Day 6: World record GB, Dutch Kromowidjojo spoils US sweep
LONDON, England ● There was plenty for Host Nation Great...
Monthly Archives: August 2012
Day 6 will bring first day of track cycling
LONDON, England ● The start of the Track Cycling will be one of the highlights on Day...
Disqualified player Yu quits badminton
LONDON, England ● Disgraced Chinese Yu Yang has decided to quit badminton while national officials have told their Olympic...
Day 5: Badminton scandal takes gleam of Wiggin’s gold
LONDON, England ● Just 10 days after triumphing in the...
Ancient dopers got their kicks from raw testicles
LONDON, England ● Forget anabolic steroids in easy-to-swallow tablets, or EPO in clean syringes. Ancient Olympic dopers...
Obama tweets to Phelps
In 2008, the congratulations came by telephone: “If you can handle eight gold medals, you can...
Announcer narrowly avoids Korean gaffe
LONDON, England ● A diplomatic gaffe was narrowly avoided at the Olympic men’s individual all-round gymnastics final...
Anti-doping lab to become research centre
LONDON, England ● The anti-doping laboratory being used to test athletes at the London Olympics is to...
Bad(minton) players expelled from Games
LONDON, England ● The disqualification of eight women badminton players from the London Olympics for ‘throwing’ their...
Triple jumpers hopes friend Zuckerberg will ‘like’ Haiti
LONDON, England ● Haitian triple jumper Samyr Laine is determined to give something back to his...