All hopes of Saina Nehwal winning a gold medal in the London Olympics were buried when China’s world No 1 Wang Yihan defeated her in the semi-finals today.

Britain is greeting the world with an extravagant celebration that includes Bond, the Bard and a Beatle - and a formal welcome from no less a figure than its jubilee queen.

London's seven-year countd

The Indian men’s archery team was knocked out of the Olympic Games after losing to Japan in a tense pre-quarterfinal shoot-off at the Lord’s Cricket Ground here today.

The Olympics has always been a fertile playground for politics, even though we keep hearing noises to the contrary.

From World War I to the Cold War, a series of non-sporting events has affected the

US athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos electrified the 200m field at the 1968 Mexico Olympics.

The former won gold in a world record time and the latter claimed a bronze medal behind Australian Pe

Tug of war is more popular these days as a recreational activity. It is usually an event for teachers in school meets.

Tug of war generates more fun than fierce competition. But the sport was more t

As the Indian hockey team gets set to make a concerted bid in their comeback Games following the heartbreak of missing out at Beijing four years ago, former international Ashish Ballal pointed to the

The men's 100m at the London Olympics is wide open and promises to be ‘spectacular’, according to the world's second fastest man, Tyson Gay.

Gay was speaking after outgunning US teammate Justin Gatli

Five-time world champion M. C. Mary Kom (51kg) on Friday added another feather to her already crowded cap by becoming the only Indian woman boxer to qualify for the London Olympics despite being on th

Activists calling for Dow Chemical to be dropped as a sponsor of the London 2012 Games due to the Bhopal disaster unfurled a giant protest banner in front of the Olympic Stadium on Friday.

Among them