| Triple jumper Mayookha out of Olympics |
London, Aug 3: India’s sole woman triple jumper in London Olympics Mayookha Johny crashed out of the Games, failing to qualify for the finals with a disappointing 13th place finish in Group B here on Friday. The Indian finished a dismal 22nd overall with a best effort of 13.77 metres, which she got in her first attempt at the Olympic Stadium. Things only got worse for her as she jumped 13... |
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| Shot putter Om Prakash flops |
London, Aug 3: India’s athletics campaign at the London Games got off to a disappointing start with shot putter Om Prakash Singh faltering in the qualification round and finishing 10th in group B here on Friday.
Om Prakash failed to make the finals and was ousted after he fouled in his third attempt to finish with a best of 19.86m, which is below his national record of 20.69m he m... |
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| Karmakar misses bronze |
London, Aug 3: Indian shooter Joydeep Karmakar finished a credible fourth in the men’s 50 meters rifle prone event here on Friday while Gagan Narang failed to qualify for the final.
Joydeep shot an overall score of 699.1, including 595 in the qualification and 104.1 in the medal round. His score in the final was third highest among the eight shooters.
Narang, who had won t... |
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| Gagan goes out in heats |
London, Aug 3: India’s lone swimmer at the Olympic Games Ullalmath Gagan failed to qualify for the finals of the 1500-metre freestyle event as he went out in the heats, finishing seventh and last in Heat 1, clocking six minutes 31.14 seconds here on Friday. The 20-year-old Indian was one minute and 5.23 seconds behind the heat winner Perez Vertti Ferrer Arturo of Mexico. IANS... |
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| Sawarn Singh finishes 16th |
London, Aug 3: Indian rower Sawarn Singh finished 16th in the finals of the Olympic single sculls at the Eaton Dorney here on Friday. He clocked seven minutes and 29.66 seconds in his qualification Group Final C, where he finished fourth.
New Zealander Mahe Drysdale took gold with a time of six minutes and 57.82 seconds while Czech Ondrej Synek and Britain’s Alan Campbell clinched silve... |
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| India lose to Germany, out of semifinal race |
London, Aug 3: A jittery India crashed to a 2-5 defeat against Germany for their third straight reverse in Group B of the Olympic men’s hockey competition here on Friday.
The Germans, while recording their third consecutive win, gave a fine exhibition of their efficiency based on strong basics, the Indians, after an enthusiastic 15 minutes at the start, simply caved in under press... |
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| India looks to complete 4-1 drubbing over Sri Lanka |
PALLEKELE, August 3: With the series already under the belt, a confident India will look to continue their dominating run and complete a 4-1 drubbing over an inconsistent Sri Lanka in the final one-dayer on Saturday. India have been consistent and have dominated the five-match series right from the start, barring the second ODI, which they lost by nine wickets, after coming into the tournament ... |
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| Colts happy with their preparation |
BANGALORE, August 3: The Indian
U-19 colts are gung-ho with their skipper Unmukt Chand describing his band of boys as a charged-up lot having worked on their grey areas at the camp for the U-19 World Cup that concluded at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) on Thursday.
“It was really good. We have played in Australia and so we knew the things we had to work on. We tr... |
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| South Africa all out for 419 |
2nd Test against England
LEEDS, August 3: Alviro Petersen hit a career-best 182 as South Africa stretched their first innings to 419 before they were bowled out at tea on the second day of the second Test at Headingley on Friday.
After Petersen’s marathon innings ended in mid-afternoon, JP Duminy hit an unbeaten 48 as the last three wickets added 66 runs to put a fu... |
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| Kiwis stumped for 260 against WIndies |
KINGSTON, August 3: Kemar Roach took four wickets as the West Indies dismissed New Zealand for 260 before stumps on the first day of the second Test at Sabina Park on Thursday.
Roach finished with 4-70 and both Tino Best and Narsingh Deonarine took two wickets.
Martin Guptill top-scored for New Zealand with 71 and Ross Taylor contributed 60.
That left the home side havin... |
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| Former Portugal striker Liedson joins Flamengo |
RIO DE JANEIRO, August 3: Former Portugal striker Liedson has signed a deal with Brazilian Serie A club Flamengo until the end of the 2013 season.
