London: Sebastian Brendel of Germany won Olympic gold in the 1,000-meter C-1 on Wednesday, adding to the titles he captured at the last three European championships. Brendel took charge of the second half of the race to win in 3 minutes 47.176 seconds. David Cal Figueroa of Spain was nearly a second behind to take the silver medal. Mark Oldershaw of Canada won the bronze. The 24-year-old Brendel was the...
05:21 PM, Aug 08, 2012
London: Three games from gold, the U.S. men's Olympic basketball team believes its best is yet to come. First up is Australia in the quarterfinal round, though Wednesday's game, and each one after that, may as well go by another name to the Americans. "Game 7," forward Kevin Durant said. "Every game is Game 7. Most of the guys here have been in those situations." The Americans have two choices:...
10:48 AM, Aug 08, 2012
London: The French women's basketball team roared back from an 11-point deficit in the fourth quarter to overtake the Czech Republic 71-68 on Tuesday, advancing to the semi-finals of the Olympic tournament. Led by the inspirational play of point guard Celine Dumerc, France came back after trailing 55-44, taking a 67-65 lead they would not relinquished on a three-pointer by Dumerc with a minute to play and stayed alive in...
08:46 AM, Aug 08, 2012
New Delhi: Work hours across the globe are at stake again with Google's second playable doodle during the ongoing London Olympics 2012. Following its interactive hurdles doodle, Google has posted a shoot and score London 2012 basketball doodle. The interactive doodle lets users shoot baskets using the space bar or by holding and releasing the left mouse key. The longer you hold down the key the more power you get...
06:20 AM, Aug 08, 2012
New Delhi: Google has added yet another discipline to its armchair Olympics - basketball. After putting up the interactive London 2012 hurdle doodle on Tuesday, Google has come up with yet another interactive doodle - London 2012 basketball - that lets users score points playing basketball on their computers. This is the thirteenth doodle, and the second interactive doodle, posted by Google during the ongoing London 2012 Olympics. The interactive...
06:00 PM, Aug 07, 2012
New Delhi: Google today gives you a chance to be an athlete and participate in a hurdles race. Though you won't be taken to London, but Google lets you participate in the race just by sitting in your chair. So if are you ready to beat everyone in the armchair Olympics, all you need to do is open the Google homepage and you are at the venue. In a simplified...
11:13 AM, Aug 07, 2012
London: Women's 100m hurdles world champion Sally Pearson is favourite to go one better than her silver in Beijing. Australia's Pearson, who holds the event's fastest performance since 1992 (12.28 seconds), is likely to face competition from American duo Lolo Jones, best remembered for stumbling in the final as favourite in Beijing, and defending Olympic champion Dawn Harper. The semi-finals start at 1915 local time with the final at 2100....
09:20 AM, Aug 07, 2012
New Delhi: It is not only watching the Olympics at work that bosses across the world need to be worried about, on Tuesday they may also be fretting over employees competing against each other in the playable London 2012 hurdles Google doodle, tippity tapping away on their keyboards. The twelfth doodle that Google has posted during the London 2012 is easily Google's most fun Olympic doodle ever. The interactive doodle...
05:53 AM, Aug 07, 2012
New Delhi: Get ready for the tippity tap of keypads around you on Tuesday as people frantically try to better each other's scores in the interactive doodle that Google has created for London 2012 hurdles. The twelfth doodle that Google has posted during the ongoing Olympic Games is easily Google's most fun Olympic doodle ever. The interactive doodle lets you participate in a hurdles race (though you'll be the only...
06:30 PM, Aug 06, 2012
New Delhi: Today's doodle is the 11th London Olympics doodle posted by Google on its homepage during the ongoing London 2012 Olympics. Here are the top 10 interesting facts about the London 2012 Javelin doodle and Javelin Throw events: 1. Dedicated to Javelin Throw, the doodle features a male javelin thrower taking the throwing position in a stadium. The term "Google" is written in a slapdash manner, with the second...
