London Olympics 2012 News
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 Low-profile Soniya keen to spring up surprise
Karnam Malleshwari`s bronze at the 2000 Sydney Olympics raised the profile of Indian weightlifting by several notches but little is expected of London-bound Soniya Chanu and the lifter does not mind it one bit as she is keen on springing a surprise at the mega-event.
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 London Olympics 2012: Brazil beat Team GB 2-0 in warm-up match
Team GB were given a footballing lesson by Brazil in their London 2012 warm-up match at the Riverside Stadium as they were comfortably beaten 2-0 thanks to goals from Sandro and Neymar.
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 Olympic buzz takes off: London welcomes the flame
After years of preparation and months of buildup, London`s Olympic moment finally arrived Friday night.
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 Indian boxing squad arrives in the Olympics Village
A 13-member Indian boxing squad on Friday arrived in the Olympic Games Village here from their pre-games training centre at Bradford.
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 1,200 British soldiers put on standby for Olympics
An additional 1,200 soldiers have been put on standby to guard the London Olympics, bringing the total number of military personnel involved in the games to 17,000, a media report said on Friday.
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 BAI announces cash award of Rs 1 cr for Oly gold medal winner
Wishing the players, president BAI and Member Parliament, Akhilesh Das Gupta, in statement said that the Association will award Rs one crore to the Indian shuttler, who will win gold medal at the London Games while the silver medallist will be given a sum of Rs 50 lakh.
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 Olympics: Cameron to travel by public transport
In a directive that has not gone down too well with his ministers, Cameron has banned them from using their cars and from using the special Olympics lanes dedicated to transporting athletes and officials.
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 Keeping track of opponents` performance important: Manavjit
Seasoned trap shooter Manavjit Sandhu does not agree with the view that a marksman competes with himself and says for him, keeping track of his rivals is as important as his performance.
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 Top-four finish will be a miracle, says ex-players
A top-four finish in the Olympics would be a "miracle" for the Indian men`s hockey team but a favourable outing in their Games opener against the mighty Netherlands on July 30 would act as a huge "confidence booster" for the eight-time champions, feels former players.
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 I know what it takes to win an Olympic medal: Paes
India`s ace tennis player Leander Paes has said he knows what it takes to win an Olympic medal and will not distract himself by delving into people`s expectations, the negativities and the politics.
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 Making the 2nd round will be big for Indian rowers: Baig
Indian rowing coach Ismail Baig has realistic expectations from his wards in the upcoming Olympics.
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 Mary Kom has fair chance to win medal in London games: Mishra
Former world champion woman boxer Aruna Mishra on Friday said five-time world champion M C Mary Kom has a fair chance of winning a medal for the country.
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 Sushil deserves to carry the flag: Leander Paes
India`s top tennis player Leander Paes said wrestler Sushil Kumar deserves to be the flag bearer of the Olympic contingent during the opening ceremony of the London Games.
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 Doping victim pursues Olympic gold for vindication
Andrea Baldini, the former world top-ranked men`s foil fencer, will go to London in pursuit of the gold that he believed could have been his four years ago.
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 London calling for Mary Kom`s mom too
For M C Mary Kom, London Olympics is a dream realised twice over as the five-time world champion is not just excited about being the only Indian woman boxer at the big event but is also overjoyed about having her mother in the stands to watch her live for the first time.
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 Don`t want to break hearts of my fellow Naga people: Swuro
Indian women`s archery team member Chekrovolu Swuro says winning a medal in London would not just be a personal high but also an expression of her gratitude to her tribe.
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 Opening ceremony tensions boiling over at Olympics
Olympic organizers say there are tensions between director Danny Boyle and the London Games broadcasting company over the opening ceremony.
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 Rafael Nadal pulls out of London Olympics due to fitness problem
Defending Olympic champion Rafael Nadal pulled out of the London Games with an undisclosed fitness problem Thursday, ending his chances of winning a second straight gold medal.
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 Weightlifters are not here to make up numbers: Coach
Weightlifting coach Devidutt Sharma does not want to talk big by promising a medal from his wards but says the two-member Indian team here is not just to make up the numbers in the London Olympics.
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 Jwala pips Saina in popularity charts
Jwala Gutta, who has remarkably improved upon her fitness, has pipped fellow shuttler Saina Nehwal to emerge as the latest Indian badminton sensation on the popularity charts, revealed a survey by search engine giant Google.
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