Fencing
2012-05-14 16:49:29
Although sword fighting dates back thousands of years, Fencing as we now understand it really came of age as a sport in the 19th century. A tense, compelling battle of wits and technique, the sport is one of the few to have featured at every modern Olympic Games.
Football
2012-05-14 16:49:24
The Football competition kicks off the London 2012 Olympic Games. Spread across six major grounds around thje UK, it offers all the drama that fans of the game have come to expect from major international tournaments.
Equestrian
2012-05-14 16:31:45
The Equestrian competition at London 2012 is made up of three disciplines: Dressage, Eventing and Jumping. Each discipline requires different skills from the riders and horses competing.
Felix taking time to decide Olympic races
2012-05-14 16:12:06
Sprinter Allyson Felix might have dashed from Qatar to Texas to help launch the United States Olympic Media Summit on Sunday but the American was taking her time deciding her program for the London Olympics.
Italy qualify for men's Olympic volleyball
2012-05-14 14:33:36
Three-times world volleyball champions Italy secured their place in the London Olympics following a hard-fought 3-2 win over Germany in the final of the European men's qualifying tournament.
75% of Olympics tickets bought by Brits
2012-05-14 11:23:18
Seb Coe, the chairman of London Olympic Games organizing committee, said that 75 percent of available tickets for the Olympics have gone to British fans.
Northern Greece embraces Olympic flame
2012-05-14 11:11:22
Northern Greece embraced Sunday the Olympic Flame that burns for the 2012 London Games on the fourth day of the Torch Relay that will continue Monday towards the Greek-Turkish borders.
Man City clinches title in dramatic finale
2012-05-14 10:48:43
Manchester City secured a first English title in 44 years in extraordinary circumstances on Sunday as stoppage-time goals snatched a 3-2 win over Queens Park Rangers.
Bayern 'catastrophe' ahead of Chelsea showdown for Euro crown
2012-05-14 07:46:50
Bayern Munich coach Jupp Heynckes admitted the Champions League finalist suffered a defensive "catastrophe" after it was blasted 5-2 by Borussia Dortmund in the German Cup final.
Kagawa tight-lipped on future
2012-05-14 07:46:50
Japan star Shinji Kagawa continued to remain tight-lipped about his future after scoring in Borussia Dortmund's 5-2 German Cup final hammering of Bayern Munich, watched by Sir Alex Ferguson.
Guardiola bids farewell with draw
2012-05-14 07:46:50
Ten-man Barcelona needed an injury-time goal to secure a 2-2 draw at Real Betis on Saturday in coach Pep Guardiola's final La Liga game in charge.
Lakers outlast Nuggets in thrilling Game 7
2012-05-14 07:46:50
Pau Gasol was consumed by determination, holding off Kenneth Faried with one arm and relentlessly tipping the ball at the hoop with the other in the fourth quarter of Game 7.