Tag: Gold

Julien Absalon's dream of winning a third consecutive Olympic men's mountain bike gold was ended when the Frenchman suffered an early puncture on the...

Jaroslav Kulhavy of the Czech Republic won the men's Olympic mountain bike gold after an epic seven-lap race which left Swiss Nino Schurter in...

Russia became the first team in the history of men's Olympic Volleyball to win the final from two sets down as they stunned Brazil...

Croatia secured their first men's Water Polo Olympic Games gold medal with an 8-6 win over Italy in the final this afternoon. The Balkan outfit...

Mo Farah, who came to the Olympics as one of Great Britain's top medal hopes, leaves as the finest distance runner in the world...

A dominant performance saw Julie Bresset of France win the women's Cross-country Mountain Bike event at Hadleigh Farm. World Under-23 champion Bresset led from...

With a display of stunning elegance and control, Russia's Evgeniya Kanaeva retained her Olympic rhythmic gymnastics title on Saturday to confirm her status as...

French mountain bike star Julien Absalon says he is putting all thoughts of making history to the back of his mind ahead of his...

A Chinese firm has signed a deal with North Korea to jointly to develop a gold mine and two iron ore mines in...

Zou Kai gave his performances in London a positive evaluation after falling just short in his quest to become the first Chinese sportsperson to...

Belarus' Nadezhda Ostapchuk won the women's Olympic shot put title here on Monday with a throw of 21.36m. The 31-year-old inflicted the first defeat...

Serena Williams clinched her first Olympic singles gold medal with a 6-0, 6-1 demolition of Maria Sharapova in the most one-sided women's final in...

China has been swept by a wave of patriotism sparked by the country's success at the London Olympics -- and headline-grabbing scandals have not...

The Olympics glamour sport of track and field made an electrifying start Friday as Michael Phelps prepared to chase down his third gold medal...

Sergei Martynov of Belarus clinched gold in the men's shooting 50m rifle prone on Friday after scoring an Olympic record maximum 600 points en...

South Africa stunned favourites Great Britain and Denmark to claim their first ever Olympic rowing gold medal in the lightweight men's four on Thursday...

Ryan Lochte will target his second gold medal on day three of the Olympics here Monday as America's swimmers attempt to bounce back from...