London: With a little British pomp and a lot of British pop, London brought the curtains down on a glorious Olympic Games on Sunday in a spectacular, technicolour pageant of landmarks, light shows and lots of fun.
The closing ceremony offered a sensory blast including rock 'n' roll rickshaws, dustbin percussionists, an exploding yellow car and a marching band in red tunics and bearskin hats.
There was a show-stopping reunion of the Spice Girls and a comedy sequence featuring Monty Python's Eric Idle performing "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" accompanied by Roman centurions, Scottish bagpipers and a human cannonball.
It was all delivered in a psychedelic mashup that had 80,000 fans at the Olympic Stadium stomping, cheering and singing along. Organisers estimated 300 million or more were watching around the world....
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04:34 AM, Aug 13, 2012
London: Anthony Joshua won the super heavyweight gold medal in the Olympic boxing tournament on Sunday in front of his hometown fans, rallying from a late deficit to upset defending champ Roberto Cammarelle of Italy on a tiebreaker. Joshua's medal ceremony after his thrilling victory was delayed about 15 minutes while Italy protested the result, but their complaints were swiftly rejected by amateur boxing's governing body. Joshua won Britain's third...
09:17 PM, Aug 12, 2012
London: World champions Australia had to be content with the bronze medal in the Olympic Games men's hockey competition after defeating hosts Great Britain 3-1 at the Riverbank Arena here on Saturday. Beaten by defending champions Germany in the semifinals that dashed their hopes of reclaiming the title they won in 2004, Australia relied on two second-half goals to thwart Great Britain's challenge. Great Britain recovered from their humiliating 2-9...
12:06 AM, Aug 12, 2012
21-year old Francesca Jones of Great Britain finished at a disappointing 24th place as she missed out on the final of the individual all-round event of Rhythmic gymnastics. Jones held the last spot, finishing with a total of 94.625 after 23.900 and 21.975 with the ribbon and clubs respectively. She was following on from Friday's hoop (24.200) and ball (24.550) routines. This was Jones' first Olympics which ended on a...
08:38 AM, Aug 11, 2012
London: Great Britain won their first women's Olympic field hockey medal in 20 years by beating New Zealand 3-1 in the bronze-medal match at the Riverbank Arena on Friday. Prince William's wife, Kate Middleton, was on hand to applaud the goals, all of them from second-half penalty corners. The bronze matched Britain's only previous medal, earned at the 1992 Barcelona Games. Alex Danson and Sarah Thomas deflected in hits by...
11:17 PM, Aug 10, 2012
London: Nippy striker Billy Bakker and penalty corner shooter Roderick Weusthof scored three goals each as Netherlands stormed into the final of the Olympic men's hockey with a thumping 9-2 victory over hosts Great Britain. Netherlands, bronze medallists in the 2010 World Cup, played a brisk overlapping game to hammer six goals in the second session to silence a vociferous home crowd last night and earn a title contest with...
09:31 AM, Aug 10, 2012
London: Flyweight Nicola Adams of Britain won the first Olympic gold medal in women's boxing, stunning world champion Ren Cancan of China in a 16-7 victory on Thursday. Adams knocked down Ren in the second round with a dynamic flurry of punches and finished off the top-seeded flyweight in impressive style. Adams dominated the middle rounds by a combined 10-3. Adams lost the last two world championship finals to Ren,...
11:44 PM, Aug 09, 2012
London: Argentina beat Britain 2-1 on Wednesday to reach the final of the women's Olympic field hockey for the second time, looking for its first gold medal. The Argentines, holders of the World Cup and Champions Trophy and ranked No. 2, will meet the No. 1 and defending champion Netherlands on Friday. Argentina took out the partisan crowd early on Wednesday when Noel Barrionuevo converted the only penalty corner of...
02:47 AM, Aug 09, 2012
Mary Kom ended her London Olympics journey with a bronze after a defeat in the semis on Wednesday. ...
09:37 PM, Aug 08, 2012
Jamshedpur: Jharkhand boxing coach Ajit Kumar Singh on Tuesday said five-time world women boxing champion M C Mary Kom will prove a hard nut to crack for Great Britain's Nicola Adams when they lock horns in the semi-finals of the ongoing London Olympics on Wednesday. "I had been with her for over a month at a camp held in Patiala, where the 29-year-old Manipuri boxer was undergoing training for London...
11:20 PM, Aug 07, 2012
London: London: Britain's Jason Kenny sprinted to victory at the Olympic velodrome on Monday, beating France's Gregory Bauge in the men's sprint final. Kenny had earlier broken the Olympic record with a qualifying time of 9.713 seconds and won both of the first two runs to beat Bauge in the final on the best-of-three system. The race for the gold medal was a rematch of the world championship final in...
02:37 AM, Aug 07, 2012
London: Britain doubled its gold-medal haul on the final day of the Olympic regatta with victories by the men's four and the lightweight women's double sculls Saturday, leaving the host nation atop the rowing medals table. The British finished with nine medals " four golds, two silvers and three bronzes " to surpass its record total of eight from the 1908 Olympics, which was also held in London. Britain's flagship...
07:34 PM, Aug 04, 2012
London: There was the pressure that comes with competing at home. Then there was the wind, and a stiff challenge from Vasily Mosin. Peter Wilson was tough enough to deal with all of it. Wilson won the double trap gold medal at the London Olympics on Thursday, edging Sweden's Hakan Dahlby by two shots. The 25-year-old Briton, who holds the world record, scored 188 points. Russia's Mosin won the bronze...
12:41 AM, Aug 03, 2012
Wimbledon: Andy Murray advanced to the third round of the Olympics with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Jarko Nieminen of Finland at Wimbledon on Tuesday. World No. 4 Murray next faces Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus. The Briton lost to Roger Federer in the Wimbledon final this year. ...
08:47 PM, Jul 31, 2012
London: The teams from Britain and Argentina walked to midfield side-by-side a few minutes before their match, stood for each other's national anthems, then exchanged handshakes. Political tension was nowhere to be found on the opening day of the men's field hockey tournament at the London Olympics. Barry Middleton scored two goals and Britain netted four before Argentina pulled back a late consolation penalty corner on Monday. The match was...
03:51 AM, Jul 31, 2012
The men's football event at the 2012 London Olympics will kick off when Mexico and South Korea begin the battle for the top of Group B on Thursday, one day prior to the much awaited opening ceremony. The group stage of the tournament is set to end on August 1 with the Gold Medal match to be played on August 11. Tournament favourites Brazil have waited a long time for...
09:38 AM, Jul 26, 2012
However, the star England footballer refused to divulge any details in an interview given to CNN. ...
02:57 PM, Jul 25, 2012
In the countdown to the 2012 London Olympics, we retrace some memorable achievements in the history of the Games. Today, a look at the 1988 Seoul Games where Great Britain won a hockey gold, Florence Griffith Joyner set a host of records and Greg Louganis conquered his fears in part six of our Olympic moments recall. 1988: Great Britain win hockey gold at Seoul When Imran Sherwani scored Great Britain's...
04:31 PM, Jul 21, 2012
Ipoh (Malaysia): India might have failed to win the Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament for a record sixth time, but coach Micheal Nobbs is delighted with the bronze medal showing and said his wards did enough to finish on the podium. Five-time champions India on Sunday stunned pre-tournament favourites Great Britain 3-1 to clinch the bronze medal in this year's Sultan Azlan Shah Cup. "I'm obviously very pleased. It's a...
06:51 PM, Jun 03, 2012
