London Olympics 2012 News

London 2012 Shooting: Abhinav Bindra crashes out, Gagan Narang qualifies

Beijing Olympics gold-medallist Abhinav Bindra fails to qualify for 10m air rifle event.

Olympics 2012: Murray spots ‘leak’ in £100m Wimbledon Center Court roof

British number one tennis player Andy Murray has detected a leak in the 100 million pounds worth Center Court roof after rain dripped near his bag.

London Olympics: End of road for seven-time Olympian Jorgen Persson

Swedish table tennis veteran Jorgen Persson has said he will not compete in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics

London Olympic Tennis: Djokovic, Tsonga survive scare

Novak Djokovic dropped a set in his first-round match on a historic day at the London Olympics tennis tournament at Wimbledon

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.

London Olympics 2012: Day 3 Highlights

London Olympics 2012: Day 3 Highlights

Olympics 2012: Chinese girl’s ‘faster swim than Lochte’ sparks controversy

China’s 16-year old Ye Shiwen won the gold medal in the 400m individual medley in a world record time at the London Olympics

London Olympics: France`s Muffat grabs 400m freestyle gold

Camille Muffat of France held off a strong challenge from Allison Schmitt to win the Olympic 400 metres women`s freestyle gold Sunday.

North Korean weightlifter credits Kim Jong Il for world-record feat of lifting thrice his weight

Korean Olympian Om Yun Chol joined an elite list of weightlifters to have lifted three times their weight during the men``s 56-kg, group B, clean and jerk weightlifting competition

Olympics Basketball: Russia pound Britain 95-75 in Olympic basketball

Russian men flew out of the blocks at the Olympic basketball tournament here Sunday, pounding hosts Great Britain 95-75.

`Mystery woman` was chosen for dance show, says father

Father of the mysterious woman, who gatecrashed into the Indian Olympic contingent`s march past has claimed that his daughter was officially selected for a dance performance by Danny Boyle.

London Olympics medals worth just £3 in value!

London Olympic medals are the largest ever in both size and weight, but are actually worth less than three pounds.

Olympic 2012: Cuban wins silver in judo

Cuban judo athlete Yanet Bermoy had to settle for the silver medal in the 52-kg class after losing to North Korea`s Kum Ae An Sunday at the London Olympics

London 2012: Police lose security keys at Olympic venue

London police lost a set of keys at an Olympic venue last week but security was not compromised by the incident, officials said.

London Olympics 2012: Will third day bring luck for India?

Following two days of mixed results, India can hope to register its name in the medals tally on Monday when defending champion Abhinav Bindra takes another shot at Olympic glory.

London Olympics 2012: 3 charged for cyclist protest outside Olympic Park

London police arrested 182 activists on bicycles who tried to breach the Olympic Park`s security cordon during the games` opening ceremony, officials said on Sunday.

London Olympics Football: Ten-man Senegal stun Uruguay

Senegal continued their good form in their maiden Olympic Games tournament with a surprise 2-0 victory over an out-of-sorts Uruguay side.

Olympics Football: GB defeat UAE 3-1

Daniel Sturridge`s superb chip and goals from Scott Sinclair and Ryan Giggs helped seal a 3-1 Olympics Group A win for Team GB over UAE on Sunday evening.