London: Tunisia's Oussama Mellouli won his second medal of the London Olympics with victory in the gruelling men's 10-kilometre marathon swim on Friday. Mellouli finished the open-water swim in a time of 1 hour 49 min 55 seconds, a clear three seconds ahead of his closest challenger Thomas Lurz of Germany, who added silver to the bronze he won in Beijing four years ago. Bronze in Hyde Park's Serpentine lake...
09:28 PM, Aug 10, 2012
London: Servet Tazegul of Turkey won Olympic taekwondo gold in the men's 68kg weight class here on Thursday. Tazegul, the World No.1 and 2008 bronze medallist, narrowly beat Mohammad Bagheri of Iran 6-5 on points. "I have worked for this since 2008 when I got the bronze medal. I reached my goal," Tazegul said. "This medal is in memory of my mother. I lost her not long ago." Earlier, Terrence...
09:25 PM, Aug 10, 2012
London: In the men's 74kg freestysle Olympic wrestling competition here at the ExCel arena on Friday, India's Narsingh Pancham Yadav crashed out after losing to his Canadian counterpart in the Round of 16. Narsingh lost his pre-quarter-final contest against Canada's Matthew Judah Gentry who scripted a comfortable 3-1 victory. Gentry took control of the contest, winning the first period 3-0 on technical points, and though the Indian fought better in...
09:22 PM, Aug 10, 2012
London: The New Zealand crew of Jo Aleh and Olivia Powrie sailed to victory in the women's 470 class to clinch gold here at the Olympics Friday, as their British rivals struggled. Aleh and Powrie had entered the medal race level on points with Britain's Hannah Mills and Saskia Clarke, but took the win as the British pair finished ninth, winning silver. The bronze went to Lisa Westerhof and Lobke...
09:18 PM, Aug 10, 2012
London: Australia's Mathew Belcher and Malcolm Page gave their country gold in the men's 470 sailing event Friday after holding off a challenge from a British crew in the medal race. Belcher and Page came second in the medal race, giving them enough of an advantage to be sure of gold overall, while British silver medallists Luke Patience and Stuart Bithell were fourth. Page was already an Olympic gold medallist...
09:13 PM, Aug 10, 2012
New Delhi: Her bronze medal in the London Olympics has sent India into a state of frenzy, but her shocking quarter-final defeat in her maiden appearance at the mega event in Beijing four years ago, still rankles Saina Nehwal. The 22-year-old Saina earned India its first Olympic medal in badminton when she clinched the bronze at the Wembley Arena in London last week. "I am very happy that I won...
09:01 PM, Aug 10, 2012
New Delhi: After four back-to-back interactive avatars, the Google is going back to static for the London 2012 rhythmic gymnastics doodle on Saturday. Rhythmic gymnastics is one of the two female-only sports in the Olympics. The other is synchronised swimming - that Google celebrated in its 10th London 2012 doodle on August 5. After the constant tippity tap of the keyboards, the weekend will be relatively silent and graceful with...
05:13 PM, Aug 10, 2012
Usain Bolt on Thursday became the first athlete to successfully defend his 100m and 200m Olympic titles. ...
05:04 PM, Aug 10, 2012
Mexico's Dos Santos to miss final London: Mexico forward Giovani Dos Santos will miss the Olympic men's football tournament final against Brazil on Saturday because of a right hamstring injury. The Mexican Football Federation made the announcement Thursday after Dos Santos had an MRI, saying he will be sidelined for two weeks. The player picked up the injury during Mexico's 3-1 win over Japan in the semifinals Tuesday. Playmaker Miguel...
02:44 PM, Aug 10, 2012
London: Brazilian players were treated to a barbecue with relatives to celebrate having reached the Olympic final for the first time in 24 years. It was the most relaxed moment so far in a month that's been all business as they try to win the nation's first gold in football. Now it's time to get back to work. After some rare time off, the Brazilians returned to practice on Thursday...
02:20 PM, Aug 10, 2012
London: National boxing coach Gurbaksh Singh Sandhu is all praise for the country's young pugilists who made their Olympic debut here, saying that their gritty performance has shown that Indian boxing has a bright future ahead of it. "Akhil Kumar and Vijender Singh, performed well in their second Olympics (Beijing 2008). But now we have very young and talented boxers who are fearless and do not get overawed by the...
01:10 PM, Aug 10, 2012
The 15th day of the Olympics is in progress and the 15th doodle is of football, the world's most popular sport. The doodle, in its fourth 'playable' version, has come out with a doodle goalkeeper trying to save a few penalties. Football has had a history of producing some immaculate scripts ever since its inception. But one aspect of the game that has seen provide excitement, adrenaline, agony, ecstasy and...
01:02 PM, Aug 10, 2012
Shambolic is the right word to describe India's tennis campaign at the 2012 London Olympics. But it was coming, wasn't it, considering what transpired in the lead-up to the hallowed event? A can of worms opened with Mahesh Bhupathi's refusal to partner Leander Paes, the bronze medalist at Atlanta 1996. The All India Tennis Association (AITA), the national governing body for the sport, gaped at the announcement. It had set...
11:53 AM, Aug 10, 2012
CNN-IBN's experts talk about the record-breaking feat by the Jamaican sprinter after retaining the 200m title. ...
11:50 AM, Aug 10, 2012
London: US middleweight Claressa Shields won the Olympic gold medal on Thursday, capping her swift rise to the top of women's boxing with a 19-12 victory over Russia's Nadezda Torlopova. The 17-year-old Shields shuffled, danced and slugged her way past her 33-year-old opponent, showing off the free-spirited style and brute strength that made her unbeatable in London. Shields even stuck her tongue out at Torlopova after ducking a few punches....
11:39 AM, Aug 10, 2012
London: In a show of his sprint dominance to sports fans around the world, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt won the gold medal in the 200 metres here Thursday to claim being "a legend" who has got "nothing left to prove". Bolt did what he promised he would do. He won the race in a commanding style, getting a flying start and running a fine bend to put him a metre-and-a-half...
09:56 AM, 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
Leading into the 2012 London Olympics, the confident tone of India's archery contingent was unmistakable. The team's head coach, former Commonwealth Games gold medalist Limba Ram, was postulating on India's chances and the archers themselves were brimming with self-assurance. This was, after all, the first time since Athens 2004 that India had filled the six quota places available at the Games. India had had a successful season, with the highlight...
08:41 AM, Aug 10, 2012
London: Newly-crowned "greatest-ever sprinter" Usain Bolt said on Thursday he had lost all respect for Carl Lewis, the man whose on-track exploits he has surpassed with his unique Olympic double-double but who still leads the way in self-regard. American Lewis is the only other man to win two Olympic 100m gold medals, the second coming in 1988 when he was promoted from second place after the disqualification of Ben Johnson....
08:23 AM, Aug 10, 2012
New Delhi: In the virtual Olympics that is also parallely underway on Google's home page, Friday's scheduled event is football. After a wrist-wrecking paddling in slalom canoe on Thursday, Google now wants to test your goalkeeping skills in with its interactive London 2012 football doodle. Football is the fourth sport in Google's armchair Olympics. After 11 static doodles, Google debuted an interactive hurdles doodle on Tuesday, followed by basketball, then...
06:45 AM, Aug 10, 2012
