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Russian diva Yelena Isinbayeva goes for a third Olympic gold medal on Monday, aiming to prove she remains the undisputed queen of women's pole vaulting.

• 06 августа 2012, 16:47

Kazakhstan's Olga Rypakova won Olympic gold in the women's triple jump on Sunday.

• 06 августа 2012, 10:27

Kazakhstan's Ilya Ilyin set two new world records as he stormed to Olympic under-94kg men's weightlifting gold at the ExCel Arena on Saturday.

• 05 августа 2012, 02:04

Kazakhstan's Svetlana Podobedova lifted the total of 291kg. 4 Olympic gold medals is a record for Kazakhstan.

• 04 августа 2012, 18:46

Kazakhstan's Svetlana Podobedova won the Olympic Games women's -75kg weightlifting gold medal on Friday with a total lift of 291kg.

• 04 августа 2012, 11:22

Following in the footsteps of the likes of Jesse Owens and Carl Lewis cannot be easy, but Usain Bolt has carried the heady mantle of the world's fastest man with a fun-loving dignity.

• 04 августа 2012, 10:02

Carmelo Anthony says the US Olympic team of NBA stars was not trying to send a message to the original Dream Team when it scored the most points in a game in Olympic history in routing Nigeria 156-73.

• 03 августа 2012, 12:41

The London 2012 Olympics appears to be deterring tourists from the capital's centre after warnings of travel chaos and overpriced hotel rooms.

• 03 августа 2012, 11:25

After 30 years of war, the London Olympics are a distant dreamworld for most Afghans -- and even the 130,000 NATO-led troops from 50 countries watch the television broadcasts with weapons close at hand.

• 03 августа 2012, 10:01

One of the star Chinese badminton players disqualified from the Olympics for throwing a match has announced she is quitting the sport, saying her dreams had been "heartlessly shattered".

• 02 августа 2012, 18:47

An Australian mentor of Chinese swimming sensation Ye Shiwen has slammed claims her Olympic achievements were fuelled by drugs, saying he was "100 percent certain" the teenager was clean.

• 02 августа 2012, 16:30

South Korean newspapers and netizens were generally scathing Thursday about their country's involvement in the Olympic badminton scandal, with one paper terming the affair a national embarrassment.

• 02 августа 2012, 14:48

Kazakhstan national team is ranked 8th by medal count after the 5th day of London Olympics-2012.

• 02 августа 2012, 11:46

Japan's judo coaches have admitted their Olympic Games team has performed below expectations after claiming just one gold medal over the first four days of competition.

• 01 августа 2012, 15:46

China's Olympic delegation has launched an investigation into allegations its star badminton players threw a match, state media said Wednesday, in the latest controversy to strike the Chinese team.

• 01 августа 2012, 11:32

Two incidents involving Kazakhstan symbols at London Olympics-2012 outrage the country's citizens.

• 31 июля 2012, 20:55

Jose Ramirez is seen as the man who can finally deliver the United States Olympic lightweight gold 20 years after the great Oscar de la Hoya did in Barcelona and on Sunday he did little to discourage that notion.

• 31 июля 2012, 11:26

China surged clear at the top of the Olympic medals table on Sunday, as two world records fell in the pool on a night when France stunned swimming's superpowers to take a dramatic relay gold.

• 30 июля 2012, 15:28

Alexandre Vinokourov of Kazakhstan claimed an unexpected but deserved win in the men's Olympic road race Saturday, wrecking Mark Cavendish's hopes of delivering a first gold of the Games for the hosts.

• 30 июля 2012, 11:39

Kazakhstan's Zulfiya Chinshanlo set a world record in the clean and jerk as she powered to Olympic gold in the women's -53kg class.

• 30 июля 2012, 10:28