olympics 2012: Day 5 Schedule

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

Olympics: Kashyap, Devendro shine on a dismal day

A day after celebrating its first medal from the Games, India`s campaign here stuttered Tuesday despite shuttler Parupalli Kashyap pulling off a remarkable upset while boxer Laishram Devendro Singh knocked out his rival to advance to the pre-quarter finals at the 2012 London Olympics.

Olympic tennis: Rebel pair of Bhupathi-Bopanna knocked out

After all the bickering, it was finally the end of road for India`s ace men`s doubles tennis pair of Mahesh Bhupathi and as they went down 3-6, 4-6 to and Julien Benneteau in the second round at the 2012 London Games here Tuesday.

Olympic judo: Kim scores revenge over Bischof for gold

South Korean judoka Jae-Bum Kim gained sweet revenge over Germany`s Ole Bischof to clinch gold in the men`s 81 kg category at the London Olympics Tuesday.

Olympic badminton: Win not enough to take Jwala-Ashwini to quarters

Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponappa fail to qualify for the quarter-finals despite win.

IOC `sad` at dope suspicion over Chinese swimmer

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said Tuesday that doping in sports and groundless suspicions over stunning performances are "very sad".

Olympics 2012 Tennis: Djokovic storms past Roddick

World No. 2 Novak Djokovic defeated Andy Roddick 6-2, 6-1 in the second round of the Olympics at Wimbledon on Tuesday.

All archers save Deepika out of individual recurve events

Indian challenge in the individual archery recurve section is almost over with all archers save Deepika Kumari have crashed out of their respective events.

London Olympics 2012: Indian rowers out of medal contention

Indian rower Sawarn Singh and the pair of Manjeet Singh and Sandeep Kumar Tuesday were out of medal contention and now will be looking to make a respectable finish in the semi-finals of the 2012 London Games rowing competition at Eaton Dorney.

Olympic archery: Banerjee shoots a rare win for India

Rahul Banerjee secured a rare win for India in the Olympic archery individual event after his teammates Jayanta Talukdar and Chekrovolu Swuro were eliminated from the competition here Tuesday.

London Olympics 2012 Tennis: Bhupathi-Bopanna crash out of Olympics

The French pair of Richard Gasquet and Julien Benneteau won the second round match against Indian pair of Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna 6-3, 6-4 in the second round match at the Men’s doubles event at London Olympics.

Andhra announces Rs.50 lakh cash award for Gagan

The Andhra Pradesh government Tuesday announced a cash award of Rs.50 lakh for ace shooter Gagan Narang, who bagged a bronze medal at the London Olympics.

Olympic badminton: Hidayat to revive rivalry against Lin Dan

Indonesian ace shuttler Taufik Hidayat didn`t wait too long before joining his old foes defending champion Lin Dan of China and World No.1 Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia in the Round of 16, after his victory Tuesday in the men`s singles at the Olympics.

London Olympics Archery: Tarundeep Rai wins in a shoot-off

Indian archer Tarundeep Rai won his round of 32 match against Cuban Juan Carlos Stevens 9-8 to enter the round of 16. After losing the first and the third set, Tarun made a remarkable come back to win the fourth and fifth to force the game into a tie breaker.

Olympics Badminton: Kashyap face-off giant-killer Sri Lankan Karunaratne in last16

Indian shuttler Parupalli Kashyap, who stunned world number 11 Tien Minh Nguyen of Vietnam in pre-quarterfinals of the men`s singles event today, will now take on another giant killer, Niluka Karunaratne of Sri Lanka in the last 16 stage of the London Olympics.

London Olympics 2012 Boxing: Power-packed Devendro storms into pre-quarters

Indian boxer L Devendro Singh made a sensational debut in the Olympics, storming into the pre-quarterfinals of men`s light fly weight category (49kg) in just two minutes and 24 seconds at the ExCel Arena here on Tuesday.