India's top discus thrower Vikas Gowda came up with a below-par performance to finish a disappointing eighth in the final round of the men's discus throw event with an effort of 64.79m at the Olympic

India's Tintu Luka qualified for the women's 800m semifinals in the Olympic Games after finishing third in one of the heats here on Wednesday.

Indian woman boxer MC Mary Kom lost a closely fought bout against Great Britain's Nicola Adams and settled for the bronze medal in the 51 kg category of the Olympic women's boxing at the ExCel Arena on Wednesday.

Indian grapplers will join the Olympic action from Thursday hoping to provide the late sparks to the contingent's campaign which has so far not really lived upto expectation with the flop show of many

India on Tuesday ended their Olympic Games campaign with an ignominious all-loss record, their worst in the history of the mega event, after they were drubbed 3-0 by lowly Belgium in their last pool m

India's star boxer Vijender Singh's dream to become the first Indian individual athlete to win medals in two successive Olympic Games came crashing down as he lost his quarterfinal bout against his Uz

Russian pole vault legend Yelena Isinbayeva said that she had postponed plans to retire as she finished with Olympic bronze after an injury-hampered preparation for the London Games.

Get ready for more of The Bolt Show. Usain Bolt dropped by Olympic Stadium for a brief visit on Sunday night and did things his way, as usual, jumping to the top step of the medal podium to collect hi

Britain may be basking in Olympic glory, but at the 'People's Games' many of the host nation's team come from privileged families and compete in costly sports.

A disproportionate number of British co

Manufacturing output in recession-hit Britain slumped by the largest amount in almost four years in June as the country celebrated Queen Elizabeth's diamond jubilee, official data showed on Tuesday.