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Mark Cavendish's bid to claim Great Britain's first Olympic gold of the London 2012 Games on The Mall was ended as Kazakhstan's Alexandr Vinokourov triumphed in a dramatic men's road race. Cavendish, the world champion and winner of 23 ...
An archer from the Republic of Korea (South Korea) in London on Friday became the first athlete to set new world record in the 2012 Olympic Games. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent reports that Korea's Im Dong-hyun broke his own 72-arr...
Top sports stars Usain Bolt and Novak Djokovic were the cynosure of many eyes on Friday during the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games in London. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that they drew much of the attention as they led out...
A defiant Michael Phelps insisted Saturday he remained in the running for a third straight Olympic 400m medley gold despite scraping into the final in the eighth and last spot. “A final spot is a final spot,” said Phelps, whose 14 Olympic g...
Olympic athletes using drugs were warned “we are going to catch you” Saturday after the London Games were hit by their first doping case on the opening day of full competition. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said the case of Alba...
London – Nigerians resident in the UK joined others in cheering Team Nigeria as they file pass during opening ceremony at the Olympic stadium in London. The Nigeria Hospitality House at Stratford, the Olympic site reports that most Nigerians, who...
China’s world number one Yi Siling won the first gold of the London Olympics in the women’s 10m air rifle competition at London’s Royal Artillery Barracks on Saturday. In a tense contest watched by International Olympic Committee pres...
The crackdown on doping offenders in the run-up to the London Olympics has been a success, the President, International Olympic Committee (IOC), Jacques Rogge, said on Friday. Rogge said that this was after testers caught more than a 100 athletes using...
The Nigeria Premier League (NPL) Acting Executive Secretary, TunjiBabalola, has expressed confidence in team Nigeria participating in the London Olympics, saying that with the level of performance they put up in the course of their pre-Olympic preparat...
Brazil has waited a long time for an Olympic gold in men’s football, and the team enters the London Games confident that the wait is finally about to end. Brazil will make its debut in the Olympic tournament on Thursday against Egypt at the Mille...
The Great Britain women’s football team kicked off the 2012 Olympics with a hard-fought 1-0 victory over New Zealand at a sun-soaked Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. Hope Powell’s GB team were making their first appearance in the women’...
The Flame has begun the day’s journey at Headstone Manor, Harrow, carried by borough resident Jo Hyams, 29. Jo was nominated for her extensive charity work, organising and participating in a huge number of events. On its journey to Haringey, the ...
Former 200 metres African queen, Tina Iheagwam has described the International Olympic Committee(IOC), action, confirming Nigerian 4x400 metres relay team the winner of Sydney 2000 Olympic Games as a good omen. Iheagwam in an exclusive interview with L...
African 400 metres hurdles women champion, Ajoke Odumosu is optimistic that her performance in the London 2012 Olympic Games will be better than the just concluded Africa Athletics Championship in Port-Novo, Benin Republic. She said she wants to also i...
Flying Eagles coach has named a 20-man squad for the 2013 African Youth Championship (AYC) qualifier in Tanzania this Sunday, July 29. Mallorca of Spain youth team striker Cedric Omoigui was the surprise inclusion on the squad, which is dominated by pl...