10:17 AM, Aug 06, 2012
New Delhi: Today's doodle is the 11th London Olympics doodle posted by Google on its homepage during the ongoing London 2012 Olympics. Dedicated to Javelin Throw, the doodle features a male javelin thrower taking the throwing position in a stadium. The term "Google" is written in a slapdash manner, with the second 'O' hidden behind the athlete. The Londond 2012 Javelin doodle is the first ever Javelin doodle posted by...
12:05 AM, Aug 06, 2012
New Delhi: To mark the 9th day of the ongoing London 2012 Olympics, Google posted a doodle on its homepage, which is dedicated to Synchronised swimming. Here are the top 10 interesting facts about the London 2012 synchronised swimming doodle and Synchronised swimming events: 1. Synchronised swimming is one of the two Olympic sports that is exclusive to women (rhythmic gymnastics is the other) and a team of eight syncronised...
04:24 PM, Aug 05, 2012
New Delhi: Synchronised swimming is one of the two Olympic sports that is exclusive to women (rhythmic gymnastics is the other) and a team of eight syncronised swimmers get together for a circular formation to replace the first 'O' of the Google logo floating in a pool. Interestingly, synchronised swimming began as a sport for men in the 19th century and made its Olympic debut in Los Angeles 1984. But...
01:19 AM, Aug 05, 2012
New Delhi: The doodle on the Google home page on Saturday depicts pole vault. Here's 10 must-know facts about the doodle and the sport: 1. The London 2012 pole vault doodle Google's first ever doodle on the sport. 2. In the London 2012 pole vault doodle a female pole vaulter propels herself high in the sky. The Google logo looms behind the stadium, the ceiling of which is painted in...
02:25 PM, Aug 04, 2012
London: The Ukrainian city of Lviv, which hosted matches in this year's Euro soccer championship, is now eyeing a bid for the 2022 winter Olympics, Ukraine Olympic chief Sergei Bubka said on Thursday. Bubka, a former Olympic champion and still the pole vault record holder, said Lviv was eager to develop winter sports in the region after Ukraine gained experience in staging major events as co-hosts of Euro 2012 with...
08:40 AM, Aug 04, 2012
New Delhi: A female pole vaulter propels herself high in the sky in Google's ninth doodle during the ongoing London Olympic Games. The Google logo looms behind the stadium, the ceiling of which is painted in Google colours - blue, red, yellow and green. Pole vault is one of the field events in the athletics programme in London 2012. In the sport of pole vault, athletes take a up with...
12:19 AM, Aug 04, 2012
London: India's athletics campaign in the Olympic Games was off to a poor start with Om Prakash Singh failing to make the shot put finals, finishing a disappointing 19th in the qualification round with a below-par performance here on Friday. Singh ended 10th in Group B and 19th overall with 19.86m being his best effort. He covered the distance in his second attempt after managing 19.40m in his opening attempt....
04:05 PM, Aug 03, 2012
London: World silver medalist Dylan Armstrong will lead Canada's charge for a track and field gold medal when the shot put event takes place on Friday, with team coach Alex Gardiner convinced he is ready to triumph. Armstrong, 31, who missed out on a medal in Beijing in 2008 by one centimeter despite breaking the national record, is Canada's most likely chance of a gold in athletics, with heptathlete Jessica...
08:46 AM, Aug 03, 2012
London: Swedish table tennis veteran Jorgen Persson has said he will not compete in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics after his seventh attempt to win an Olympic medal was thwarted in the London Games. Persson lost his second-round match 0-4 to Croatia's Andrej Gacina in the men's singles, Xinhua reports. "I won't be at the next Olympics. If you can't pass the second round here, there will be no...
12:29 PM, Aug 02, 2012
New Delhi: On the sixth day of the London 2012 Olympics, Google has put up a new doodle, which is dedicated to table tennis. Here are the top 10 interesting facts about the table tennis Google doodle and London 2012 table tennis events that you should know: 1. The London 2012 table tennis doodle features two players - a right handed player and a left handed player - playing table...
11:44 AM, Aug 02, 2012
