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Preview: Can India salvage some pride against Belgium?

With four defeats in as many matches, the Indian can at best hope to avoid a clean sweep of losses when they face a confident Belgium.

Usain Bolt breezes through 200m prelims

Usain Bolt opened the defence of his Olympic 200-meter title with a comfortable win in the opening round Tuesday, easing up to a jog over the final 80 meters to finish in 20.39 seconds.

Hockey disaster: Let’s call the team back please

The team’s defence is in disarray, attack is disorganised and there is no hint of a game plan. Indian hockey needs to begin from the scratch again.

Amitabh Bachchan blogs, pins hopes on Mary Kom

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who was a torch bearer at the Olympic relay in London, hopes that the five-time world champion Marry Kom will win a gold medal for India.

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.

London 2012: China's greatest hope Liu Xiang falls at first hurdle

China's star athlete, Liu Xiang, who won the gold in the 110 m hurdles at the Athens Olympics in 2004, crashed out in first heat in London.

Saina says she always knew she would win medal

Nehwal said she was confident of winning a medal in the next Olympics as well and expected to see a stronger team in the next Olympics.

The London 2012 soundtrack is an Olympic hit!

At the London Olympics, Adele is served with tennis, Beyonce bounces around the basketball court and Queen's "We Will Rock You" spikes up beach volleyball.

Will Bolt become first man with two 200m gold medals?

Fresh from 100 metres glory Jamaica's Usain Bolt begins a highly anticipated 200m title defence at the London Olympics. In women's 100m hurdles world champion Sally Pearson is favourite to go one better than her silver in Beijing.

London 2012: In an alternate medal tally, Grenada is on top

Statistics New Zealand has been posting daily online updates of its "medal strike rate" — the number of gold medals won relative to each country's population. And no China is not leading this one.

London 2012: Iranian giant favourite to win weightlifting gold

When Iranian super heavyweight Behdad Salimikordasiabi squats with 325 kilograms on his shoulders, the other weightlifters in the training hall pause to watch.

Don't want to retire with a bronze, says Isinbayeva

Yelena Isinbayeva lost out on the gold in pole-vault to Jennifer Suhr. She says, "Maybe now I'll think about Rio. Maybe I can get my gold medal there, and then retire."

Gopichand's belief: Want a champion, forget democracy

In order to match the best, Gopichand has adopted the same philosophy of strict regimentation the Chinese, Koreans or the Japanese follow. The results have just started to show.

Intend to keep momentum for a bigger medal: Mary Kom

Mary added that the passage to the Olympics had been tough and demanding because she has to compete at a higher weight level.

Post Olympics, what do swimmers look forward to?

Swimming doesn't have an established worldwide circuit, so the biggest chance its athletes have to be in the spotlight is at the games. Some top competitors feel it's time to capitalize on the window of opportunity Phelps' success and the games created.

Fans give Saina a rousing welcome in Delhi

The 20-year-old showed no signs of a jet lag as she smiled and greeted several cheering fans, who jostled to catch a glimpse of her at the Indira Gandhi International Airport from where she took a connecting flight to her base Hyderabad.

Images: The most picture perfect event at the Olympics

These synchronised swimming teams started their careers with a bit of splish-splash in the pool. Now, they're just amazing dancers in, on and over water.

London 2012: Suhr denies Isinbayeva pole vault hat-trick

American Jennifer Suhr spoiled the script by winning gold in the women's pole vault at the Olympic stadium on Monday and denying Yelena Isinbayeva her third successive title.

After Vijender's knock-out, India looks to Mary Kom for Olympics glory

Vijender Singh crashed out of the middleweight category as he lost to Uzbekistan’s Abbos Atoev in the quarterfinal but Mary Kom continues her Olympics dream run.

Mary Kom ensures India's best ever medal haul

When MC Mary Kom thrashed Maruoa Rahali in London on Monday, she ensured that India would surpass its previous best of three medals (one gold and two bronze) at the Olympics.

London 2012: India's star boxer Vijender crashes out

India's star pugilist Vijender Singh crashed out of the middleweight category as he lost by 13-17 to Uzbekistan's Abbos Atoev in the quarterfinal at the Excel Arena.

If only Shakespeare could have tweeted...

Not even a full five acts of the Bard at his best could do justice to the endless twists and turns of the Games, which enter the home stretch of the final week on Monday.

London Olympics: Vijender's dream ends in defeat

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

Archers did not have strength to withstand media hype

The Archery Association's general secretary Mukherjee said that he has decided to quit his post and also added that a principal cause of the pathetic showing was the tremendous media hype.

Vikas Gowda qualifies for discus throw finals

The top 12 competitors qualify for the finals which are scheduled for Tuesday.

Olympics: Where does Indian hockey go from here?

India coach Nobbs said Indians have to salvage pride in their last group game against Belgium and in the classification matches.

Olympics: Sandhu's exit marks end of India's shooting campaign

Going into the second day of qualification, Manavjit had slim chances as he was 25th out of 34 after the first day of qualifying round.

Narang, Rajput fail to qualify for 50m rifle three positions finals

Narang, Olympic bronze medallist in 10m air rifle, finished 20th with a score of 1,164 while Rajput ended at 26th with 1,161.

Mary Kom beats Rahali, assures India of bronze

In contact sport, both the semifinalists are awarded a bronze medal, and with this win, she will at least add one more medal to India's tally and could even compete for gold if she beats Team GB's Nicola Adams in the semis.

No one is getting 'randy', eating 'biryani' on the trampoline

Although randy is a colloquial English term for the amorously inclined, in trampoline-speak it describes one of the various moves in the set of 10 skills performed consecutively in a routine.