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My mom wasn't happy with bronze, she wanted me to win gold: Narang
Reliving his experience during his medal-winning endeavour, Narang said, "I felt a tad bit nervous. Hence, I started half an hour late. My coach made me play a 'secret' game on his iPad. I stepped back from my mark, relaxed, and checked everything before shooting again."
Olympics: Tintu Luka qualifies for 800m semis
The 23-year-old Luka found herself boxed in between the taller runners, but gave it her all in the last 30 metres to qualify for the semis.
N Korea fuming as Oz paper calls it 'naughty'
North Korea has criticised an Australian newspaper that called the country "Naughty Korea" when listing London Olympics medal standings.
Images: Did you catch the Hulk at the London Olympics?
Discus gold medalist Robert Harting of Germany ripped his shirt to shreds following his win — much like the Incredible Hulk — flexed his muscles and then took to the track to make a pass on the women’s 100-meter hurdles. Images of his antics.
Today's Firstpost Olympics quiz
Now that the Olympics are in full-swing, we increase the difficulty of our daily Olympics quiz a notch higher. Let's see how many you get right.
Sangwan, Vikas were handed out a lesson at Olympics
Both Sumit and Vikas can either learn from their experiences at the Olympics and scale new heights or fall victim to the situation.
London 2012: Muscle injury ends Asafa Powell's season
Jamaican former 100 metres world record holder Asafa Powell's season is over after additional medical tests confirmed a strained left adductor muscle, his agent told Reuters on Tuesday.
NRAI announces cash awards for Kumar and Narang
The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) today announced cash awards of Rs 20 lakh to London Olympics silver medallist Vijay Kumar and Rs 15 lakh to bronze winner Gagan Narang for bringing laurels to the country in the mega event.
Home support for Nicola will give Mary Kom the edge: coach
Crowds at the boxing arena have been raucous, and as has been evidenced everywhere else too, solidly behind every athlete from Great Britain which has unsettled opponents from other countries.
I've matured as a shuttler after Olympics: Kashyap
Though he was not touted as a big medal hope, Kashyap played his heart out in the London Games and became the first Indian male shuttler to reach the quarterfinals at the Olympics, where he lost to top seed and eventual silver medallist Lee Chong Wei.
London 2012: Records shatter, champions fall in weightlifting
Iran's Behdad Salimikordasiabi won the last of 15 gold medals awarded in record-smashing barbell battles in London to remain unbeaten since 2009 in the sport's heaviest weight class.
Shoot some hoops with another awesome Google doodle!
Google has made the Olympics a lot more fun with its super-cool, interactive doodles for users. Today's Google doodle is a basket-ball game, where users have to hit the space bar key to make the player jump and put the ball in the basket.
Shooter Vijay Kumar says he'll stay in Army only if promoted
The Olympic silver medallist said following a promotion offer given by Sports Minister Ajay Maken, he would stay in the Indian Army only if he got a similar level job.
Olympics hockey: India play S Africa to avoid bottom spot
Losing five successive games in the preliminary league, India finished at the bottom of the Pool B with no points. They now face Pool A's last placed team, South Africa in the play-off for the 11th and 12th position on Saturday.
Educating Indians: There's something about Mary Kom
It perhaps takes an occasional Olympic hero to impart a few home truths to us. What Mary Kom, the pint-sized pugilist, teaches us...
London 2012: Brazil to face Mexico in men's football final
Brazil moved a step closer to winning the elusive gold medal by beating South Korea 3-0 to enter the final of the men's Olympic tournament for the first time in 24 years.
Vikas Gowda disappoints, finishes eighth in discus throw
India's top discus thrower Vikas Gowda finished a disappointing eighth in the final round of the men's discus throw event with an effort of 64.79m at the Olympic Stadium.
Images: Saina comes home to a party
India's very own badminton queen, Saina Nehwal, who won a bronze medal in the London Olympics, received a hero's welcome on her arrival in Hyderabad. Here are the images.
London 2012: Spain cry foul after draw against Britain in hockey
Britain's men's hockey team reached their first Olympic semi-final in 24 years with a 1-1 draw against Spain in a tense game on Tuesday which was mired in late controversy.
Maken requests defence ministry for out-of-turn promotion for Vijay Kumar
The Army Sports Control Board has informed the sports ministry that Kumar can get two out-of-turn promotions as a junior commissioned officer and be made a subedar major. But these promotions were due to the shooter before winning the silver medal.
London 2012: Sally Pearson wins 100m hurdles
World champion Sally Pearson of Australia also pulled out all the stops to claim the 100 hurdles title, edging out 2008 gold medallist Dawn Harper by 0.02 seconds for victory. Algeria's Taoufik Makhloufi secured a gold medal in the men's 1,500 metres final.
London Olympics: Vikas finishes eighth in discus throw finals
A look at all the action from London 2012 with a detailed, special focus on India's performances.
Hockey: India crash to fifth successive defeat
For the fifth time in a row, India failed to display any kind of plan or panache to give hopes of a victory as they came up against a Belgian outfit that was better organised in the defence and very fast on the break.
Hockey: Australia thump Pakistan 7-0
The world number one team only needed a draw against Pakistan to advance to the final four but went into a 2-0 lead within six minutes of the start and stayed in control.
Viral video: Olympics stadium sings 'All you need is love'
A highlight of Britain's Super Saturday: The massive crowd in the 80,000-seat stadium awash in the colors of the Union Jack's red, white and blue suddenly joining in an impromptu rendition of the Beatles' All you need is love
Over 900 mn people watch Olympic opening ceremony
The International Olympic Committee estimates that almost 900 million people watched at least part of the London Games opening ceremony on television.
Triple Jump: Renjith fouls out of the Olympics
Renjith, India's sole male representative in the event, was shown the red flag in all three of his attempts as he each time over-stepped his take-off.
Why Saina's Olympic triumph is just the beginning
Saina is good enough to go for another eight years especially and has age on her side. Which means two more Olympics, two more Asian Games, and many All Englands and world championships.
Should Man United sign Usain Bolt?
Usain Bolt has made no secret of his desire to play for Manchester United, and Rio Ferdinand has promised to speak to Alex Ferguson to bag the sprinter a trial.