Belgium is the only team India could trouble, but the way they rallied from a two-goal deficit to draw parity in the dying minutes underscored their newly found confidence.
The Jamaican triple gold medallist from Beijing is the number one attraction of the London Games, but the question mark over his fitness has added an extra layer of intrigue to what is already an eye-wateringly exciting 100 metres race.
Usain Bolt, Yelena Isinbayeva, Michael Phelps and Katie Taylor are all among athletes who are expected to shine in London.
American Tyson Gay has declared the 100 metres at the London Olympics an open affair after winning the event at the Paris Diamond League.
British meteorologists on Monday released the forecast for the Olympic opening ceremony on Friday, saying they are certain things will be — well, uncertain.
Four of Haiti's five Olympians at the London Games have something in common — they're not from Haiti.
"Team referrals are restricted to decisions within the 23 metre areas relating to goals, penalty strokes and penalty corners. Penalty cards may not be the subject of a team referral," the FIH website said.
World number one Roger Federer said he is expecting "something special" at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
The official mascots of London's Olympic and Paralympic Games — Wenlock and Mandeville — have been called as sinister, creepy, but organisers are hoping to tack on a more positive title: merchandising magic.
Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova has said that she had dreamt of competing in the Olympic Games since she was a child and is looking forward to making her debut at London 2012.
Since 2000, China and the United States have held the first and second slots in the gold medal tally with Russia third. Can home advantage make Britain break the jinx?
P R Sreejesh, who will become the first home-bred hockey player from Kerala to represent India in the Olympics, admits that he took up goal-keeping because he didn't want to run too much.
We have been led to believe that a hero will always triumph. And that's what India's Olympic star has to live up to every time he steps into the ring.
Royal Marine Martyn Williams is poised to rappel from a helicopter carrying the Olympic torch on Friday night. The grand entrance plunges the symbol of the games into the city's historic heart, bringing Olympic pageantry to the British capital that last held the event in 1948.
Interestingly, Akham Kom would be stepping outside the country for the first time in her life and her London trip is being sponsored by a corporate giant.
The Aslef rail union announced on Thursday that 450 of its members in central England would walk out between Aug. 6 and 8 in a dispute over pensions.
In a morale-booster for sportspersons, players working in central government will get upto three out of turn promotions during their service career for winning medals at various international events including Olympics.
Bolt leads the pack with his 2009 world record of 9.58, Powell clocked 9.72 in 2008 and Blake ran 9.75 this year.
Paes said that he had been able to play well at Wimbledon despite the politics over who would partner him in the Olympics.
The debate over who should light the London Olympic cauldron at next Friday's opening ceremony has turned into a war of words between Daley Thompson and Steve Redgrave, two of the main contenders.
Deepika Kumari may reject all talk of pressure and nerves ahead of the London Olympics but the world number one archer's coach is becoming restless as the mega-event draws close.
Anthony Edgar, head of media operations for the IOC, freely admits that he does not know what to expect in London following the explosion of social media.
Rafael Nadal fears the chance to carry Spain's flag at an Olympics opening ceremony may not come around again after being forced to withdraw from the London 2012 tennis event with a knee injury.