Liedson’s management company Think Ball & Sports Consulting confirmed an agreement had been reached between club and player on its Twitter account on Thursday.
The signing comes just days after Liedson was released by Flamen... |
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| Becks welcomes tourists to Britain in just his briefs |
LONDON, August 3: Giant images of David Beckham in his famous briefs have been projected onto the White Cliffs of Dover to welcome tourists flying into Britain.
Three images of the football star in his white H and M pants were projected onto the famous landmark, but sadly for his female fans, it was just a one-off stunt.
The impressive illumination is part of PR activity to prom... |
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| Ronaldo not Messi deserved Ballon d'Or: Mourinho |
PARIS, Aug 3: Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho said on Friday that his Portuguese striker Ronaldo should have won this year's Ballon d'Or and not Barcelona's Lionel Messi.
"For me, the best player of a season must be one that won," Mourinho told ESPN.
"What (Ronaldo) did helped the team to win something big and I don't think in the history of the Ballon D'Or, one player won it wi... |
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| Phelps confirms retirement after Olympics |
Retains third straight Olympic gold in the 200m individual medley
LONDON, August 3: Swimming legend Michael Phelps, the most prolific Olympic medalist, has confirmed he would retire after the London Olympics.
“No more competitive swimming, no more club meets. I will definitely retire after London Olympics,” said Phelps on Thursday.
Phelps retained a th... |
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| Hoy takes fifth gold to equal British mark |
LONDON, August 3: Track cycling king Sir Chris Hoy equalled former rower Sir Steve Redgrave’s British record haul of five Olympic gold medals after winning the men’s team sprint on Thursday.
Hoy’s Britain clocked their second world record of the night to successfully defend their Beijing 2008 title in the final against France, with Germany beating Australia to the bron... |
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| Martynov breaks record in rifle win |
LONDON, August 3: Belarus collected their first gold medal of the London Games on Friday when shooter Sergei Martynov easily won the men’s 50 metre prone rifle with a world-record score.
The 44-year-old, who serves in the air force at home, scored 705.5 to finish ahead of Belgium’s Lionel Cox on 701.2 with Slovenia’s Rajmond Debevec third on 701.
The mark bette... |
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| Putin lauds 'brilliant' Russian judo golds |
LONDON, August 3: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday lauded the “brilliant” performance of Russia’s judo exponents at the London Olympics, where they have won three gold medals.
Putin cheered from the stands as Tagir Khaibulaev, the 2011 world champion, beat reigning Olympic champion Naidan Tuvshinbayar of Mongolia in the men’s 100kg category final by i... |
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| Soni wins 200m breaststroke gold in world record |
LONDON, August 3: American Rebecca Soni broke the women’s 200m breaststroke world record for the second time in two days on Thursday as she won Olympic gold for the second straight Games.
Using her trademark late kick, Soni won gold in 2min 19.59sec, improving the record of 2:20.00 she posted in the semifinals on Wednesday.
She became the first Beijing swimming gold medali... |
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| New Zealand's Drysdale takes single sculls gold |
LONDON, August 3: Five-time world champion rower Mahe Drysdale of New Zealand powered to gold in the single sculls event at the London Olympics here on Friday.
Drysdale won by a length to clock six minutes, 57.82 seconds ahead of Czech rower Ondreij Synek, the silver medalist in Beijing, who was 1.5 seconds back.
Britain’s Alan Campbell won the bronze in 7:03.28, pushing L... |
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| Women win Mexico's first-ever medals in Olympic archery |
LONDON, August 3: Mexico ended its medal drought in Olympic archery here on Thursday with a double triumph for Aida Roman and Mariana Avitia, who came away with the silver and bronze respectively.
South Korea’s Ki Bo-bae beat Roman in the final to take the gold.
Roman, 24, reached the finals after victories over Miki Kanie of Japan, Italy’s Pia Lionetti and teammate ... |
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| Kromowidjojo wins 100m freestyle |
LONDON, August 3: Dutch flyer Ranomi Kromowidjojo led from the blocks to win the women’s 100m freestyle swimming gold medal on Thursday.
