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.

Judoka Wojdan Shaherkani became the first ever female Saudi athlete to compete at the Olympic Games on Friday, but her historic debut lasted just 82 seconds.

Looking nervous and wearing a swimming ca

Major shooting medal hope, Ronjan Sodhi, flopped and failed to qualify for the finals of the men's double trap event to strike a big blow for Indian hopes at the Olympic Games here on Thursday.

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US President Barack Obama decided a personal tweet to Michael Phelps wasn't enough, so he surprised the US Olympic swimming star with a personal phone call at the London Games.

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China's state media on Thursday attacked what it said were arrogant and prejudiced views of the country's athletes at the London Olympics.

After several days where Chinese competitors have been in th

A 101-year-old Rolls-Royce dubbed the ‘best car in the world’ is up for grabs at an auction in the UK and is expected to fetch a whopping 550,000 pounds.

The stunning vintage car was the height of lu

Indian pugilist Jai Bhagwan crashed out of the London Olympics, bowing out in the pre-quarterfinals of the men's light weight category (60kg), here on Thursday.

After starting on an impressive note,

Saina Nehwal on Thursday created history as she became the first Indian shuttler to reach the semifinals of the Olympics after notching up a hard-fought straight-game victory over Tine Baun of Denmark

Leander Paes and Sania Mirza defeated Serbian pair of Nenad Zimonjic and Ana Ivanovic in staright sets to enter the mixed doubles quarter-final of the Olympic Games, here today.

Paes-Sania beat the S

Indian shuttler Parupalli Kashyap played his heart out before going down fighting to world number two Lee Chong Wei in a gruelling quarterfinal of the men's singles event at the London Olympics here t