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Home support for Nicola will give Mary Kom the edge: coach
Crowds at the boxing arena have been raucous, and as has been evidenced everywhere else too, solidly behind every athlete from Great Britain which has unsettled opponents from other countries.
I've matured as a shuttler after Olympics: Kashyap
Though he was not touted as a big medal hope, Kashyap played his heart out in the London Games and became the first Indian male shuttler to reach the quarterfinals at the Olympics, where he lost to top seed and eventual silver medallist Lee Chong Wei.
London 2012: Records shatter, champions fall in weightlifting
Iran's Behdad Salimikordasiabi won the last of 15 gold medals awarded in record-smashing barbell battles in London to remain unbeaten since 2009 in the sport's heaviest weight class.
Shoot some hoops with another awesome Google doodle!
Google has made the Olympics a lot more fun with its super-cool, interactive doodles for users. Today's Google doodle is a basket-ball game, where users have to hit the space bar key to make the player jump and put the ball in the basket.
Shooter Vijay Kumar says he'll stay in Army only if promoted
The Olympic silver medallist said following a promotion offer given by Sports Minister Ajay Maken, he would stay in the Indian Army only if he got a similar level job.
Olympics hockey: India play S Africa to avoid bottom spot
Losing five successive games in the preliminary league, India finished at the bottom of the Pool B with no points. They now face Pool A's last placed team, South Africa in the play-off for the 11th and 12th position on Saturday.
Educating Indians: There's something about Mary Kom
It perhaps takes an occasional Olympic hero to impart a few home truths to us. What Mary Kom, the pint-sized pugilist, teaches us...
London 2012: Brazil to face Mexico in men's football final
Brazil moved a step closer to winning the elusive gold medal by beating South Korea 3-0 to enter the final of the men's Olympic tournament for the first time in 24 years.
Vikas Gowda disappoints, finishes eighth in discus throw
India's top discus thrower Vikas Gowda finished a disappointing eighth in the final round of the men's discus throw event with an effort of 64.79m at the Olympic Stadium.
Images: Saina comes home to a party
India's very own badminton queen, Saina Nehwal, who won a bronze medal in the London Olympics, received a hero's welcome on her arrival in Hyderabad. Here are the images.
London 2012: Spain cry foul after draw against Britain in hockey
Britain's men's hockey team reached their first Olympic semi-final in 24 years with a 1-1 draw against Spain in a tense game on Tuesday which was mired in late controversy.
Maken requests defence ministry for out-of-turn promotion for Vijay Kumar
The Army Sports Control Board has informed the sports ministry that Kumar can get two out-of-turn promotions as a junior commissioned officer and be made a subedar major. But these promotions were due to the shooter before winning the silver medal.
London 2012: Sally Pearson wins 100m hurdles
World champion Sally Pearson of Australia also pulled out all the stops to claim the 100 hurdles title, edging out 2008 gold medallist Dawn Harper by 0.02 seconds for victory. Algeria's Taoufik Makhloufi secured a gold medal in the men's 1,500 metres final.
London Olympics: Vikas finishes eighth in discus throw finals
A look at all the action from London 2012 with a detailed, special focus on India's performances.
Hockey: India crash to fifth successive defeat
For the fifth time in a row, India failed to display any kind of plan or panache to give hopes of a victory as they came up against a Belgian outfit that was better organised in the defence and very fast on the break.
Hockey: Australia thump Pakistan 7-0
The world number one team only needed a draw against Pakistan to advance to the final four but went into a 2-0 lead within six minutes of the start and stayed in control.
Viral video: Olympics stadium sings 'All you need is love'
A highlight of Britain's Super Saturday: The massive crowd in the 80,000-seat stadium awash in the colors of the Union Jack's red, white and blue suddenly joining in an impromptu rendition of the Beatles' All you need is love
Over 900 mn people watch Olympic opening ceremony
The International Olympic Committee estimates that almost 900 million people watched at least part of the London Games opening ceremony on television.
Triple Jump: Renjith fouls out of the Olympics
Renjith, India's sole male representative in the event, was shown the red flag in all three of his attempts as he each time over-stepped his take-off.
Why Saina's Olympic triumph is just the beginning
Saina is good enough to go for another eight years especially and has age on her side. Which means two more Olympics, two more Asian Games, and many All Englands and world championships.
Should Man United sign Usain Bolt?
Usain Bolt has made no secret of his desire to play for Manchester United, and Rio Ferdinand has promised to speak to Alex Ferguson to bag the sprinter a trial.
Preview: Can India salvage some pride against Belgium?
With four defeats in as many matches, the Indian can at best hope to avoid a clean sweep of losses when they face a confident Belgium.
Usain Bolt breezes through 200m prelims
Usain Bolt opened the defence of his Olympic 200-meter title with a comfortable win in the opening round Tuesday, easing up to a jog over the final 80 meters to finish in 20.39 seconds.
Hockey disaster: Let’s call the team back please
The team’s defence is in disarray, attack is disorganised and there is no hint of a game plan. Indian hockey needs to begin from the scratch again.
Amitabh Bachchan blogs, pins hopes on Mary Kom
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who was a torch bearer at the Olympic relay in London, hopes that the five-time world champion Marry Kom will win a gold medal for India.
Today's Firstpost Olympics quiz
Now that the Olympics are in full-swing, we increase the difficulty of our daily Olympics quiz a notch higher. Let's see how many you get right.
London 2012: China's greatest hope Liu Xiang falls at first hurdle
China's star athlete, Liu Xiang, who won the gold in the 110 m hurdles at the Athens Olympics in 2004, crashed out in first heat in London.
Saina says she always knew she would win medal
Nehwal said she was confident of winning a medal in the next Olympics as well and expected to see a stronger team in the next Olympics.
The London 2012 soundtrack is an Olympic hit!
At the London Olympics, Adele is served with tennis, Beyonce bounces around the basketball court and Queen's "We Will Rock You" spikes up beach volleyball.
Will Bolt become first man with two 200m gold medals?
Fresh from 100 metres glory Jamaica's Usain Bolt begins a highly anticipated 200m title defence at the London Olympics. In women's 100m hurdles world champion Sally Pearson is favourite to go one better than her silver in Beijing.