Tag: Olympics

Kazakhstan's Serik Sapiyev won the men's Olympic welterweight gold on Sunday with a crushing 17-9 win over Britain's Freddie Evans, making up for his...

Britain's Anthony Joshua won the men's Olympic super heavyweight (+91kg) gold on count-back against defending champion Italy's Roberto Cammarelle after their bout finished 18-all...

Ukraine's world champion Vasyl Lomachenko won a second successive Olympic gold medal Sunday when he added the lightweight title to the featherweight crown he...

Before a sea of red, white and blue flags, Russia pursued their merciless dominance of rhythmic gymnastics by claiming their fourth consecutive Olympic group...

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...

Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang has had "very successful" surgery on the injury that dashed his Olympic hopes and put his career in doubt, a...

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...

France will have history in their sights when they play Sweden today as they attempt to become the first team to defend the men's...

Usain Bolt's Jamaica smashed the 4x100m world record and Britain's Mo Farah clinched a magical distance double in a rousing climax to London Olympics...

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge hailed Usain Bolt as the greatest sprinter of all time on Sunday as he moved to...

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...

Laura Asadauskaite of Lithuania was crowned Olympic women's modern pentathlon champion on Sunday, the last of the 302 gold medals to be awarded at...

USA overcame some fierce resistance from Spain to land their fifth Basketball gold in six Olympic Games since the start of the 'Dream Team'...

Ugandan outsider Stephen Kiprotich said he was happy to become a "known athlete" after stunning a heavily fancied Kenyan team to claim victory in...

Germany won the Olympic title for the second successive time when they triumphed 2-1 against the Netherlands, the former champions, in a blood and...

Marathon man Stephen Kiprotich delivered only Uganda's second ever Olympics gold medal on Sunday, celebrating victory in the shadow of Buckingham Palace as the...

Only amateur athletes competed in the ancient Olympics The idea that only amateurs should participate in the Olympics is an entirely modern-day concept that developed...