London: Yogeshwar Dutt's bronze on the penultimate day of London Olympics 2012 set it up nicely for a Sushil Kumar finale on a Super Sunday, and though the Indian grappler failed at the final hurdle, a second individual medal in consecutive Olympics perched him on top of the ladder as India's best Olympian. Yogeshwar, a veteran of three Olympics, and Sushil, the bronze medallist from Beijing 2008, were a few...
09:27 PM, Aug 12, 2012
London: Ukrainian boxer Vasyl Lomachenko outclassed his South Korean opponent Han Soonchul in the Olympic final of the men's lightweight (60 kg) category to take the gold medal here at the ExCel Arena on Sunday. World Champion Lomachenko pummelled the South Korean in a 19-9 win as Han's longer reach failed to stop the Ukrainian scoring good points close-up. Han's greatest achievement to date came with silver in the Asian...
09:22 PM, Aug 12, 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
New Delhi: India's Sushil Kumar, who won silver in the final of the men's freestyle 66kg event on the final day of the 2012 London Games, could find himself in the eye of controversy after video analysis indicates he bit the ear of his opponent in the semi-finals on Sunday. Backed by vociferous Indian spectators, Sushil wrapped up the first period against the Kazakh wrestler 3-0 in the high-voltage semi-final...
09:11 PM, Aug 12, 2012
Kolkata: Railways Minister Mukul Roy on Sunday announced a cash award of Rs 75 lakh to Sushil Kumar who won the silver medal in the 66-kg class free style wrestling at the London Olympics. The minister also announced a cash award of Rs 1 lakh to coach Satpal Singh. Roy said, "I congratulate him for his performance and we are proud of Sushil Kumar as he is a part of...
09:04 PM, Aug 12, 2012
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Sunday announced a reward of Rs 1 crore for wrestler Sushil Kumar, who created history by winning silver medal in London Olympics. "I on behalf of every Delhiite congratulate Sushil Kumar for creating history by winning the silver medal. The whole country is proud of him for through his dedication and hardwork. He has brought laurels for the country," she said. He...
08:55 PM, Aug 12, 2012
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Sunday announced a cash award of Rs 1.5 crore to grappler Sushil Kumar after he won a silver medal at the London Olympics. Hooda congratulated Sushil for winning the medal and said that he has made the state and the country proud. The Chief Minister also announced to give Sushil a piece of land to set up his wrestling academy in Sonepat....
08:49 PM, Aug 12, 2012
Hadleigh: World champion Jaroslav Kulhavy of the Czech Republic won a two-man sprint on Sunday to take the gold medal in the mountain bike race of the London Games. Kulhavy made the most of a final steep ascent on the technical circuit in the English countryside to move ahead of Nino Schurter of Switzerland and then sprinted to the line. Schurter won the silver medal and Marco Aurelio Fontana of...
08:44 PM, Aug 12, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today congratulated Sushil Kumar on his winning the silver medal in the 66kg freestyle wrestling event at the London Olympic Games. The Prime Minister said the nation is proud of Sushil Kumar, whose performance was a triumph of dedicated preparation, talent, and mental strength. Sushil lost the final bout 1-3 to Japanese Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu. Sushil became the first Indian sports-person to win back-to-back individual...
08:41 PM, Aug 12, 2012
London: Olympics silver medallist Sushil Kumar said he wanted to win the gold in the men's 66kg freestyle wrestling event and hear India's national anthem. Sushil lost the Sunday final to Japanese Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu, settling for a silver and becoming the first individual athlete from India to win medals back-to-back in the Olympics. Sushil, bronze winner at Beijing Games, went injured into the match and four fights in a day...
08:37 PM, Aug 12, 2012
London: Serik Sapiyev stunned a boisterous home crowd on Sunday when he pummelled his way to welterweight gold with a 17-9 demolition of Britain's Freddie Evans and hand Kazakhstan its first boxing title of the Games. Kazakhstan, a rising force in amateur boxing who will host next year's world championships, had pocketed a bronze elsewhere in the men's draw but when Sapiyev bounded into the ring, it looked like he...
08:30 PM, Aug 12, 2012
London: Russia won the gold medal for the first time since 1980 with a come-from-behind five-set victory over Brazil on Sunday in the Olympic volleyball final. Second-ranked Russia dropped the first two sets before denying top-ranked Brazil match point twice to spark a comeback in the 19-25, 20-25, 29-27, 25-22, 15-9 victory, paced by 7-foot-2 middle blocker Dmitriy Muserskiy with 31 points. The Russian celebration was delayed at the end...
08:23 PM, Aug 12, 2012
London: It's a clean sweep for Russia in rhythmic gymnastics, just as it's been at the last three Olympics. The Russians won their fourth straight Olympic gold medal in the group event on Sunday, easily beating Belarus. With Evgeniya Kanaeva winning the individual all-around on Saturday, Russia has now won both rhythmic titles at every Olympics since the 2000 Sydney Games. The Russians didn't even bother waiting for the final...
08:21 PM, Aug 12, 2012
London: World champion Jaroslav Kulhavy of the Czech Republic won a two-man sprint to claim the Olympic gold medal in the mountain bike race of the London Games on Sunday. Kulhavy made the most of a final steep ascent on the technical circuit in the English countryside to move ahead of Nino Schurter of Switzerland and then sprinted to the line. Schurter claimed the silver medal and Marco Aurelio Fontana...
08:10 PM, Aug 12, 2012
Union Sports Minister Ajay Maken has said that India will target for 25 medals at the 2020 Olympics. While speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, Maken said that 25 medals at the 2020 Olympics is the target India has set for itself. Maken said given the efforts the government is putting in to train its athletes, this is a reasonable expectation in eight years' time. Here is the full...
07:21 PM, Aug 12, 2012
London: India's Sushil Kumar won India its sixth and final medal of the 2012 London Olympics after settling for silver in the final of the Men's 66kg Freestyle Wrestling event on Sunday. But Sushil has created history by becoming the first Indian to win two individual Olympic medals. Sushil, who reached the final after defeating Akzhurek Tanatarov of Kazakhstan in the semi-finals, was beaten by Japan's Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu 3-1 in...
07:04 PM, Aug 12, 2012
New Delhi: On Sunday, wrestler Sushil Kumar etched his name in sporting history by becoming the first Indian to win two Olympic medals. The 29-year-old from Haryana, who won a bronze at the 2008 Beijing Games, lost to Japan's Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu 3-1 in the final of the Men's 66kg freestyle wrestling event to claim silver. Sushil, who tasted his first success when he won the gold medal at the World...
07:01 PM, Aug 12, 2012
London: Armyman Ram Singh Yadav finished 78th with a time of 2:30.06 hours in the Olympic men's marathon here at The Mall on Sunday, marking the end of India's athletics campaign at the London Games. Uganda's Stephen Kiprotich won his country's first gold medal in 40 years with a time of 2:08.01. Kiprotich beat Kenya's current World Champion Abel Kirui by 26 seconds. The bronze went to another Kenyan, Wilson...
06:35 PM, Aug 12, 2012
The nine-time American gold medallist said the British runner's wins in 5,000m and 10,000m stood out at the London Olympics. ...
03:58 PM, Aug 12, 2012
There were high hopes from India's 11-member shooting contingent at the Royal Artillery Barracks given that it was their largest pool ever at the Olympics and how they had trained overseas extensively, but a haul of one silver and one bronze was disappointing. Critically, two of their biggest medal hopes lost form when it mattered most. In the end, India's biggest moment came from from the unheralded Vijay Kumar who...
03:12 PM, Aug 12, 2012
