Olympics: China unveils streamlined London team
China has announced a team of 396 athletes for the London Olympics, a far smaller delegation than four years ago when it topped the gold medal table on home soil.
Kazakhstan paralympians to get $50 thousand for gold
Seven paralympians will represent Kazakhstan at London Olympics.
Olympics: Meditating Buddhist monk saddles up for London
He'd prefer enlightenment to a medal, but when Japan's horse-riding Buddhist monk Kenki Sato saddles up for London 2012, he'll be representing one of the Olympics' more unusual families.
Olympics: Champions suffer bitter twist of fate
Olympic Games medallists don't always live happily ever after.
'All the Bells' to ring out start of London Olympics
Church bells, bicycle bells, handbells, ship's bells, and even mobile phones will sound across Britain in a "cacophonous, amazing sound" to mark the start of the Olympics.
Football: Beckham's absence allows young stars to shine
Beckham's shock absence from the Olympic football tournament has provoked a storm of controversy, but Stuart Pearce's decision to axe the aging star means the young prodigies will take their rightful place in the spotlight.
Nazarbayev opened Kazakhstan Equestrian President’s Cup
Nursultan Nazarbayev has officially opened one of the stages of Equestrian World Cup - Kazakhstan President's Cup.
Serik Sapiyev criticized Kazakhstan national Olympics team uniform
Kazakhstan national team captain doesn't like Kazakhstan Olympics team uniform. He spoke of it after the team tried it on.
Nazarbayev met with Kazakhstan's national Olympic team
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114 Kazakhstan athletes to take part in London Olympics
Kazakhstan national team is making all the necessary arrangements before the XXX Summer London Olympic and XIV Paralympics Games.
Olympics: Italian legend seeks sixth gold
Italian veteran Valentina Vezzali will seek to bring the curtain down on her career at the London Games by claiming a record sixth fencing gold.
Olympics: Russia seeks to regain superpower status
Russia is seeking to win a treasure trove of gold medals across a dozen sports at the Olympics to remind the world it remains a sporting superpower two decades after the USSR's collapse.
Tennis: Kukushkin, Voskoboyeva and Shvedova will take part in London Olympic Games
Mikhail Kukushkin, Galina Voskobyeva and Yaroslava Shvedova have made it into the list of participants of the London Olympics.
Kazakhstan tennis professional made it into the history of tennis with a golden set
Kazakhstan tennis professional Yaroslava Shvedova has played a golden set and won over Italian Sara Errani 6:0, 6:4 at Wimbledon Championship.
Olympics: Gold and cash stir slumbering India
India used to be content with a steady stream of Olympic hockey titles, but a first individual win -- and millions of dollars in funding -- may have prodded the Asian giant from its slumbers.
Football: Spain crush Italy to win historic Euro 2012 crown
Spain confirmed their status as one of the greatest national teams in football history by overwhelming Italy 4-0 in Sunday's Euro 2012 final in Kiev to retain their European crown.
Nazarbayev presented 11-y.o. hockey-player with hockey stick in Ust-Kamenogorsk
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev visited an in-door hockey center with an artificial ice coating in Ust-Kamenogorsk.
Kazakhstan gained two spots in archery for 2012 Olympics
Two Kazakhstan athletes Denis Gankin and Anastassiya Bannova have qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London.
Cycling: Astana is ranked fifth in UCI rating
Kazakhstan's Astana cycling team has retained the fifth line in Union Cycliste International (UCI) rating.
11-y.o. Kazakhstan chess-player became world's youngest grandmaster
Zhansaya Abdumalik fulfilled the requirements of the international grandmaster and improved her rating in two tournaments by 102 points.