- Swimming: Soni breaks 200m breaststroke world record Reuters - 18 mins agoLONDON (Reuters) - Rebecca Soni reclaimed the world record she lost at the height of the bodysuit war in the women's 200 meters breaststroke at the London Olympics on Wednesday in an ominous warning of …More »
- Olympics 2012: Live Report AFP - 19 mins ago2047 GMT: TENNIS: Japan's Kei Nishikori shocks Spanish fourth seed David Ferrer 6-0, 3-6, 6-4 in the third round setting up a clash with eighth seed Juan Martin del Potro in Thursday's quarter-finals. More »
- Swimming: China's Jiao takes butterfly crown Reuters - 28 mins agoLONDON (Reuters) - China's Jiao Liuyang stormed home on the last lap to win the women's 200 meters butterfly gold medal at the London Olympics on Wednesday, in the process beating the compatriot who relegated … More »
- Woods aims to makes successful year "great" Reuters - 42 mins agoAKRON, Ohio (Reuters) - Back at one of his happiest hunting grounds for this week's WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, Tiger Woods has spelt out what would transform a successful season for him on the PGA Tour …More »
- Uzbek Galiulina expelled for doping Reuters - 43 mins agoLONDON (Reuters) - Uzbek gymnast Luiza Galiulina became the third athlete to be expelled from the London 2012 Olympics for doping after her B sample also tested positive for the banned substance furosemide, …More »
- Swimming: U.S. win women's 200m freestyle relay Olympic gold Reuters - 44 mins agoLONDON (Reuters) - The United States won the women's 4x200 meters freestyle relay gold at the London Olympics on Wednesday. Australia took silver, while France clinched bronze. (Reporting by Julian Linden; …More »
- Fencing: Korea's Kim Jiyeon takes sabre gold Reuters - 46 mins agoLONDON (Reuters) - South Korea's Kim Jiyeon beat Russian Sofya Velikaya 15-9 to win the Olympic women's sabre gold on Wednesday. The number five seed had earlier ended American Mariel Zagunis's bid for … More »
- Judo: Ruthless Decosse wins gold for France Reuters - 48 mins agoLONDON (Reuters) - French judoka Lucie Decosse, who had won every major title except an Olympic gold, finally put that right on Wednesday, ruthlessly brushing aside her surprise opponent in the final. … More »
- Gymnastics: Uchimura strikes gold at last Reuters - 49 mins agoLONDON (Reuters) - Four years after letting the title slip through his fingers, Japan's Kohei Uchimura finally won the Olympic gold medal he dreamed of to go with his three world crowns in the all-around … More »
- Boxing: Dominant Medzhidov underlines gulf in class Reuters - 51 mins agoLONDON (Reuters) - Magomedrasul Medzhidov was among the first amateur boxers to sign up to the Olympic governing body's new professional ranks and the gulf between the Azerbaijani and those not so lucky … More »
- Reds catcher banned three games for touching umpire Reuters - 52 mins ago(Reuters) - Cincinnati Reds catcher Devin Mesoraco was suspended three games and fined an undisclosed amount by Major League Baseball on Wednesday for making contact with an umpire during a game this week. … More »
- Venezuela wins first gold since 1968 Reuters - 57 mins agoLONDON (Reuters) - Venezuela's Ruben Limardo Gascon broke his country's 44-year gold medal drought on Wednesday when he defeated Norway's Bartosz Piasecki 15-10 in the men's epee competition for the nation's … More »
- Soccer: Egypt surprise package in quarter-finals Reuters - 1 hr 3 mins agoCARDIFF (Reuters) - Egypt, who endured a torrid start to the Olympic men's soccer competition when they trailed 3-0 to Brazil in their opener, completed a remarkable recovery by reaching the quarter-finals … More »
- Sharapova avenges Wimbledon loss against Lisicki AFP - 1 hr 4 mins agoMaria Sharapova avenged her Wimbledon defeat against Sabine Lisicki as the world number three savoured a 6-7 (8/10), 6-4, 6-3 victory over the German in the third round of the Olympics on Wednesday. More »
- Rowing: British eight's great adventure comes to an end Reuters - 1 hr 6 mins agoDORNEY, England (Reuters) - The failure of the British men's eight to hang on to the Germans in their neck-and-neck sprint for the Olympic line signals the end of a fairytale dream for the popular rower … More »
- Limardo claims Venezuela's first fencing gold AFP - 1 hr 17 mins agoVenezuela's Ruben Limardo won the London Games men's epee title on Wednesday, his country's first ever Olympic fencing gold. More »
- Soni sets world record in 200m breaststroke semis AFP - 1 hr 18 mins agoAmerican Rebecca Soni broke the women's 200m breaststroke world record with a time of 2min 20.00sec in the semi-finals at the London Olympics on Wednesday. More »
- Judo: ong puts retirement on hold to win gold Reuters - 1 hr 18 mins agoLONDON (Reuters) - South Korean Song Dae-nam almost quit judo four years ago but his decision to give the Olympic Games one last shot in London paid off handsomely on Wednesday when he won a surprise
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