Michael Phelps stormed to victory in the men’s 200m freestyle swimming, claiming his third gold medal and third world record of the Beijing Olympics.
Phelps, 23, finished nearly two seconds ahead of South Korea’s Park Tae-hwan in a time of one minute 42.96 seconds. The American owned the previous record of 1:43.86 and now has a [...]

China delivered a stunning performance in front of a packed crowd to claim the men’s team gymnastics gold in Beijing.
The host nation scored 286.125 points to regain the Olympic crown they won in 2000 and push defending champions Japan into second place. The Americans had been in the silver medal position until the final two [...]

Michael Phelps remains on track for a record eight Olympic titles as the American 4×100m freestyle swimming team rallied to notch a thrilling victory.
The US team broke the world record with a time of 3:08.24, beating France into silver, while Australia took bronze.
The 23-year-old Phelps maintained his own excellent form, but the team had to [...]

Wimbledon champion Rafael Nadal was tested in the first round of the Olympic men’s singles as Italy’s Potito Starace took him to three sets. The second seed needed a deciding third set to eventually beat the 71st-ranked Italian 6-2 3-6 6-2.
It was the fifth time Starace had played Nadal and the first time he had [...]

Abhinav Bindra won India’s first individual gold medal in men’s 10 metre air rifle event of the shooting competition at Beijing Olympics.
The gold medal is India’s first since 1980, when the hockey team emerged triumphant in Moscow.
Qinan Zhu of China scored 699.7 for second place while Finn Henri Hakkinen faltered on a final shot and [...]

Top seed Ana Ivanovic has pulled out of the Olympic tennis tournament because of a thumb injury.
“This is one of the worst moments of my career,” said the Serb, who now faces a battle to make the US Open, which starts on 25 August. Ivanovic, who will be replaced by compatriot Jelena Jankovic as world [...]

American swimmer Michael Phelps stormed to victory in the Olympic 400m individual medley, and broke his own world record in the process.
Phelps led from start to finish to come home in a time of four minutes 03.84 seconds to claim his first of a targeted eight gold medals in Beijing. Laszlo Cseh of Hungary took [...]

South Korean teenager Park Tae-Hwan took Olympic gold in the men’s 400m freestyle final in Beijing.
The 18-year-old tracked Australia’s double Olympic champion Grant Hackett for the first 200m before pulling away. He survived a late surge by China’s Zhang Lin to secure his country’s first Olympic swimming title. Larsen Jensen finished third in a new [...]

Michael Phelps’s bid to make Olympic history got off to the perfect start as he set a new Games record in winning his heat in the 400m individual medley.
The 23-year-old American is aiming to win eight gold medals in Beijing and beat Mark Spitz’s record of seven golds set in 1972.
He cruised into Sunday’s final [...]

China has claimed its second Olympic gold and its first shooting medal of the Games, as Pang Wei won the men’s 10m air pistol shooting event.
The 2006 world champion and pre-Games favourite won convincingly with a score of 688.2. Jin Jong-oh of South Korea took silver and Kim Jong-su of North Korea claimed bronze in [...]