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Olympics: Paes-Vardhan storm into second round

Indian tennis pair of Leander Paes and Vishnu Vardhan put up a spirited performance to see off Robin Haase and Jean-Julien Rojer 7-6 (1), 4-6, 6-2 in the first round match here on Monday.

Indian boxer Sangwan loses a bout he had 'won'

Indian boxer Sumit Sangwan went down 14-15 under controversial circumstances to Brazilian Yamaguchi Falcao Florentino in the round of 32 of 81kg category at the London Olympics here on Monday.

We didn't play our natural game, says Nobbs

India's chief coach Micheal Nobbs said that his wards did not play their natural game, especially in the first half against the might Netherlands in their opening Group B match of the men's hockey competition in the Olympics on Monday.

Out of Games, Bindra has no plans to retire

Beijing Games gold medalist shooter Abhinav Bindra on Monday insisted that he has no plans to retire from the sport after crashing out of the London Olympics by failing to make the finals of the 10m air rifle event here.

Finally got an Olympic medal: Narang

Gagan Narang, who won India's first medal at the London Olympics, a bronze in 10-metre air rifle, said on Monday that he has achieved what he came for.

India go down fighting to Netherlands in hockey

The Indian men's hockey team put up a spirited performance in their opening match of the London Olympics 2012 against Netherlands on Monday, but the Dutch proved to be the better team on the day, prevailing in a tense finish to win the match 3-2.

Saina enters Olympics pre-quarterfinals

India's ace shuttler Saina Nehwal cruised into the knockout stage of the women's singles competition after notching up a comfortable straight-game win over Belgium's Lianne Tan in a group stage match here on Monday.

Olympics: Gagan Narang wins 10m Air Rifle bronze

Gagan Narang has provided India its first medal of the 2012 London Olympics, winning the bronze medal in the 10m Air Rifle event.

Fighting India go down 2-3 to Netherlands in hockey

Penalty corner specialist Mink van der Weerden reclaimed the lead for The Netherlands when he sent in a drag flick just under the cross-bar.

Sangwan wept bitterly after his loss

Ayaz Memon is in London sending us updates throughout the day. Keep checking here for more.

Today's Firstpost Olympics Quiz

After Gagan Narang's bronze medal victory, today's quiz is an India special.

India lodge official protest against Sangwan decision

The 19-year-old Indian fought valiantly and should have won more points but the judges thought otherwise.

Gagan Narang's medal will motivate Indian athletes: Maken

Ajay Maken congratulated shooter Gagan Narang for winning India's first medal at the London Olympics 2012 and said his bronze will inspire other Indian athletes to do well in the sporting extravaganza.

Olympics: Preparation is key to India's success

Our women archers qualified a year before the Olympics began and they also knew that the event would be held at Lord's in windy conditions. Why didn't the Archery Federation of India arrange special camps for them in countries having similar conditions.

Yuvraj, Tendulkar share Gagan Narang's joy

As soon as Narang won India's first medal of the 2012 London Olympics, congratulatory messages started pouring in on Twitter. Here's a collection of tweets.

First Person: The thrill of being part of the Olympics opening

Dhruv Ruparara played one of the more prominent roles in Danny Boyle's epic opening ceremony. Here, he describes the experience in his own words.

Images: Gagan Narang's bronze medal moment

Gagan Narang wins a bronze medal in the 10m Air Rifle event and secures India its first medal of London Olympics 2012. Here are the images.

Bombayla Devi's Olympic journey comes to an end

Earlier in the day, Bombayala scraped past Evangelia Psarra of Greece 6-4 in her opening match of the women's individual event held at Lord's.

Gagan Narang wins India's first medal at London Olympics

The shooter, who carried forward a score of 598 from the qualifying event, scored a 103.1 in 10 shots at the finals for an aggregate of 701.1 points.

Disappointed but glad I had courage to come back: Bindra

Bindra said he was obviously disappointed that he could not defend his Gold medal in the event, but said he was glad that he had displayed the courage to come back again and try.

London 2012: Bindra out, Narang makes it to finals

Bindra, the gold medalist at the previous Olympics, failed to make it through the qualifying round of the 10m air rifle event. However, Gagan Narang has qualified for the finals.

London 2012: Phelps fifth-fastest for 200 m butterfly

Michael Phelps opened defense of his Olympic title in the 200-meter butterfly with the fifth-fastest qualifying time in the preliminaries on Monday.

Olympic cauldron moved to ready stadium for athletic events

The Olympic cauldron has been moved from its opening ceremony position at the main stadium, although it still won't be visible to the general public.

Twitter overloads data, affects Olympics TV coverage

Sports fans attending the London Olympics were told on Sunday to avoid non-urgent text messages and tweets during events because overloading of data networks was affecting television coverage.

London 2012: India start hockey campaign against Dutch

Back in the Olympics after eight years, the Indian hockey team will look to relive its former glory when it opens its campaign against the formidable Netherlands.

Even without Phelps, 200m freestyle is the 'Race of the Century'

The 200-meter freestyle final on Monday night features a loaded field, including Sun Yang of China, Park Tae-hwan of South Korea, American Ryan Lochte, Yannick Agnel of France and world recordholder Paul Biedermann of Germany.

Madhura shouldn't have been at opening ceremony: Seb Coe

"I hear she was a cast member who got slightly overexcited. She should not have been there. But don't run away with the idea that she just walked in. We'll look at it for next opening ceremony," said London Olympics organising committee chairman Sebastian Coe.

One-armed and playing TT: Why the Olympics inspire awe

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