Olympics 2012

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.

Biggest win of my life: Murray on Olympic gold

Murray beat Roger Federer for the men's singles tennis gold, gaining a measure of revenge for the Wimbledon final he lost on the same Wimbledon court to the Swiss star a month ago.

Olympics: Gelana falls twice but still wins women's marathon

Ethiopia's Tiki Gelana recovered from the fall to win the marathon on Sunday in a race that began in a downpour, was briefly brightened by sunshine and ended in another drenching rain. She won the race in 2 hours, 23 minutes, 7 seconds.

Olympics Boxing: Brits on a roll, Indians are angry

Second-seeded light welterweight Tom Stalker beat Manoj Kumar 20-16 for the 10th British win in 11 fights in London, moving six boxers to the brink of medal qualification.

Saina's bronze: China's head coach blames ref for Xin's injury

"When Wang asked the referee to have the sweat on the floor wiped clean, he refused, and that was why she slipped and injured herself," Li said to Xinhua.

Phelps to wrap up swimming career with one last race today

Phelps will wrap up his swimming career today with the butterfly leg of 4x100 medley relay, an event the US men have never lost.

Indian boxing team to take action on Vikas ouster after meeting

In a stunning reversal of fortunes, Vikas (69kg) was ousted after AIBA overturned the result of his pre-quarterfinal bout, that he had won, following a review.

London 2012 Athletics: Jamaican women look to dominate 100m

Lining up for Jamaica will be 2008 gold medalist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, silver medalist Kerron Stewart and Veronica Campbell-Brown, who has five Olympic medals but wasn't fast enough to qualify for the 100 in Beijing.

More scandal at London 2012: Boxing judges face 'fixing' claims

Olympic judges and referees came under fire on Wednesday with one fighter accusing them of "a fix", another successfully appealing a loss and even boxing great Lennox Lewis questioning some of their calls.

Twitter plus Olympics is equal to advertising gold

The Olympics have presented a prime opportunity for Twitter to position itself as a new media channel that complements TV broadcasts - and carries the big-name ads to match.