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The top 20 golden moments from the London Olympics

There was joy, there were tears... A flashback to 20 scintillating moments from the greatest sporting show on earth.

Images: Sushil Kumar adds silver lining to India's Olympics journey

Sushil Kumar became the only Indian individual to win two medals at the Olympics. Here's a look at his journey to the podium in images.

London Olympics: Sushil Kumar loses final, wins silver

All the live action from London 2012 with a special, detailed focus on India's performances.

Stomach bug costs Sushil Kumar gold at Olympics

Sushil Kumar lost the Olympic men's 66kg freestyle final to Japan's Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu 1-3 and settled for a silver medal at the Olympics. After the match, it was reported Sushil was suffering from a stomach bug.

Kuch kar dikhana hai: Sushil Kumar

Sushil had been relegated to the background till the last the day of the Games and lived through India’s roller-coaster ride over the past fortnight building up his motivation.

Dutt shows we have potential to win more medals

Yogeshwar showed exemplary courage, grit and cleverness to win two bouts in the repechage and then play-off for the bronze— all within the space of an hour.

London 2012: Do the Olympics herald a 'new Britain'?

If Britain wants to use the Olympics and Paralympics to inspire creation of a "new Britain", by all means. But every Briton will have to work at it to make it a reality. It doesn't come from simply watching sport, or the Spice Girls.

After Dutt's win, can Sushil Kumar win India its sixth medal?

India will be hoping for a second wrestling medal at the London Olympics with Beijing bronze winner Sushil Kumar in action on the concluding day of the London Olympics.

Bolt gets to keep world record 4x100m baton

Bolt said its the first baton he's ever asked for, and he asked his three Jamaican teammates to sign it.

India can get 25 medals in Olympics 2020: Maken

Sports Minister Ajay Maken expressed satisfaction with the performance of the athletes and hoped that the country can win 25 medals in 2020 Games.

London Olympics: Two golds for Mo Farah, the new face of Britain

Roared on again by a boisterous, capacity crowd at the 80,000-seat Olympic Stadium, Farah surged ahead late and held on Saturday night to win the 5,000 meters in 13 minutes, 41.66 seconds.

How Usain Bolt made the Olympics more fun

While Phelps showed no charisma at all in winning gold after gold, Bolt preened, posed and postured — seemingly wanting to let everybody in on the good time he was having.

Dutt wins bronze; London Olympics was 'now or never' for him

Yogeshwar, who was perhaps in his last Olympics, always knew that expectations were high from him at the London Games, especially after Sushil won the bronze medal four years ago in Beijing.

Why India fails at Olympics: The outdoors is not our space

For the Indian state to build great Olympic squads, there must be tens of millions of youth interested in the physical life. But Indians aren't particularly inclined in this direction. We have a contempt of physical work.

London Olympics: Bronze for Dutt, WR for Bolt's Jamaica

All the live action from London 2012 with a special, detailed focus on India's performances.

Olympics: Superb Dutt wins India another bronze

The 29-year-old from Sonepat in Haryana showed excellent technique and fighting spirit to bring off three memorable wins on the trot for the bronze.

Olympics: Vikas and Sangwan not the only ones crying foul

London 2012 has seen a lot of boxing controversies which has given rise to allegations that officials were paid to award countries a medal. How much it is true?

As India crashes out, Chetri says 'We're not good enough'

India's disastrous hockey campaign in the London Games ended with a humiliating bottom spot finish out of 12 competing nations.

London 2012 Closing Ceremony: The Who, Spice Girls to perform

The Who, George Michael, Muse and Ed Sheeran have all said they will take part in a show that will include performances of 30 British hit singles from the past five decades.

If cricket becomes part of Oly, let's have Tests and not T20

The only form of cricket that deserves to be at the Olympics is the longest, most testing version of it.

India's road to Olympic Gold: individual events, not teams

India's medals at the Olympics have come in individual events, not team ones. This is a pointer to where we must put our money and efforts in future.

Olympics a 'war by proxy'? When medals mean more than sporting success

A spate of medals on Friday put the US firmly ahead of China in the gold (41-37) and overall tally (94-81) at the Olympics. This is significant as it is accompanied by considerations and agendas of the different political and economic systems of the two countries.