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Archer Sherab Zam and shooter Kunzang Choden, both 28-year-old women, are the only two athletes to represent the remote kingdom at the 2012 Games, competing on wildcard entries allocated to ensure all 204 National Olympic Committees can take part even if no athletes have qualified.
Japan's Yuki Ota has promised to slash and lunge his way to Olympic fencing gold in London and banish the lingering demons after taking the silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Games.
Sprinter Anna Meares, self-described "old duck" of Australia's track cycling team, will draw on the enthusiasm of her youthful team mates to propel her to a record-breaking medal in the sport at the London Games.
The London Olympics are giving "brand Britain" a fillip in China and India, a survey indicated on Saturday, boosting the UK government's ambition of attracting an extra one billion pounds of inward investment and trade.
Former Argentina national coach Sergio Batista landed at Shanghai's Pudong Airport on Friday for talks with Chinese soccer club Shanghai Shenhua about becoming their new boss.
Chinese sportswear brand Anta releases outfits designed for the medals presentation ceremony at the London Games, at the China Sport Show 2012 in Beijing.
Olympic-related items exhibited and sold at Beijing Sport Show 2012 were popular, May 18, 2012.
New York's police chief said on Wednesday he was impressed with security planning for this summer's London Olympics, rejecting suggestions that U.S. officials were concerned about arrangements for the games which start next month.
NBCUniversal on Wednesday unveiled plans to air more than 5,500 hours of coverage of the upcoming London Olympic Games online and across its various television networks, including more than 270 hours on flagship broadcaster NBC.
South Korean taekwondo competitors going for gold at the London Olympics know the price of failure will be extreme. Such is Koreans' pride in their national sport that coming home without a gold medal would be tantamount to treason.
When Australian rower Duncan Free was lying on a Gold Coast road with a shattered femur after being hit by a car less than a year ago, it looked like his dreams of competing in a fifth Olympics were over.
Foiled at the last in Beijing, Romanian fencer Ana-Maria Branza believes the experience will stand her in good stead to step up from silver to gold at this year's Olympic Games in London.
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