Coverage of the London 2012 summer Olympic Games
Nigeria is already late in beginning its preparations for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games to be hosted by Brazil, Director General of the National Sports Commission (NSC), Patrick Ekeji has said. He said this at a reception hosted by Dr Dalhatu Tafida, the ...
Rank by Gold Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 United States of America 46 29 29 104 2 People's Republic of China 38 27 23 88 3 Great Britain 29 17 19 6...
China inflicted an early psychological blow at the top of the medals table with teenage swimmer Ye Shiwen’s stunning double gold, but the Aquatics Centre has ultimately proved a key venue as the United States have bitten back to dominate the Olym...
Russia’s Evgeniya Kanaeva performs during the rhythmic gymnastics individual all-around qualifications at the 2012 Summer Olympics, day 13, in London. PHOTO BY AP
British police vowed on Friday no let up in vigilance at the Olympics with only two days to go, saying their low visibility security had allowed visitors to enjoy the spectacle while effectively protecting the world’s biggest sporting event. Metr...
As the race for medals look increasingly challenging and Team Nigeria certain of returning home empty-handed, 2008 Beijing bronze medalist, Chika Chukwumerije will seek to salvage the situation today when he fight Cuba’s Roberlis Despaigne in the...
The dancers are dressed to titillate, and the players wear even less: bikinis that reveal every movement of their muscles as they dig and dive for the ball. Amina El Sergany does not need a referee’s platform to be noticed on a beach volleyball c...
Haile Gebrselassie was hoping for a farewell race at the Olympics and one last shot at a gold medal in the marathon. The distance running great and former world record holder won’t get the chance after failing to make Ethiopia’s team, denyi...
LONDON -- When the stakes are the biggest, the spotlight most bright, Usain Bolt is as good as gold. Good as there's ever been. Putting the field far enough behind that he could slow up over his last few strides and put his left index finger to his...
They say David Rudisha is 'the greatest runner you've never heard of'. That is the line that has been rolled out by the headline writers at the BBC, Vanity Fair and a few others in recent weeks. You know him now. Rudisha, the greatest 800m ...
Double-amputee runner Oscar Pistorius will get a shot at an Olympic medal after all, even after his South African team failed to finish the heats of the 4x400 relay. A jury of appeal said South Africa "had been severely damaged" in a collisio...
There is a rush for tickets to cover and watch the men’s basketball finals in the London Olympics. The media and communication department of the Games yesterday said due to high demand, the men’s basketball gold medal game on Saturday Augus...
The sports minister and Chairman National Sports Commission, BolajiAbdullahi yesterday paid a visit to injured and recuperating D’Tiders’ point guard Tony Skinn in hospital in London. The injured national basketball had sustained injury whi...
China completed a second successive clean sweep of Olympic Table Tennis gold medals as Ma Long, Zhang Jike and Wang Hao eased past Republic of Korea in the men’s Team final.Profiting from being on home soil in Beijing four years ago, the Asian na...
Kids at the on-going Nestle Milo Secondary Schools Basketball Championship woke up to behold the new synthetic basketball floor on Thursday morning and expressed happiness at the uniqueness of the sponsors to have gone the extra mile to better the game...