| Kashyap enters quarters, creates history |
LONDON, August 1: Shuttler Parupalli Kashyap created history by becoming the first Indian male player to enter the singles quarter-finals at Olympics, defeating Sri Lankan Niluka Karunaratne in three games here.
Kashyap won a tough match 21-14, 15-21, 21-9, in one hour and six minutes at the Wembley Arena. The previous best performance was by Dipankar Bhattarcharjee in the 1992 Barcelon... |
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| World No.1 Deepika makes first round exit |
LONDON, August 1: Indian archers’ dismal show came to an end at the London Olympics on Wednesday as World No. 1 and medal hope Deepika Kumari bowed out of women’s individual event after suffering an upset defeat against Amy Oliver of Great Britain in the opening round.
Deepika was completely off colour and was no match for her British rival, who easily pocketed the encounter... |
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| Eight barred after badminton scandal rocks Games |
LONDON, August 1: Eight badminton players were dramatically disqualified from Olympic competition on Wednesday after a scandal over “throwing” matches left the sport in uproar.
Four pairs in the women’s doubles competition — one from China, one from Indonesia and two from South Korea — were barred after being hit by disciplinary charges of the Badminton Wor... |
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| India suffer another reverse, lose 1-3 to Kiwis |
LONDON, August 1: New Zealand chalked up a 3-1 win over India who thus slid to their second defeat in as many matches in the Olympic men’s hockey competition here on Wednesday.
India, after a sensational start when Sandeep Singh converted a second minute penalty corner, faded away as the Kiwis came storming back with goals by Andrew Hayward (13th), Phillip Burrows (24th) and Nicol... |
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| Manoj eases into pre-quarters |
ONDON, August 1: Indian boxer Manoj Kumar reached the pre-quarterfinals in the 64 kg class with a convincing victory over Serdar Hudayberdiyev of Turkmenistan at the London Olympics.
The 25-year-old was in control throughout the bout as he registered an easy 13-7 win on Tuesday.
The first round was a tight affair with both fighters being cautious. Manoj, especially looked circum... |
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| Rahi, Annu fail to make the final of 25m pistol event |
LONDON, August 1: 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 qualification at the London Olympics on Wednesday.
Sarnobat did better in precision shooting as she stood 11th with a score of 291, the series being 97, 98 and 96. She, h... |
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| Time for Ronjan Sodhi to deliver in double trap |
LONDON, August 1: Gagan Narang’s bronze has given him the “extra lift” he needed and Ronjan Sodhi, one of India’s biggest medal hopes in the Olympic Games, will now look to not just emulate but better his colleague’s achievement when he takes to the range for the double trap event on Thursday.
“It has given the Indian shooting team the extra lift. All... |
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| Phelps wins record 19th Olympic medal |
LONDON, August 1: It was a coronation, but also a dethroning. Michael Phelps secured the two medals he needed to become the most decorated Olympian of all time as he took his career tally to 19 Games medals, beating the 48-year-old record of 18 held by former Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina.
But the colour of one of those medals on Tuesday night — silver in Phelps’s signature... |
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| US captures Olympic gold in artistic gymnastics |
LONDON, August 1: The US emphatically captured the artistic gymnastics gold at the London Olympics on Tuesday, finishing well clear of the Russians, who claimed silver.
The Americans won with a score of 183.596, five points ahead of Russia and seven clear of third-placed Romania.
Beijing champions China were pushed off the podium into fourth, while hosts Team GB could only manag... |
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| China's Lei Sheng wins foil gold |
LONDON, August 1: Chinese fencer Lei Sheng beat Alaaeldin Abouelkassem of Egypt 15-13 to win the men’s foil gold on Tuesday. The 28-year-old Chinese, who beat top seed Valerio Aspromonte and Andrea Baldini, both favourites from Italy, in his way to the final, fought back a late surge from Abouelkassem, and won the last four points to snatch the first gold medal for the Chinese men’s... |
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| Hingis at peace with Olympic decision |
VANCOUVER, August 1: On the eve of the start of the mixed doubles event at the London Olympics, tennis legend Martina Hingis said she has no regrets in turning down an offer to team with Wimbledon champion Roger Federer to represent Switzerland.
“It was very flattering when Roger asked me to play at the Olympics, but I haven’t played in five years,” said the former Wor... |
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| Schmitt wins women's 200m freestyle |
LONDON, August 1: US swimmer Alison Schmitt stormed to grab the gold in the women’s 200 metres freestyle final at the London Olympics.
Schmitt clocked an Olympic record time of 1 minute, 53.61 to win comfortably ahead of Camile Muffat of France, who timed 1:55.58 on Tuesday.
