Rowers Helen Glover and Heather Stanning won the women's pair title on Wednesday to register Great Britain's first gold medal at the London Olympics.

The pair, also capturing the host nation's first

Indian archers' dismal show came to an end at the London Olympics on Wednesday after world no. 1 and medal hope Deepika Kumari bowed out of women's individual event having suffered an upset defeat against Amy Oliver of Great Britain in the opening round.

A bloody movie theater massacre cast a shadow over this corner of Colorado, but the golden Olympic performance of local teenager Missy Franklin has proved a light in the darkness.

The 17-year-old hig

Wonder who Britons are blaming for the poor show so far by their athletes in the London Olympics? It's 'curse of Cameron'.

Upset British fans are blaming it on Prime Minister David Cameron, claiming

Eight badminton players were dramatically disqualified from Olympic competition on Wednesday after a scandal over 'throwing' matches left the sport in uproar.

India's appeal against the result of a group B match between Japan and Chinese Taipei in the women's doubles badminton competition, which they alleged was not played in the right spirit and resulted i

Defensive lapses led to India's second successive loss in the Olympic Games men's hockey competition as they suffered a humiliating 1-3 defeat at the hands of New Zealand, here on Wednesday.

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India's women shooters continue to disappoint as Rahi Sarnobat and Annu Raj Singh failed to qualify for the final round of the women's 25m pistol event after finishing 19th and 30th in the qualificati

Manoj Kumar cruised into the pre-quarter finals of the men's boxing event of the Olympic Games with a convincing victory over Serdar Hudayberdiyev of Turkemnistan at the ExCel arena here on Tuesday.

Roger Federer moved into the Olympic Games quarter-finals with a 7-5, 6-3 win over Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin on Wednesday.

After securing a record-equalling seventh Wimbledon title earlier this mont