London Olympics 2012 News
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 Russians target 25 gold medals in London
Russia is targeting 25 gold medals at the London Games, the country`s Olympic committee president Alexander Zhukov said Tuesday.
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 China set to challenge US dominance in pool
Swimming prodigy Michael Phelps spearheads the US quest for pool dominance at the London Olympics as the team is ready for challenges from worldwide, including China.
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 Queen greets Olympic torch at Windsor Castle
Queen Elizabeth II has met an old flame the fire lit in Greece to mark the London Olympics.
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 29 Olympic champions to spearhead China at London Games
China on Tuesday announced its 396-strong team including 29 Beijing Olympic titlists, who will be the stars to watch at the upcoming games, reported a news agency.
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 Judge rejects bid to stop Olympic rooftop missiles
A High Court judge rejected that argument, quashing a challenge by locals. Judge Charles Haddon-Cave said the missiles presented "no real threat" to residents and were an important part of Olympic security.
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 My morale is down after AFI asks me for fitness trial: Yadav
Marathoner Ram Singh Yadav, who has qualified for the Olympics, today said that his morale was down after Athletics Federation of India asked him to prove his fitness by running a trial race in Bangalore before going to London Games.
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 AITA defends Sania`s mother`s appointment as women`s team manager
AITA claims that Nasima, who was appointed at the executive committee meeting held on July 1, was the preferred choice because of her past experience in managing the Fed Cup team.
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 Sania to have mom as manager in Olympics
Nasima Mirza, mother of tennis ace Sania Mirza, will accompany the two-member Indian women tennis team in the upcoming London Olympics as manager, it was announced on Tuesday.
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 Good that India and Pakistan are in different groups: Abbas
Pakistan captain and ace drag-flicker Sohail Abbas is happy that arch-rivals India and Pakistan won`t have to face each other at the initial league stage as they are in different groups.
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Russia to send 436 athletes to London 2012
Competing under the Russian flag will be 228 women and 208 men from 59 of the country`s 83 regions, Zhukov said.
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 We should be back with a medal, says Gopichand
We have strong players in women`s singles, women`s doubles and mixed doubles. So we do expect some positive results out of this tournament.
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 Agent says Bolt back to full training and ‘good to go’ for London Olympics
Simms said the problem was nothing more serious than a tight hamstring and insisted that he was fully recovered and training normally.
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 We will come back with more than one medal: Vijender Singh
Beijing Games bronze-medallist boxer Vijender Singh has assured that "we will not come back empty-handed" from the forthcoming London Olympics and said that they were very positive about their chances.
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 Boxing coach Sandhu to retire after London Olympics
Having served as national coach for close to two decades during which India produced its first Olympic medallist in boxing, Gurbaksh Singh Sandhu is retiring after London Games and the only farewell gift he wants from his wards is to bring home better than the bronze Vijender Singh notched up in Beijing four years ago.
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 Scandal-hit athletes hope to seek solace in London
Hit hard by one of the biggest doping scandals in the run-up to the Olympic Games, India`s athletics team, including a couple of medal hopefuls, would hope to seek solace and redeem their reputation with some strong performances in London.
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 No Saudi women qualified for Olympics: Report
No women from Saudi Arabia have qualified for the London Olympics, a newspaper from the ultraconservative Muslim kingdom reported.
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 Manmade vs natural: Oscar Pistorius stokes debate
Is manmade material superior to muscle? Are those blades better than real legs?
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 Roger Federer eyes gold at London Olympics
Having restored his reign at the Grand Slam tournament, Federer can quickly follow that up by earning a gold medal in singles for Switzerland, one of the few accomplishments missing from his overflowing resume.
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 Cops monitoring sex trade during Olympics?
Scotland Yard on Monday said it was keeping a close watch as reports claimed that London was `set to be flooded with prostitutes` during the forthcoming Olympics.
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 Phelps admits ‘lack of motivation’ turned him from ‘fit to fat’ after 2008 Beijing success
Olympic swimming champion Michael Phelps, who won a record eight gold medals at the 2008 Olympic Games, has admitted after achieving the amazing feat at Beijing, he lacked motivation, which made him gain around 25 pounds.
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