Serena Williams clinched her first Olympic singles gold medal with a 6-0, 6-1 demolition of Maria Sharapova in the most one-sided women's final in the history of the Games on Saturday.

Williams' vict

World record holder Usain Bolt and world champion Yohan Blake stormed onto centre-stage at the Olympics on Saturday as amputee runner Oscar Pistorius and tennis star Serena Williams made history.

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India's bid to overturn the controversial ouster of 69kg boxing medal hope Vikas Krishan from the Olympics came to a nought on Saturday when the world governing body for the game rejected their appeal

India's tennis campaign at the London Olympic Games met with a disappointing end as Leander Paes and Sania Mirza were knocked out in the mixed doubles quarter-finals, on Saturday.

Paes and Sania lost

Vikas Krishan kept alive hopes for an Olympic medal in boxing as he won the pre-quarterfinal bout to enter the last eight of the men's 69 kg category here at ExCel London on Friday.

The 20-year-old b

The confidence with which Madhura Nagendra walked with the Indian contingent at the Olympics opening ceremony, comes through when she speaks. But given another chance, this trained Bharatanatyam dance

India's star boxer Vijender Singh on Thursday moved into the quarter finals of the men's middle weight (75 kg) category of the Olympic Games with a nail-biting one-point victory over his American oppo

India's star boxer Vijender Singh on Thursnight moved into the quarter finals of the men's middle weight (75 kg) category of the Olympic Games with a nail-biting one-point victory over his American op

Michael Phelps spent the day thinking about all the things he's doing for the final time at the pool. It turns out that included one last win over Ryan Lochte.

Phelps finally got a gold all his own a

The men's 100m has come a staggeringly long way since American Tom Burke won the first modern Olympics in Athens in 1896.

Burke crossed the line in 11.80sec, more than two seconds off the current wor