London: Wang Hao has won two silver medals in table tennis in the last two Olympics, a history he's trying to forget. "I want that gold medal very much," Wang said. "The silver medals are in the past, so I'm just trying to take it step by step." The main problem is Chinese teammate Zhang Jike, who also reached the semifinals of men's singles on Wednesday. The two are the...
09:07 AM, Aug 02, 2012
New Delhi: The theme for today's doodle is table tennis. On the sixth day of the London 2012 Olympics, Google has put up a new doodle dedicated to table tennis. The London 2012 table tennis doodle features two players - a right handed player and a left handed player - playing table tennis. The blade of the tennis table bat in the hand of the left-handed player is shown as...
12:10 AM, Aug 02, 2012
New Delhi: The theme for today's doodle is table tennis. On the sixth day of the London 2012 Olympics, Google has put up a new doodle dedicated to table tennis. The London 2012 table tennis doodle features two players - a right handed player and a left handed player - playing table tennis. The blade of the tennis table bat in the hand of the left-handed player is shown as...
12:10 AM, Aug 02, 2012
New Delhi: On the fifth day of the London 2012 Olympics, Google posted a new sport-specific doodle dedicated to hockey, that also happens to be India's National Game. Here are the top 10 interesting facts about the doodle and London 2012 Hockey events that you should know: 1. The doodle features a female player, holding a hook-shaped stick, playing on a hockey pitch. The doodle looks simple; neither the letter...
01:33 PM, Aug 01, 2012
New Delhi: On the fifth day of the London 2012 Olympics, Google has posted a new doodle dedicated to hockey, that also happens to be India's National Game. The doodle features a female player, holding a hook-shaped stick, playing on a hockey pitch. The doodle looks simple; neither the letter 'L' of Google has been replaced with the hockey stick nor the two Os of 'Google' have been replaced with...
12:08 AM, Aug 01, 2012
New Delhi: Want information on something? Google. Want information on London Olympics 2012? Google. The search engine giant has put together an elaborate experience for Internet users seeking information on the ongoing Olympic Games in London. Google has also put up a London 2012 Olympic Games page that keeps users abreast of the latest happenings at the games. Olympics related search queries on Google display contextual results from the games...
03:03 PM, Jul 31, 2012
New Delhi: Continuing its trend of posting a new sport-specific doodle everyday during the London Olympics 2012, Google has today replaced its usual Google logo on the homepage with the London 2012 Artistic Gymnastics Men's Rings doodle. Here are the top 10 interesting facts about the doodle and the London 2012 Artistic Gymnastics Men's Rings event that you should know: 1. The Olympics Google doodle for London 2012 Artistic Gymnastics...
11:58 AM, Jul 31, 2012
New Delhi: The Olympics Google doodle for London 2012 Artistic Gymnastics Men's Rings shows a mustachioed gymnast performing. The two Os of the Google logo are formed by the rings. The London 2012 Artistic Gymnastics Men's Rings doodle is the fifth Google doodle this Olympics. On Monday the doodle on the Google home page showed two fencers fighting against each other using bladed weapons. The letter 'L' in Google was...
12:51 AM, Jul 31, 2012
New Delhi: To mark the third day of the London Olympics 2012, Google has replaced its usual logo with a new doodle - London 2012 fencing. The new doodle shows two fencers fighting against each other using bladed weapons. The letter 'L' in "Google" is shown as one of the bladed weapons being used by one of the fencers, while a helmet on the head of a fencer is modishly...
12:05 AM, Jul 30, 2012
New Delhi: After the London 2012 Opening Ceremony doodle and Archery Google doodle, Google has now come up with its third doodle - the London 2012 Diving Google doodle. The third London 2012 Google doodle is dedicated to diving. The London 2012 Diving doodle features a female diver in position for the plunge on the diving board over a pool that has the Google logo painted on the bottom. The...
12:28 PM, Jul 29, 2012
New Delhi: The third London 2012 Google doodle is dedicated to diving. The London 2012 Diving Google doodle shows a female diver in position for the plunge on the diving board over a pool that has the Google logo painted on the bottom. The diving events at London 2012 Olympics are scheduled from July 29 to August 11 and there are four men's and four women's events - 3m springboard,...
12:01 AM, Jul 29, 2012
New Delhi: Continuing with its tradition of putting up a new sport-specific doodle on its home page everyday during the Olympic Games, Google has started off with a London 2012 archery doodle. The London 2012 archery doodle is the second Google doodle this Olympics. On Friday Google put up its London 2012 Opening Ceremony doodle that showed five athletes on the track holding the letters of the Google logo. The...
12:01 AM, Jul 28, 2012
New Delhi: On July 27 at 9:00 PM GMT the world's biggest sporting extravaganza will officially begin in London and Google is also going to the games with its London 2012 Opening Ceremony doodle. The doodle shows five athletes on the track holding the letters of the Google logo. The Olympic disciplines depicted on the Google Olympics opening ceremony doodle are football, swimming, running/jumping, javelin throw, fencing and basketball. The...
12:01 AM, Jul 27, 2012
New Delhi: In a bid to honour Amelia Earhart - the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean - on her 115th birth anniversary, Google has today put up a doodle on its homepage that features Earhart climbing up the aircraft "Lockheed 5B Vega," which she used to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean in 1932. The Google letters take the place of the original registration number of...
07:28 PM, Jul 24, 2012
New Delhi: On the 115th birth anniversary of Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, here we bring you the top 10 quotes by her. Earhart was not only an aviatrix, but she was also a famous author. She was a successful and heavily promoted writer who served as aviation editor for Cosmopolitan magazine from 1928 to 1930. In addition, she wrote magazine articles, newspaper...
05:31 PM, Jul 24, 2012
New Delhi: On the 115th birth anniversary of Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, here we bring you what all the aviatrix achieved during her life. Earhart was not only an aviatrix, but she was also a famous author. She was a successful and heavily promoted writer who served as aviation editor for Cosmopolitan magazine from 1928 to 1930. In addition, she wrote magazine...
03:41 PM, Jul 24, 2012
Honolulu: A $2.2 million expedition that hoped to find wreckage from famed aviator Amelia Earhart's final flight is on its way back to Hawaii without the dramatic, conclusive plane images searchers were hoping to attain. But the group leading the search, The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery, still believes Earhart and her navigator crashed onto a reef off a remote island in the Pacific Ocean 75 years ago this...
01:33 PM, Jul 24, 2012
New Delhi: In a bid to honour Amelia Earhart - the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean - on her 115th birth anniversary, Google has today put up a doodle on its homepage that features Earhart climbing up the aircraft "Lockheed 5B Vega," which she used to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean in 1932. The Google letters take the place of the original registration number of...
11:08 AM, Jul 24, 2012
