Olympics News - Page 18
Archer Deepika feeling no Olympics pressure
Indian archers are touted as serious medal contenders in the Olympics but Deepika Kumari says there was no pressure on her from back home.
I have to start afresh in London: Bindra
The Beijing Olympics gold medal is a distant memory for Abhinav Bindra, who says he will have to start afresh when he takes aim at the London Games, starting here on Friday.
Bhupathi-Bopanna to begin campaign vs Mirnyi-Bury
The seventh-seeded Indian duo of Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna, whose insistence to play together sparked off a selection storm in the build-up to the Olympics, will open their campaign against Max Mirnyi and Alexander Bury of Belarus in the Olympic men's doubles tennis event to be held at Wimbledon from July 28.
'Sachin's presence would have helped athletes'
Hockey coach Michael Nobbs feels that Sachin Tendulkar's presence with the Indian contingent at the London Olympics could have boosted the morale of the athletes just like Steve Waugh's involvement has lifted the spirits of the Australian contingent.
Images: Amitabh Bachchan, India's Olympic torch bearer
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan carried the London Olympic torch today, a day before the opening ceremony of the Games. Here are the images
Great Britain seems rather cool to the Olympics
In his blog for Firstpost, Ayaz Memon says that one has to be plain unlucky to face lots of delay while entering London for the Games. We will have daily updates from his side.
Rs 2.5 crore for gold medal in Olympics: Haryana CM
The Haryana Government has also decided to award each and every participant at the London Games with Rs 11 lakhs.
Romney questions Britain's Olympics hosting skills, causes stir
Romney told NBC News "it's hard to know just how well it will turn out" and called the late-developing concerns over security staffing "disconcerting".
Usain Bolt not favourite this time: Carl Lewis
Carl Lewis, in an exclusive interview to CNN-IBN, said that United States will outstrip Jamaica in the number of sprint medals. The former nine time Olympic champion added that Usain Bolt was not the favourite this time.
Excluding me from Olympics was excessive: Greek triple jumper
Greek triple jumper Paraskevi Papachristou was sleepless, bitter about her exclusion from the Olympic Games and felt the punishment was excessive. She was banned because a racist tweet on Twitter.
Athlete's expulsion acts as a warning for tweeting Olympians
Greek triple jumper Paraskevi Papachristou was withdrawn from the London Olympics for a racist tweet and this is expected to act as a warning to other athletes.
Olympics: China is ready to rise again
The red-clad army of 396 athletes march into London with little swagger as they renew their battle for supremacy with the United States.
Amitabh Bachchan carries the Olympic torch
The 69-year-old jogged a bit before slowing to a brisk walk during the course of his 300-metre run in the Southwark area in south London.
Olympics own goal: Officials apologise to N Korea for flag mix up
The North Korea women's football team walked off after the South Korea flag was mistakenly displayed before their match against Colombia.
Are India's shooters the best bet for Olympic gold?
India boasts of some excellent shooters, but with this event, it all comes down to what sort of day you have.
Cool exterior belies US canoe team's competitive spirit
The US canoe-kayak slalom team speak with sincerity about how highly they value walking away from the London Olympics with a performance they can be happy with, and that success would be a well-executed game-plan.
Kalmadi, in his individual capacity, is still going to London
The disgraced Indian Olympic Association's president said that he had no intentions of attending the opening ceremony anyway but he will go to London as the president of the Asian Athletics Association.
Firstpost Quiz: Test your Olympics knowledge
Are you a sports nut? Have you followed the Olympic games religiously? Take our quiz and know where you stand.
Zagunis still a rarity in US fencing
In the modern history of the sport these words rarely find themselves in the same sentence and only one person is the U.S. Olympic fencing squad can legitimately use them together.
Comaneci rues the demise of perfect 10
Officials ditched the system that was part and parcel of gymnastics and adopted an accumulative points format which no longer has a scoring ceiling.
Feel disrespected, but will play for the flag: Leander
Leander let Sania practice on the forehand side as he worked his backhand and the proceedings seem to have echoed a sentiment of the past being 'water under the bridge'.
London 2012 cheerleaders to get jazzy
Every session at the Olympics will be jazzed up with mood-setting videos, music and lighting. Beach volleyball will see dancers perform during the matches. Here's a look at some dancers preparing for the matches.
Ban Ki-moon runs at Sarajevo Olympic Stadium
Ban carried a torch Thursday morning as he ran alongside Sarajevo's marathon runner Islam Djugum, who even during Bosnia's 1992-95 war trained daily, but only after dark, to avoid snipers.
Olympics: Phelps' shaggy appearance hides ambitions
While his American team mates were all clean shaven and dressed in matching white t-shirts, Phelps strolled into his pre-Games conference on Wednesday seemingly without a care in the world.
Olympics: Bhupathi-Bopanna seeded 7th, Paes-Vishnu unseeded
Bhupathi and Bopanna are placed a rung above the Serbian combination of singles' world number two Novak Djokovic and Viktor Troicki in the doubles draw led by American twins Bob and Mike Bryan.
Amitabh Bachchan to carry Olympic torch in London
Amitabh Bachchan has been invited to carry the London Olympic torch.
Olympics: Britain off to winning start; Brazil thrash France
Britain won the first competitive contest of the London Olympics when a free kick from Stephanie Houghton gave them a 1-0 victory over New Zealand in the opening match of the women's football tournament.
Syrian delegation signs Olympic 'truce wall'
As the nation revolts back home, the Syrian chef de mission Maher Khyyata signed the wall, a series of glass panes in the Olympic village while 30 team members waved the national flag.
Bring on the Brazilians, says beach volleyball ace May-Treanor
May-Treanor and Walsh, 33, are the only pair to have won gold twice since beach volleyball made its Olympic debut in Atlanta in 1996.
Australia aim to dent British hopes at Olympics
Britain's unexpectedly good showing at the Beijing Games helped push the Aussies down to sixth in the rankings and even if they fail to pip the hosts on the medals table, they can still hurt British gold medal hopes in several events.