Tag: London Olympics
British Olympic champion has bike stolen
British cyclist Philip Hindes, who won gold at the London Olympics, has had his bike stolen during a burglary at his home, police said...
No matches, no problem for Sharapova
Maria Sharapova has not played a match since settling for a silver medal at the London Olympics but she thinks rest might be just...
Swimming legend Du Toit prepares to bow out
South Africa's multiple paralympic champion Natalie du Toit is aiming for an astonishing seven golden medals at the London Olympics when she jumps in...
London basks in Olympic glory despite doping case
The London Olympics lost its first medallist to a doping scandal Monday as Belarus shot-putter Nadezhda Ostapchuk was stripped of her gold medal a...
Liu surgery as rival Robles limps out
China's 110m hurdles star Liu Xiang had surgery on his badly ruptured Achilles tendon Wednesday as his arch-rival Dayron Robles also limped out of...
Saturday was ‘greatest day of sport’, says Coe
London Olympics chief organiser Sebastian Coe said Saturday's British gold medal rush in rowing, cycling and the three-medal haul in athletics made it the...
Haas advances
Tommy Haas continued the run of form which has taken him from outside the top 200 to world No. 36 as he beat Argentina's...
Olympics hockey: Pakistan beat Argentina 2-0
Muhammad Imran and Sohail Abbas's drag-flicks saw Pakistan pick up their second win in Olympics hockey, leading Argentina to a second successive defeat.
Despite...
China guarantee table tennis gold
China made sure of their first table tennis gold at the London Olympics when world champion Ding Ning and Li Xiaoxia both reached the...
Zong supports Rabia in Olympics
To acknowledge their efforts and to motivate the talented women of Pakistan, ZONG under the umbrella of Flutter – its special innitiative for women...
Netherlands thrash Pakistan 5-1
Pakistan lost their second and last warm-up match ahead of the London Olympics hockey event 1-5 to the Netherlands on Thursday. According to the...
The London Games from A to Z
From archery to Zara Phillips, here are the London Olympics from A to Z:
ARCHERY - London's iconic cricket ground, Lord's, will host the archery.
BOLT...
‘Security is biggest concern’
British Prime Minister David Cameron said Thursday on the eve of the opening of the London Olympics that his top priority for the Games...
London drafts in more soldiers for Games
Britain drafted in another 1,200 troops Tuesday to perform security duties at the London Olympics in the continuing fallout from the failure of a...
London braced for world’s greatest show
Seven years in the making, costing £9.3 billion ($14.5 billion) and featuring 10,490 athletes, the London Olympics opens Friday with 302 gold medals to...
Britain puts 2,000 more troops on standby
Britain has drawn up contingency plans to deploy another 2,000 troops for the London Olympics after a private security firm said it could not...
Tajik ‘million dollar baby’ punches her way to London
Tajikistan is for the first time sending a female boxer to the London Olympics who is on a mission not only to win but...
