Olympics News - Page 18

I'm the favourite to win gold at Olympics: Federer

The Swiss said he was not completely concentrating on his own performance. "To be quite honest, my focus is a little bit on them now, but only for as long as I'm in the tournament. I hope to still be standing so I can face them," he said of Murray and Djokovic.

First match is crucial: Zhang

Olympic table tennis top seed Zhang Jike is fully focusing on preparations for his first match, which he said is "very crucial" to his quest for a gold.

Senegal hold Britain to 1-1 draw at Olympics

Senegal striker Moussa Konate scored late in the second half to salvage a 1-1 draw with host Britain in the Olympic football tournament on Thursday.

Brazil pip Egypt 3-2 in men's football

Gold-medal favorite Brazil scored three first-half goals then held on for a 3-2 win over Egypt in its opening Group C match of the men's Olympic football tournament.

London Olympics will be very challenging: Phelps

Michael Phelps was given the full rock star treatment when he arrived for his first formal news conference at the London Olympics on Thursday.

Hungarian discus thrower banned for doping

Hungarian discus thrower Zoltan Kovago, a medal contender in London, was banned for two years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Thursday for a doping violation and will miss the Olympic Games, the court said.

Olympics opening ceremony to kick-off at 1:30 a.m.

The much-awaited opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics will start from 1:30 a.m.

Carl Lewis exclusive: US will outsprint Jamaica

Winner of 9 Olympic and 8 World Championship gold, the phenomenon of Carl Lewis feels United States will outnumber everyone else in the number of sprint medals.

Uruguay beat Emirates 2-1

Substitute Nicolas Lodeiro scored in the second half to give Uruguay a 2-1 victory over the United Arab Emirates Thursday in an Olympic qualifying match.

Archer Deepika feeling no Olympics pressure

Indian archers are touted as serious medal contenders in the Olympics but Deepika Kumari says there was no pressure on her from back home.

I have to start afresh in London: Bindra

The Beijing Olympics gold medal is a distant memory for Abhinav Bindra, who says he will have to start afresh when he takes aim at the London Games, starting here on Friday.

Bhupathi-Bopanna to begin campaign vs Mirnyi-Bury

The seventh-seeded Indian duo of Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna, whose insistence to play together sparked off a selection storm in the build-up to the Olympics, will open their campaign against Max Mirnyi and Alexander Bury of Belarus in the Olympic men's doubles tennis event to be held at Wimbledon from July 28.

'Sachin's presence would have helped athletes'

Hockey coach Michael Nobbs feels that Sachin Tendulkar's presence with the Indian contingent at the London Olympics could have boosted the morale of the athletes just like Steve Waugh's involvement has lifted the spirits of the Australian contingent.

Images: Amitabh Bachchan, India's Olympic torch bearer

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan carried the London Olympic torch today, a day before the opening ceremony of the Games. Here are the images

Great Britain seems rather cool to the Olympics

In his blog for Firstpost, Ayaz Memon says that one has to be plain unlucky to face lots of delay while entering London for the Games. We will have daily updates from his side.

Rs 2.5 crore for gold medal in Olympics: Haryana CM

The Haryana Government has also decided to award each and every participant at the London Games with Rs 11 lakhs.

Romney questions Britain's Olympics hosting skills, causes stir

Romney told NBC News "it's hard to know just how well it will turn out" and called the late-developing concerns over security staffing "disconcerting".

Usain Bolt not favourite this time: Carl Lewis

Carl Lewis, in an exclusive interview to CNN-IBN, said that United States will outstrip Jamaica in the number of sprint medals. The former nine time Olympic champion added that Usain Bolt was not the favourite this time.

Excluding me from Olympics was excessive: Greek triple jumper

Greek triple jumper Paraskevi Papachristou was sleepless, bitter about her exclusion from the Olympic Games and felt the punishment was excessive. She was banned because a racist tweet on Twitter.

Athlete's expulsion acts as a warning for tweeting Olympians

Greek triple jumper Paraskevi Papachristou was withdrawn from the London Olympics for a racist tweet and this is expected to act as a warning to other athletes.

Olympics: China is ready to rise again

The red-clad army of 396 athletes march into London with little swagger as they renew their battle for supremacy with the United States.

Amitabh Bachchan carries the Olympic torch

The 69-year-old jogged a bit before slowing to a brisk walk during the course of his 300-metre run in the Southwark area in south London.

Olympics own goal: Officials apologise to N Korea for flag mix up

The North Korea women's football team walked off after the South Korea flag was mistakenly displayed before their match against Colombia.

Are India's shooters the best bet for Olympic gold?

India boasts of some excellent shooters, but with this event, it all comes down to what sort of day you have.

Cool exterior belies US canoe team's competitive spirit

The US canoe-kayak slalom team speak with sincerity about how highly they value walking away from the London Olympics with a performance they can be happy with, and that success would be a well-executed game-plan.

Kalmadi, in his individual capacity, is still going to London

The disgraced Indian Olympic Association's president said that he had no intentions of attending the opening ceremony anyway but he will go to London as the president of the Asian Athletics Association.

Firstpost Quiz: Test your Olympics knowledge

Are you a sports nut? Have you followed the Olympic games religiously? Take our quiz and know where you stand.

Zagunis still a rarity in US fencing

In the modern history of the sport these words rarely find themselves in the same sentence and only one person is the U.S. Olympic fencing squad can legitimately use them together.

Comaneci rues the demise of perfect 10

Officials ditched the system that was part and parcel of gymnastics and adopted an accumulative points format which no longer has a scoring ceiling.

Feel disrespected, but will play for the flag: Leander

Leander let Sania practice on the forehand side as he worked his backhand and the proceedings seem to have echoed a sentiment of the past being 'water under the bridge'.