The Netherlands’ newest Olympic swimming star went into the Olympic final as the fastest woman in the world this year and confirmed her ranking with victory in the pressure of a Games final.
The 21-year-old covered the first 50m in ... |
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| Sharapova through to women?s singles final |
LONDON, Aug 3: Maria Sharapova swept into her first Olympic final as the Russian world number three defeated compatriot Maria Kirilenko 6-2, 6-3 in the semifinals on Friday.
Sharapova is competing in the Games for the first time and the French Open champion is now guaranteed at least a silver medal following her dominant display against the 14th seed in a clash clashing one hour and 29 ... |
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| Bolt, Blake headline weekend track action |
LONDON, August 3: The most anticipated track and field segment of the London Olympics would be waiting with baited breath for the showdown between Jamaicans Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake later this weekend.
While Olympic action started last week, many fans, including IAAF President Lamine Diack, believe the showpiece will really come alive with the start of the track and field fireworks. |
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| Saudi woman makes history |
LONDON, August 3: Judoka Wojdan Shaherkani became the first woman from Saudi Arabia to compete at the Olympics while Teddy Riner and home favourite Karina Bryant lit up the ExCel Arena on Friday.
Shaherkani, 16, walked onto the judo mat and bowed to her opponent Melissa Mojica of Puerto Rico before grippng up to make history.
But her debut lasted just 82 seconds before she was t... |
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| Chong Wei reaches Olympic badminton final |
LONDON, Aug 3: Lee Chong Wei reached his second straight Olympic badminton final on Friday and awaited defending champion Lin Dan to set up a gold-medal rematch in Wembley Arena.
No. 2-ranked Chong Wei beat No. 3 Chen Long of China 21-13, 21-14 in 54 minutes in the first semifinal, securing for Malaysia a fifth ever Olympic medal, all of them in badminton.
Chong Wei won the four... |
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| Vijay Kumar shoots SILVER |
LONDON, Aug 3: Army sharp shooter Vijay Kumar on Friday fought a nerve-wracking battle with five other top marksmen to clinch the silver medal in the men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol event at the Olympic Games.
Kumar beat back the challenge of world champion Alexei Klimov of Russia, Chinese duo of Ding Feng and Zhang Jian and German Christian Reitz in the 40-shot final to finish runner... |
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| Vijender enters quarters |
LONDON, Aug 3: India’s Vijender Singh is just one victory away from claiming a second straight Olympic boxing bronze medal and so making yet more Games history for his country.
Vijender, 26, gained a narrow 16-15 win over Terrell Gausha of the United States in the second round of the middleweight competition at London’s Excel Arena on Thursday.
At the 2008 Games in B... |
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| Saina goes down in semis |
"Wang was simply too fast for me. I was not moving well on the court and she exploited that. I made some errors in crucial stages which did not help me."
LONDON, Aug 3: Outclassed by a clearly superior rival, Saina Nehwal on Friday tamely lost to the top-seeded Yihan Wang of China in the women’s singles semi-final of the Olympic Games, acknowledging later that the Chinese w... |
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| Federer in singles final |
London, Aug 3: World No.1 Roger Federer reached the Olympics men’s singles tennis final after beating Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina in an epic match here on Friday.
The epic third set lasted for 36 games until the Swiss legend converted his second match point for a 3-6, 7-6(5), 19-17 win in the longest match ever seen in Olympic tennis.
After losing the first set, the... |
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| Serena beats Azarenka in Olympic semifinals |
LONDON, Aug 3: Serena Williams has clinched at least a silver and earned a berth in the Olympic final, beating No. 1-seeded Victoria Azarenka 6-1, 6-2.
On Saturday, Williams will face first-time Olympian Maria Sharapova, who beat Russian teammate Maria Kirilenko in the semifinals, 6-2, 6-3.
Williams has lost only 16 games through five rounds and has won 12 consecutive matches th... |
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| London Olympics 2012 |
Medal tally : (Top 40)
Nation G S B Total
China 20 12 9 41
USA 18 9 10 37
South Korea ... |
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