Tag: Olympic

Britain's Jonnie Peacock dethroned Paralympics star Oscar Pistorius in the 100m on Thursday, lighting up the Olympic Stadium in the Games' showpiece event as...

Altogether 27 disciplines will be contested during the 32nd edition of the National Games to be held here form October 16-22 at different centres. “Men...

A Finnish teenager won a mobile phone throwing contest on Saturday by hurling his old Nokia phone 101.46 meters. The annual contest is one of...

China's star hurdler Liu Xiang insisted he felt "healthy" just moments before injury ended his Olympic career, as controversy erupted over an alleged cover-up....

The Olympic Council of Asia Coaches Baseball Course will be start from August 26 to September 07 at Sports Board Punjab Academy, National Hockey...

Not content with achieving his Olympic dream of winning a medal at the London Games, Tom Daley has proved he’s also pretty smart by...

Recently-crowned Olympic marathon champion Stephen Kiprotich returned home Wednesday to a rapturous welcome in Uganda, an $80,000 cheque and a pledge that his parents...

Olympic gold medallist Andy Murray and top seed Novak Djokovic both avoided post-Games letdowns with quick opening wins at the Toronto masters on Wednesday....

Hungary's Eva Risztov won a gripping Olympic women's swimming marathon by just 0.4 seconds at London's Hyde Park on Thursday. The 26-year-old led for...

Olympic Games schedule for Thursday, August 9 (times GMT): MEDALS: 23 Athletics (0800) Decathlon - 110m hurdles (0830) Women's High jump - qualification (0855) Decathlon - discus (1035) Men's 4x400...

British 800m runner Lynsey Sharp qualified for the Olympic semi-finals on Wednesday, bringing a rare smile to the face of proud dad Cameron, a...

Japan's 'Nadeshiko' women's football team moved within one win of a rare World Cup and Olympic double Monday when they set up a final...

Olympic fencing mixes the ancient and the modern, combining rules laid down more than 500 years ago with electronic scoring systems and Kevlar jackets....

A flag malfunction punctures Serena Williams’ golden moment on the podium after her triumph over Maria Sharapova in the London 2012 Ladies Gold Medal...

These Olympic Games have an entirely different flavour and ambiance as compared to those held in the recent past. Firstly, the organizers have made...

World number one Victoria Azarenka moved into the Olympic semi-finals with a hard-fought 6-4, 7-5 victory against German seventh seed Angelique Kerber on Thursday....

Badminton fans across Asia took to social media on Thursday to express anger and embarrassment over the Olympic match-fixing scandal, with 3.7 million posts...