Outgoing Chelsea footballer Didier Drogba will run the Olympic torch relay here on Wednesday.

The 34-year-old Drogba will carry the torch in Swindon, at half-way point between the 140.5-mile relay be

Sailor Ben Ainslie was the first torchbearer as the Olympic flame began its 70-day journey around Britain and Ireland on Saturday ahead of the 2012 London Games.

The flame arrived in Britain from Gre

More than 40,000 spectators watched as a cascade of white balloons was released to officially open London's Olympic stadium on Saturday, exactly 2,012 hours before the Games begin.

Capping off an eve

Britain's military is scouting locations in the capital including residential buildings to station surface-to-air missiles during this summer's Olympic Games, the Ministry of Defence said on Saturday.

The FIFA Referees Committee has confirmed the appointment of 84 officials from 36 countries to officiate at the 2012 London Olympic football tournaments.

For the men's competition, 16 referees and 32

A 101-year-old runner, who was born in India but moved to Britain in the 1960s, has revealed that this Sunday's London Marathon will be his final long distance race.

Fauja Singh has completed eight m

Seema Antil has become the second female Indian discus thrower to make the cut for this year's London Olympics by achieving the 'A' qualification mark at the University of California (Irvine) Open Cha

Usain Bolt gets a speeding ticket in his new ad, where he is seen sprinting across London in a bid to get to the Olympic Stadium on time.

The ad is intended to showcase the Visa’s Flow Faster campaig

India has yet to name its chef de mission for this year's London Olympics with local media blaming the delay on internal bickering within the Indian Olympic Association (IOA).

Thursday's Indian Expre

Indian men's hockey team coach Michael Nobbs was happy with the clinical performance against France here on Tuesday and said a different game will be played on Wednesday against Canada in the 2012 Lon