Tag: Olympics

The driver of an Olympics media shuttle bus was bailed by police on Thursday following a fatal collision with a cyclist just outside London's...

China's table tennis dominance has gone truly global at the Olympics with Chinese-born players making up half the team draw and representing outposts such...

Want proof that Danny Boyle and the gang put on the greatest show in the galaxy for the London 2012 Opening Ceremony? Well, even...

After drawing the first match with Spain, three time champions Pakistan will play their second match against Argentina in the 2012 London Olympic Games...

More than two million spectators watched the first three days of the Olympics, local organisers LOCOG said on Tuesday. Some 856,000 fans, including crowds...

Germany defended their Olympic eventing team title on Tuesday by a whisker from Great Britain with New Zealand taking bronze in the concluding jumping...

The father of Chinese swimmer Ye Shiwen and the country's anti-doping chief have hit out at "biased" suspicions over her record-breaking performance at the...

Michael Phelps became the most decorated Olympian of all time on Tuesday, winning a record 19th medal in the pool as China's swimming sensation...

A Swiss soccer player was expelled from the Olympics on Monday for his threatening and racist message on Twitter about South Koreans. The comments...

Australia's Damien Hooper made headlines inside and outside the ring at the Olympic boxing tournament here on Monday. The hugely talented 20-year-old light heavyweight landed...

Whether you liked it or not, Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle’s London 2012 Olympic opening ceremony scored Friday night. The Shakespeare-inspired opening ceremony, complete...

The most interesting part of the Olympics Opening Ceremony was not who lit the cauldron, nor even the Queen’s acting debut, it was Mr...

American swimmer Ryan Lochte sunk record-chasing Michael Phelps Saturday in a pulsating start to the Olympics while China's Sun Yang and Ye Shiwen wrote...

Swimming legend Michael Phelps suffered a nervy start in his bid to become the greatest Olympian in history on Saturday while Chinese shooter Yi...

LONDON AFP China's world number one Yi Siling won the first gold of the London Olympics in the women's 10m air rifle competition at London's Royal...

Saudi commentators on Saturday hailed the first ever participation of women from the ultra-conservative kingdom in the Olympics, but criticised placing female athletes behind...

Anger has given way to excitement as Australia's men's hockey team look to hold all the sport's major titles by winning gold at the...