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Chinese shooting team starts training in London

2012-07-24 09:42:58

The Chinese shooting team set their foot on the Olympic shooting range and had their first training session before the Olympics on Monday.

Injury hits Chinese men's gymnastics team again

2012-07-23 20:13:41

Injuries are again casting a shadow over the Chinese men's gymnastic team, as former world and Olympic champion Teng Haibin injured his forearm during a training session in Northern Ireland.

London to surpass Beijing Olympics

2012-07-22 21:44:12

London 2012 Olympics will be better than Beijing, a British Minister told local media on Sunady.

101-year-old to run Olympic torch relay

2012-07-21 20:06:12

Fauja Singh, the world's oldest marathon runner at 101, will be running the Olympic torch through the streets of east London later on Saturday.

UK to call in more troops to guard Games

2012-07-19 10:17:04

Britain may have to call up more soldiers to guard the Olympic Games after a failed private sector recruitment drive left an embarrassing hole in security.

US men, women work to end relay misery

2012-07-19 15:17:31

In the serenity of Monaco, US sprinters are striving this week to find ways to end a long 4x100 meters relay jinx, and displace Jamaica's relay kings.

Chinese flee rain but London weather better

2012-07-18 18:03:24

Athletes flooding into Britain for the London Olympics may not now need reinforced umbrellas with drier weather predicted in the buildup to the Games although Factor 50 sun cream is unlikely to be required. Weather providing a challenge: Coe

Weather providing a challenge, says Coe

2012-07-18 16:45:05

The wet British summer is proving a challenge for London Olympic organisers with contingency plans that could lead to the rescheduling of the rowing and equestrian events as a last resort.

China set to remain top guns in London

2012-07-18 17:26:57

If the presence of five Olympic champions in their ranks is anything to go by, China's supremacy in pistol and rifle events is unlikely to wane in London.

Athletes, visitors flock to London after row

2012-07-17 18:16:12

The first wave of Olympic athletes and visitors began pouring into Britain on Monday as officials played down fears that a packed London would buckle under the pressure of its biggest peacetime security operation.