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
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
London: Indias 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. Sushil, who reached the final after defeating Tana Tarov of Kazakhstan in the semi-finals, was beaten by Japan's Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu 3-1 in a short and swift final bout at the ExCel Arena. The Japanase took the first period...
01:47 PM, Aug 12, 2012
New Delhi: The lone Indian to challenge the Chinese domination in badminton, Saina Nehwal, is hoping that her London Olympics bronze medal will inspire at least half a dozen more to join her at the top level and be a threat to the traditional powerhouse. "I want more players to come from India because I want to make it like China where you have 5-6 players dominating and I want...
01:12 PM, Aug 12, 2012
London: Usain Bolt made himself a living legend " just ask him. Michael Phelps swam a last lap into history. A man ran on carbon blades. Two track stars and a long jumper produced perhaps the greatest night in British sports history. Take a victory lap, London. The nightmare that was supposed to be the 2012 Olympics " gridlock and chaos Underground and overground, a city locked down by terrorist...
08:42 AM, Aug 12, 2012
As a pioneer for women's boxing in India, Mary Kom is already an inspiration for many others who hope to follow in her footsteps. To see her weep on air while apologizing to the country for not winning an Olympic gold medal was one of the most endearing moments of India's campaign a the 2012 London Games. The 29-year-old five-time world champion and mother of two marked her Olympic debut...
08:17 AM, Aug 12, 2012
London: Candace Parker scored 21 points and the heavily favoured USA women's basketball team won their fifth straight gold medal with an 86-50 victory over France on Saturday night. The win was the latest in an unmatched run the Americans have been on over the past 16 years. The U.S. has now won 41 consecutive games in the Olympic competition since taking the bronze medal in 1992. The Americans haven't...
03:57 AM, Aug 12, 2012
London: Norway retained their Olympic women's handball title, winning 26-23 in the final on Saturday against a Montenegro team earning a first-ever medal for their country. Norway entered as a heavy favourite as the defending Olympic, world and European champion, and never trailed after taking its first lead midway through the first half. Still, Norway was defied at times by inspired goalkeeping from Sonja Barjaktarovic, and Montenegro hung in even...
03:22 AM, Aug 12, 2012
London: Light welterweight Roniel Iglesias of Cuba won the gold medal in the Olympic boxing tournament Saturday night, outboxing tough Ukrainian challenger Denys Berinchyk for a 22-15 victory. Iglesias is Cuba's first boxing gold medalist in London after the traditional amateur power failed to win a gold in Beijing. Iglesias was a silver medalist in 2008, but returned with a stellar run through the 2012 tournament. Cuba's 33 boxing gold...
02:57 AM, Aug 12, 2012
