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Jessica Ennis ties the knot with fiance
May 19, 10:18 am
London, May 19 (ANI): London Olympics champ Jessica Ennis swapped her tracksuit for a wedding dress as she walked down the aisle in St Michael and All Angels Church on Saturday in Hathersage, Derbyshire.
London, May 2 (ANI): Russia's world discus champion Darya Pishchalnikova will reportedly be facing losing her London 2012 Olympic silver medal and a ban for 10 years from the sport for failing a drug test.
Chris Hoy announces retirement from cycling
Apr 19, 9:52 am
London, Apr 19 (ANI): Six-time Olympic gold medallist Sir Chris Hoy has confirmed his retirement from cycling, saying that he had used 'every last ounce of energy and effort' at the London Olympics.
Pistorius 'unwelcome' at London Olympic Anniversary Games
Apr 17, 9:08 am
Johannesburg, Apr 17 (ANI): Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius, who is accused of shooting and killing his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, will not be welcome at the Anniversary Games to be held at London's Olympic Park this year, according to the organisers.
London, Apr.11 (ANI): With big money sponsor deals in hand, Olympic cycling ace Chris Hoy is now the owner of assets worth 1.2 million pounds.
London, April 8 (ANI): Mo Farah's wife Tania cheated death in a road accident after a drunk driver ploughed into her car on Sunday.
London, Mar 22 (ANI): Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle, who has earned international acclaim for the 2012 London Olympics opening ceremony, has said that the 'feel-good' factor among the British has since faded due to the economic recession.
Elite athletes perform better in memory test
Mar 19, 11:41 am
Washington, March 19 (ANI): Elite athletes excel not only in their sport of choice but also in how fast their brains take in and respond to new information - cognitive abilities that are important on and off the court.
Wellington, Mar 12 (ANI): Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt has been named as the 'Sportsman of the Year' at the 2013 Laureus World Sports Awards.
Sydney, Feb 28 (ANI): Australian swimming legend Dawn Fraser has said that the 4x100m relay squad members who admitted to using the banned drug Stilnox at a pre-London Olympics camp should be removed from the sport for life.
Sydney, Feb 25 (ANI): Australian swimming sensation James Magnussen has blamed his youth for taking a banned drug at the London Olympics, adding that he had been 'hung out to dry' for the incident.
Oz female swimmer accuses male teammates of 'inappropriate behaviour' at London Games
Feb 22, 3:03 pm
Sydney, Feb 22 (ANI): In a further blow to the Australian men's relay swimmers who are facing a panel for their illegal drug use, Olympic swimmer Jade Neilsen has accused James Magnussen and two of his teammates of inappropriate behaviour towards her and a female roommate.
Sydney, Feb 22 (ANI): The Australian men's 4 x 100 freestyle relay team has revealed details about their conduct, including misuse of sleeping pills, during the London Olympics, in a press conference.
Magnussen among Oz swimmers to reveal 'damning' details about drug use in London Olympics
Feb 21, 3:59 pm
Sydney, Feb 21 (ANI): Australian men's 100 metre Olympic relay team, which includes swimming star James Magnussen, is set to reveal details about the misuse of prescribed drugs in the lead-up to their disastrous showing at the London Games, during a press conference on Friday.
Oz Olympic swimmers slammed for 'culturally toxic' booze, bullying incidents during Games
Feb 19, 4:16 pm
Sydney, Feb 19 (ANI): Australian swimmers have been damned by reports that revealed that they had broken team rules on alcohol, prescription drugs, bullying and team curfews during the 2012 London Olympic Games in incidents, which have been described as 'culturally toxic'.
London, Feb 16 (ANI): Great Britain's Olympic star Mo Farah has said that he wants to win more gold medals, in a manner similar to his friend and Olympic star Usain Bolt's phenomenal success at the London Olympics.
Flying squids faster than Usain Bolt
Feb 9, 11:20 am
London, Feb 9 (ANI): Researchers in Japan have calculated that a squid can fly through the air faster than Usain Bolt can run.
London, Jan. 25 (ANI): Jamaican sprint champion Usain Bolt will not be competing in the upcoming Diamond League series to protest against Britain's tax laws.
London, Jan 14(ANI): The security firm, G4S, could lose 100 million pound over the messed up contract, which saw it, fail to provide enough guards for the London Olympics last year.
London, Dec 26(ANI): Around 80 per cent of Britons are of the opinion that the nine billion pounds spent on the Olympic Games was value for money, according to a new poll.
Danny Boyle turns down knighthood for planning London Olympics
Dec 17, 1:12 pm
London, December 17 (ANI): 'Slumdog Millionaire' director Danny Boyle has snubbed a knighthood for planning the remarkable opening ceremony for this year's Olympics.
Washington, Dec. 14 (ANI): Olympic gymnast Gabby Douglas has penned a new book that reveals how tough her life was before she became was one of the shining stars of the 2012 London Olympics.
London Olympics, Queens' Diamond Jubilee 'most-watched TV programmes of the year' in UK
Dec 14, 1:09 pm
Washington, Dec. 14 (ANI): The 2012 Olympics and the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations are one of the 'most-watched TV programmes of the year' in the UK, a new survey has said.
Melbourne, Nov. 28 (ANI): London Olympics and Kim Kardashian were the most searched topics in Australia in 2012, a report has revealed.
London mayor lauds India's Olympic medal winners in Delhi
Nov 26, 2:23 pm
New Delhi, Nov.26 (ANI): London Mayor Boris Johnson, who is currently on a six-day tour of India to promote business links, on Monday, lauded the performance of Indian sportspersons who participated at the 2012 London Olympics and dubbed the country's performance as the best ever till date.
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