Tag: Olympics

With Rafael Nadal, Chris Bosh and Carolina Kluft injured and David Beckham and Ian Thorpe past their best, the have been hit by...

Sports governing bodies from Japan and Australia are under fire after complaints that male Olympic athletes flew business class to the London Games, while...

Tennis ace Rafael Nadal has set his sights on becoming Spain's flag-bearer at the 2016 Olympics after injury deprived him of the opportunity at...

Stephanie Rice, a triple gold medallist in Beijing four years ago, is battling a shoulder injury as she builds up for the London Olympics. The...

In Britain's provincial gyms, pools, schools and leisure centres, global superstars like Usain Bolt are fine-tuning their preparations for the London 2012 Games in...

Citius, Altius, Fortius is a Latin expression meaning "Faster, Higher, Stronger". These words form the motto of Baron Pierre de Coubertin's ideals for the...

Sports can teach us a lesson or two When propaganda works, it becomes conventional wisdom fairly quickly. As the Olympic torch fleets from hand to...

Lord Coe has admitted fans will be banned from wearing Pepsi T-shirts at the Olympic park - and could even be turned away for...

Prominent weightlifters of the country have shown no confidence against the Pakistan Weightlifting Federation and have asked the Pakistan Sports Board and the Pakistan...

The head of private security giant G4S agreed under questioning by British lawmakers Tuesday that the firm's failure to provide enough security guards for...

Iran's first woman to compete in table tennis at the Olympics, Neda Shahsavari, says she is "thrilled" to be going to the London Games,...

London has barely got its breath back after the Wimbledon fortnight, when the 2012 Olympics arrive in a city already crowded with tourists. The...

More than a quarter of young people in crowded and technology-obsessed Hong Kong say they will watch the London Olympics on their smartphones, a...

Two female athletes from Saudi Arabia will compete at the London Games this summer in a historic first for the country, the International Olympic...

Photos of heptathlete Jessica Ennis, one of Britain's best hopes for an Olympics gold medal, are everywhere -- but they can't hide the gap...

Pakistan's wild card sprinter Liaquat Ali dreams of racing against Usain Bolt and Tyson Gay, hoping to give the world's fastest men a run...

Live pigeon shooting, pistol duelling and club swinging won't feature at the London Olympics, but there was a time when they were all medal...