Italian boxer booed after holding farce
LONDON, England ● Italian heavyweight Clemente Russo was booed on Sunday after reducing his Olympic quarter-final against...
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Murray inspired by crowd and ‘magical Saturday’
LONDON, England ● The tale of British tennis player Andy Murray’s Wimbledon despair turning to Olympic joy shows the...
No space for sportsmanship in badminton
LONDON, England ● China’s Li Xuerui, Wang Yihan and India’s Saina Nehwal stood side by side on...
Crowd cheers Mo Farah to unique golden medal
LONDON, England ● Mo Farah said he had 80,000 ‘thank yous’ to make after a rapturous home...
Baranova sent home after positive test
LONDON, England ● Russian track rider Victoria Baranova failed a pre-Olympics dope test for testosterone and was sent...
Rio 2016 organisers vow to keep Havelange stadium name
LONDON, England ● The Joao Havelange stadium will not be renamed for the Rio 2016 Olympics despite...
Weightlifter oversleeps, nearly misses Olympics
LONDON, England ● A British weightlifter nearly missed his Olympic debut when he slept through his alarm on the...
I crashed on purpose, says victorious Briton
LONDON, England ● German-born Philip Hindes said he deliberately crashed after making a poor start in the...
Announcer narrowly avoids Korean gaffe
LONDON, England ● A diplomatic gaffe was narrowly avoided at the Olympic men’s individual all-round gymnastics final...
Triple jumpers hopes friend Zuckerberg will ‘like’ Haiti
LONDON, England ● Haitian triple jumper Samyr Laine is determined to give something back to his...