From princess to paupers - Games in true spirit
Ye drug claims ‘sour grapes’
Olympic swimming greats lined up in support of besieged Chinese star Ye Shiwen on Tuesday after a top American coach branded her world-record breaking performance in London as ‘suspicious’. Full storyBasketball awaits end of an era
Since the beginning of the Olympics, the main problem that the organisers are grappling with is empty seats at stadiums that have taken some glosses off from an otherwise glitzy event. Full storyMeilutyte an ‘adopted Brit’
Falklands no factor in British hockey win
Chen, Wang win China’s third diving gold
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Olympics mean so much to the athletes that they are ready to do anything they can to be successful in what is inarguably the Greatest Show on the Earth. A Malaysian shooter set an example... Full storyAbahani to play for pride against MSC
It is only the pride which will encourage Abahani Limited today in their clash against their archrivals Mohammedan Sporting Club in the Green Delta Insurance Dhaka Premier Hockey League, said their coach... Full storyHancock defends skeet title
American soldier Vincent Hancock retained his Olympic men’s skeet crown on Tuesday after a flawless display of shooting in the final at London’s Royal Artillery Barracks. Full storyGermany beat Britain to eventing title
Germany successfully defended their eventing team Olympic title here Tuesday as hosts Great Britain fought off New Zealand for silver in a tense conclusion to the final jumping session. Full storyTiwary restricts Sri Lanka
Part-timer Manoj Tiwary grabbed four wickets to help India restrict Sri Lanka to 251-8 in the fourth one-day international in Colombo on Tuesday. The leg-spinner, playing his first match of the... Full storySaudi judoka gets go-ahead
Saudi Arabia judoka Wojdan Shaherkani was given the go-ahead Tuesday to fight at the Olympics after a row over the wearing of a hijab was resolved, the International Olympic Committee told AFP. Full storyBoxer eyes gold for his 17 brothers and sisters
Nordine Oubaali was born 13th of 18 brothers and sisters, but he’s hoping that does not prove unlucky as the French flyweight aims for Olympic gold. The 25-year-old, who won world bronze at... Full storySerena piles on the misery for Radwanska family
Serena Williams moved into the third round of the Olympics with a 6-2, 6-3 victory against Urszula Radwanska just weeks after beating the Pole’s older sister Agnieszka in the Wimbledon final. Full storyBeccu claims Games robbery
French light flyweight Jeremy Beccu blasted judges after losing a controversial decision to Kazakh opponent Brzhan Zhakypov in the first round at the Olympics on Tuesday. Full storyJung creates history
Germany’s Michael Jung created equestrian history at the London Games on Tuesday, winning gold to become the first rider to hold the European, world and Olympic individual eventing titles. Full storyNew dad Smith to rejoin England tour
South Africa captain Graeme Smith is to rejoin his team-mates in time for the second Test against England after jetting home to attend the birth of his first child. Smith returned to Cape... Full storyBFF to hold camp for future Int’l tournaments
The Bangladesh Football Federation’s National Team Management Committee on Tuesday has decided to hold a camp from August 25 in order to prepare the respective teams for the upcoming South Asian... Full storyWomen football team’s residential camp begins
27 players of total 32 call-ups reported on Tuesday as the Bangladesh women’s national football team began their camp for the upcoming SAFF Women’s Football Championship to be held in Colombo... Full storySri Lanka hire ex-ICC chief Lorgat
Sri Lanka’s cash-strapped cricket board has appointed former International Cricket Council chief executive Haroon Lorgat as an advisor for three months, the board said on Tuesday. Full storyPopular Kim sets world record
Fans’ favourite Kim Un-Guk of North Korea set a world record in total by equalling another in the snatch as he won the men’s -62kg Olympic weightlifting class in emphatic style here on Monday. Full storySwiss footballer sent home for racist Twitter jibe
South Korean netizens have expressed sympathy for Swiss footballer Michel Morganella, after he was sent home from the Olympics for racially abusing South Korea’s players on Twitter. Full story‘Alien’ Agnel
France’s rising swimming star Yannick Agnel has admitted his gold medals in the London pool have left him feeling like an ‘alien’ as he adjusts to life as an Olympic champion. Full storyS Korea fencer in sit-down protest
South Korea fencer Shin A-Lam staged a dramatic sit-down protest for more than an hour after losing a controversial Olympic Games epee semi-final on Monday. A tearful Shin refused to leave... Full storyAnthem gaffe tarnishes Hungary gold
Aron Szilagyi’s perfect rhythm won him gold in men’s individual sabre but the Hungarian Olympic Committee said on Monday London’s organisers were off-key with the country’s anthem and asked that it be changed. Full storyZidane to begin coaching career with Madrid youths
Zinedine Zidane, who has been tipped to one day manage France, will soon begin training to be a coach while he works at Real Madrid’s youth academy, the Spanish club said Monday. Full storyBanega’s Ferrari burnt to a crisp
Ever Banega’s run of bad luck on the road took a bizarre new twist on Monday when the Valencia playmaker’s Ferrari caught fire and burned out near the La Liga club’s training ground. Full storyPuyol given all-clear after knee surgery
Barcelona defender Carles Puyol has been given the all-clear following an operation on his right knee in May, the La Liga club said on Monday. The 34-year-old Spain international had arthroscopic surgery and... Full storyFA charge Ferdinand
Manchester United’s Rio Ferdinand has been charged by the Football Association in relation to comments made on Twitter in the wake of the recent John Terry racism trial. Full storyMU sign shirt sponsorship deal with Chevrolet
General Motors Co signed a sponsorship deal with Manchester United valued at as much as nearly $600 million one day after the US automaker’s global marketing chief was ousted in connection with a deal with the popular English soccer club. Full storyZidane to begin coaching career with Madrid youths
Zinedine Zidane, who has been tipped to one day manage France, will soon begin training to be a coach while he works at Real Madrid’s youth academy, the Spanish club said Monday. Full storyBanega’s Ferrari burnt to a crisp
Ever Banega’s run of bad luck on the road took a bizarre new twist on Monday when the Valencia playmaker’s Ferrari caught fire and burned out near the La Liga club’s training ground. Full storyPuyol given all-clear after knee surgery
Barcelona defender Carles Puyol has been given the all-clear following an operation on his right knee in May, the La Liga club said on Monday. The 34-year-old Spain international had arthroscopic surgery and... Full storyAgnel gets second gold, Franklin her first
