London Olympics 2012 News

Olympics Opening Ceremony: Mr.Bean enthrals fans with English humour

British comedian actor Rowan Atkinson, famously known as Mr.Bean, enthralled the spectators with English humour during the colourful opening ceremony of the 2012 London Games at the Olympic Park.

London Olympics 2012: Indian contingent greeted with huge cheers

Huge cheers welcomed the colourful Indian delegation into the Olympic Park Friday night during the opening ceremony of the London Games.

Jwala Gutta fails to get tickets for family in London

India`s top doubles shutter Jwala Gutta, who had reportedly managed to get passes for her family to witness the London Olympics, has, however, been left disappointed.

London 2012, Day 1: Vijender Singh, Shiva Thapa, Sania Mirza in action

On the second day, the men’s archery quarterfinals, semifinals and finals will be played and may prove to be India’s first chance to claim a medal depending upon the performance of men’s archers on the first day.

Star-studded audience for London 2012 Opening Ceremony

The Olympic opening ceremony had monarchs, presidents, prime ministers, Michelle Obama and the cast of "Downton Abbey" — and that was just in the audience.

Nasri excluded from French team over Euro fiasco

French Football Federation (FFF) Friday suspended Manchester City midfielder Samir Nasri from the national football team for three games after his offensive remarks during Euro 2012 championships.

Olympics 2012: BWF apologises for scheduling change

The playing schedule for the London Olympic Games badminton tournament, which starts Saturday at the Wembley Arena, has been dramatically revised following a meeting of participating nations` team managers.

London Olympics: Tricky draw for Indian boxers, Vikas gets a bye

India`s star boxer Vijender Singh, a bronze medallist in the Beijing Games, will start his 2012 Olympic campaign against Kazakhstan`s Danabek Suzhanov in the first round of the men`s 75kg

Olympic 2012: South Korea sailing coach sent home from Olympics

The South Korea Sailing Federation says coach Lee Jae-cheol has been sent home from the Olympics after being stopped by police for drunk driving after attending a banquet hosted by the mayor of Weymouth.

Olympics 2012: Deepika`s show only silver lining for Indian archery

India`s ace archer Deepika Kumari was eighth overall with 662 points to lead the women`s team to the ninth (1,938 points) place after the male archers came up with a dismal show.

London Olympics 2012: Archery spectators turned away from Lord`s

Hundreds of spectators for the archery event at the London 2012 Olympics Games were turned away from the Lord`s cricket ground on the opening day.

London 2012 opens with dazzling ceremony

From Boyle’s Isles of Wonder, a green and pleasant land, John Milton’s capital city of Hell (Pandemonium) to James Bond and Mr. Bean's Chariots of Fire cameo, London lived up to the expectation of presenting a swanky opening ceremony for the XXX Olympiad.

London Olympics: Fire breaks out at Weymouth sailing venue

As a major setback for all the authorities and sports fans, a fire broke out in the sailing venue at Weymouth just three hours ahead of the Olympic ceremony.

London Olympics: Turkish boxing referee found dead at London hotel

A Turkish boxing referee has been found dead in his London hotel room before the Olympic Games officially kick off Friday.

London Olympic: Indian boxers get tricky draw

Star Indian boxer Vijender Singh (75kg) was handed out a tricky draw today as he starts his quest to better his Beijing Games bronze medal winning feat against Danabek Suzhanov of Kazakhstan in the men`s boxing competition at the London Olympics here tomorrow.

Boxers fit and raring to go

Tipped to be among the medals in the Olympics, the Indian boxers were brimming with confidence ahead of their campaign which gets underway here tomorrow with Beijing Games bronze medal winner Vijender Singh leading the charge.

Michelle Obama arrives in Britain

US First Lady Michelle Obama who is leading America`s delegation to the Olympics Friday arrived in Britain for the start of a two-day visit.

High jumper Di Martino to miss Olympics

Italian high jump Olympic medal contender Antonietta Di Martino will miss the London Games with a knee injury, the Italian athletics federation said Friday.

Archers provide a disappointing start to Indian campaign

Indian archers, spearheaded by women`s world number one Deepika Kumari, came up with a disappointing show in the team championship ranking rounds that commenced today at the Olympic Games ahead of the opening ceremony scheduled later.