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China women volleyballers beat Serbia to start medal hunt

2012-07-28 21:26:49

China made a solid first step forward to their medal dream by upsetting Serbia 3-1 in the Olympic women's volleyball tournament on Saturday.

China defeats Czech in basketball opener

2012-07-28 21:07:33

Guard Ma Zengyu was perfect to lead China to a 66-57 victory over the Czech Republic in the opener of the women's basketball competition.

Albanian Pulaku becomes first doping cheat

2012-07-28 20:48:39

Albanian weightlifter Hysen Pulaku became the first athlete caught of doping at the London Olympics after failing a test for a banned steroid, officials said Saturday.

ROK swimmer Park disqualified from 400m freestyle

2012-07-28 19:54:32

South Korean star swimmer Park Tae Hwan has to miss the chance to defend his men's 400-meter freestyle title at the London Olympic Games Saturday.

Xue/Zhang lost opener of beach volleyball

2012-07-28 19:12:16

Beijing Olympic bronze medallists Xue Chen/Zhang Xi were defeated by Russian duo Anastasia Vasina/Anna Vozakova at the opener of the women's beach volleyball preliminaries of the London Games.

Yi Siling wins first gold of London Olympics

2012-07-28 18:28:02

Yi Siling of China won the first gold medal of the London Olympic Games as she hit a total of 502.9 points for the women's 10m air rifle title on Saturday.

Chinese duo reach women's 10m air rifle final

2012-07-28 17:45:13

Both Chinese shooters Yi Siling and Yu Dan reached the final of women's 10m air rifle final Saturday with Yi shared the qualification lead with Poland's Sylwia Bogacka in 399 points.

Opening ceremony: British enough

2012-07-28 17:07:09

A little bit noisy and a little bit messy, but it looked British enough.

LOCOG apologizes after flag blunder

2012-07-28 13:33:40

The organizers of 2012 London Olympic Games has issued a statement of apology after mistakingly using the national flag of ROK for the DPRK team before an Olympics group match of women's football.

First world record

2012-07-28 10:45:00

Legally blind archer Im Dong-hyun set the first world record of the London Olympics on Friday and then added another as South Korea broke the team record.

Athletes can keep pants on

2012-07-28 10:31:39

Danish soccer player Nicklas Bendtner's ambush marketing stunt will not lead to a series of checks on athletes' underwear during London 2012.

Queen 'parachutes' into Olympics opening ceremony

2012-07-28 09:44:22

Queen Elizabeth II stunned the world by "parachuting" into the London 2012 opening ceremony, triggering a huge roar from the spectators at the Olympic Stadium.