Tag: Olympics

The men's 100m at the London Olympics is wide open and promises to be "spectacular", according to the world's second fastest man, Tyson Gay....

Church bells, bicycle bells, handbells, ship's bells, and even mobile phones will sound across Britain in a "cacophonous, amazing sound" to mark the start...

Star striker Des Abbott has withdrawn from the Australian men's team for this month's London Olympics field hockey tournament with a knee injury, Hockey...

International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge supported the decision to omit David Beckham from the British football squad at the London Olympics in comments...

Rafael Nadal, knocked out of Wimbledon in the second round last week, is to take two weeks off because of tendinitis in his knee....

Al Qaeda is plotting to blow up an American airliner in the run-up to this month’s London Olympics and has trained a Norwegian Muslim...

David Beckham's dream of playing in the Olympics he helped secure for his hometown came to an end on Thursday after he was left...

Former England captain David Beckham revealed Thursday he had not been picked for Great Britain's Olympic football squad. Beckham, regarded as a potential skipper of...

India's top tennis doubles player will team up with a poorly-rated and inexperienced partner at the Olympics after two higher-ranked players refused to play...

The training camp of national senior probables, in its final phase of preparations for the London Olympic Games, will commence at Army Sports &...

Andy Murray was on Thursday named as the first member of the Great Britain tennis team for the London Olympics. The world number four...

The Australian men's field hockey team has won an appeal after the world's number one side was handed three early morning starts in their...

Twenty years after the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, the massive venues built for the Games continue to host major events, from swim meets to concerts,...

After Mahesh Bhupathi, his doubles partner Rohan Bopanna has officially informed All India Tennis Association (AITA) that he would not partner Leander Paes at...

As London prepares to welcome the world's top athletes at the Olympics, a little-known Chinese seaside town is gearing up to host the champions...

Australia's Olympic champion Steve Hooker said he was encouraged by finishing sixth in his latest pole vault competition at the Rome Diamond League meet,...

South Korea, Serbia and Japan qualified for the London Olympics, joining two-time world champions Russia, on the final day of the women's volleyball qualifying...