Olympics: Record-setting Chinshanlo from Kazakhstan wins -53kg class
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.
Olympics: Medals up for grabs as London Games open
Medals are up for grabs in cycling and swimming on Saturday after a spectacular opening ceremony to the London Olympics was watched by more than one billion TV viewers.
America misses out on live London Olympic ceremony
A billion people across the globe turned on their TVs to watch the opening ceremony of the London Olympics live Friday, but very few of them were in US.
Nursultan Nazarbayev met with Tony Blair in London
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev met with former Prime-Minister of Great Britain Tony Blair.
Olympics: Chinese doctor reveals state-sponsored doping
Chinese Olympians were subjected to a state-sponsored doping regime in the 1980s and 1990s, a retired chief medical supervisor revealed to Australian media on Friday.
Olympics: North Korea flag blunder mars day one
London's Olympics got off to an embarrassing start Wednesday when North Korea's women footballers refused to play after a mix-up over their national flag, in one of a series of blunders.
Olympics: London boasts most expensive medals
The eight tons of gold, silver and copper unearthed from mines in Mongolia and Utah and now under guard at the Tower of London is the largest ever haul used to make Olympic medals.
Olympics kick off but flag error sparks protest
Britain's women footballers kicked off the 2012 Olympics on Wednesday, two days before the opening ceremony, but controversy erupted later over a mistake with the North Korean flag.
Kazakhstan’s President arrives in London on a working visit
He is expected to have a number of bilateral talks and attend the London Olympic Games opening ceremony.
Olympics: World leaders, VIPS flock to London for ceremony
Thousands of VIPs including some 120 national leaders will jet into London for Friday's Olympic opening ceremony, with guests ranging from Angelina Jolie and Michelle Obama to the king of Swaziland.
Olympics: London 2012 in numbers
From the 10,490 athletes heading to London, to the flock of 70 sheep taking part in the opening ceremony on July 27, AFP takes a look at the 2012 Olympic Games in numbers.
Olympics: London prostitutes 'cleaned from the streets'
The London Olympics are not big business for everyone -- sex workers say they are being cleared from the streets around the stadium to make the area more presentable for the Games.
Olympics: London cracks down on unofficial souvenirs
The London Olympics pop up on teapots, bunting and a one-eyed mascot -- but strict branding laws are in place to ensure that official products are the only ones in the race.
Turkish Airlines lost Kazakhstan Olympic team's canoe
Turkish Airlines have lost a part of Kazakhstan canoe slalom sportsmen's luggage on the way to London.
Kazakh community lives peacefully and luxuriously in London
Journalists of Mir TV-channel found out how Kazakhstan businessmen and artists live in Great Britain.
Kazakhstan athletes will not fast during Olympics
Kazakhstan athletes will observe the sawm (keep a fast) straight after London Olympic Games.
Olympics: 21,000 journalists swarm into London
With less than two weeks to go before the Olympic Games, hordes of competitors are pouring into London from across the globe and limbering up -- but they're not athletes.
Designer says future US uniforms to be made in USA
It's too late for London, but US Olympians in 2014 will be clad in Ralph Lauren-designed uniforms made in the United States.
US lawmaker wants China-made Olympic outfits burned
The US-China Olympic rivalry heated up in an unfashionable way Thursday when a top US lawmaker suggested burning the US team's outfits for the London opening ceremony because they were made in China.
Kazakhstan Olympic team officially seen off to London
Dinamo Physical Training and Sports Society has arranged an official farewell to the sportsmen going to London Olympics.