Bronte Barratt of Australia claimed the bronze in 1:55.88, with Missy Franklin of the United States missing ... |
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| Tsonga edges Raonic in longest Olympic tennis match |
LONDON, August 1: France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated Milos Raonic of Canada in the longest tennis match in Olympic history.
The players spent three hours and 57 minutes on the court on Tuesday, crushing Fernando Gonzalez and Taylor Dent’s record, set in 2004, by 32 minutes.
The final score was 6-3, 3-6, 25-23.
The epic third set came about after the fifth s... |
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| Michael Phelps at Olympics |
2012 London
Gold 4×200m freestyle relay 6:59.70
Silver 4×100m freestyle relay 3:10.38
Silver 200m butterfly 1:53.0
2008 Beijing
Gold 100 m butterfly 50.58 (Olympic Record)
Gold 200 m butterfly 1:52.03 (World Record)
Gold 200 m freestyle 1:42.96 (World Record)
Gold 200 m individual medley 1:54.23 (World Record) ... |
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| Dhoni made $26.5 million last year, Tendulkar $18.6 million |
WASHINGTON, August 1: India’s “Captain Cool” Mahendra Singh Dhoni and batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar lead world’s highest-paid cricketers with as many as six Indians making it to the Forbes list of top ten.
Dhoni’s success on the pitch, including leading India to its second ever Cricket World Cup championship “had helped turn him into India’s ... |
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| Sachin nominated for ICC People's Choice Award |
DUBAI, August 1: Just two years after winning it, senior Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar was once again nominated for the ICC People’s Choice award on Wednesday. Those nominated include Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara, South Africa’s duo Vernon Philander and Jacques Kallis, while England’s James Anderson makes up the quintet of nominees. Both Sangakkara (2011) and Tendulkar... |
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| Saina marches into quarters |
LONDON, August 1: On a day when the badminton world was shrouded with controversy, it was business as usual for India’s Saina Nehwal as she cruised into the quarterfinals of the women’s badminton singles at the London Olympics here on Wednesday.
Saina, who will be making her second quarterfinal appearance in the Olympics, though didn’t let any of the controversy distra... |
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| Li of China wins women's singles table tennis gold |
LONDON, August 1: Li Xiaoxia extended China’s domination in women’s singles table tennis by clinching the Olympic gold medal with a victory over teammate Ding Ning in Wednesday’s final.
China has won every women’s singles gold medal in table tennis since the game was introduced at the Olympics in 1988. It has won 21 of 25 gold medals in the sport and is expected ... |
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| Dokovic, Federer, Serena avdance to quaterfinals |
LONDON, August 1: Novak Djokovic hit 16 aces and came from behind to beat Lleyton Hewitt of Australia 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 on Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals at the Olympics.
The No. 2 - seeded Djokovic had his hands full against Hewitt, who is ranked 158th but was back on the court where he won Wimbledon 10 years ago. Djokovic gradually took control by winning a succession of long ... |
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| Azarenka edges into last eight |
LONDON, August 1: World number one Victoria Azarenka advanced to the Olympic quarter-finals with a 7-6 (8/6), 6-4 victory over Russian 16th seed Nadia Petrova on Wednesday.
Belarus’s Azarenka took one hour and 54 minutes to see off Petrova in a hard-fought clash on Court One at the All England Club.
The reigning Australian Open champion will face five-time Wimbledon winner... |
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| Gagan already back at the range |
LONDON, August 1: After three sombre days, the Indian block at the Games Village was buzzing with excitement on Monday night, thanks to shooter Gagan Narang’s bronze at the Royal Artillery Barracks in the afternoon. The celebrations were muted though, due to the Indian hockey team’s close defeat against the Netherlands. “No one expected them to fight so well. The boys were dow... |
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| Kim wins women's 25m pistol gold |
LONDON, August 1: South Korea’s Kim Jang-mi won the women’s 25 metre pistol Olympic gold medal on Wednesday after a tense battle with China’s defending champion Chen Ying. Kim finished with a total of 792.4 points ahead of Chen in second on 791.4 and Ukraine’s Olena Kostevych third on 788.6. It was Korea’s second shooting gold after Jin Jong-oh won the men’s ... |
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| BWF rejects India?s appeal, Jwala-Ashwini out |
LONDON, August 2: It was finally the end of the road for India’s top women’s doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa in the 2012 London Olympics after their appeal was shot down by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) here on Wednesday.
The Indians had accused the Japanese pair of Mizuki Fujii and Reika Kakiiwa of “wanting to lose” a Olympic Games group ... |
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