South Korean rhythmic gymnast Son Yeon-Jae has been named one of the 11 most beauriful athletes for this years London Olympics. Pantene, global hair care brand under Procter
Chinese boxer Zou Shiming is happy to have made his country proud but is even more delighted to have fulfilled his promise to his 13-month-old son. Zou defended
LONDON (AP) — Saori Sakoda spiked Japan back to the Olympic podium in women’s volleyball. Sakoda scored 23 points, including the match-winning kill, in Japan’s straight-set victory over
LONDON–The London Olympics closed Sunday night, leaving lingering memories of many smiles and tears. Athletes who fulfilled their dreams, and those who couldn’t do so, gazed at the
China’s Xue Chen and Zhang Xi were left to nurse keen disappointment after losing out in the women’s beach volleyball bronze medal match despite having been only two
LONDON (AP) — Middleweight Ryota Murata won the second boxing gold medal in Japan’s Olympic history Saturday night, edging Brazil’s Esquiva Falcao 14-13. Murata is the only Japanese
South Korea’s soccer players won bronze with a 2-0 win over Japan, but many admitted they were also celebrating an even greater prize: the chance to skip military
She had wanted to end it with some good old-fashioned give-and-take wrestling. Instead, Carol Huynh got two trips to the magic tiebreaker cylinder. Both times after scoreless rounds,
LONDON — Lee Dae-hoon won silver in the men’s under-58-kilogram taekwondo competition Wednesday at the London Olympics. Lee lost to Joel Gonzalez Bonilla of Spain 17-8 in the
LONDON : Taekwondo fighter Pen-ek Karaket may retire after his unsuccessful campaign at the 2012 Olympics. Seen as one of Thailand’s best gold medal hopes, Pen-ek lost in
Team Vietnam had female judoka Van Ngoc Tu kick-start its London Olympics journey on July 28, whose first phase wrapped up with 13 athletes going home empty-handed, and
LONDON–In what will likely be his last Olympics, Koji Murofushi came out with another medal. The fact that it was bronze does not detract from its luster. Murofushi
With Gold medal favorite Liu Xiang unfortunately injured in his 110m heat, China’s hopes for a medal in the hurdles turned to countrymen Xie Wenjun and Shi Dongpeng.
LONDON — The champion hurdler Liu Xiang, the most prominent athlete from China competing in the London Games, suffered another painful Olympic exit on Tuesday morning. Liu Xiang
LONDON — Kieron Achara scored 16 points and Britain sent the home fans into a frenzy by winning its first men’s basketball game at the Olympics since the
LONDON – China’s Chen Yibing, nicknamed “king of rings” failed to wrap up his career Sunday with an Olympic gold on his specialty, but a silver from disputed
There was disappointment for Hong Kong swimmer Stephanie Au at the London Olympics. She came last in her heats in 100 metres backstroke, with a time of one
Beijing 2008; both the men’s and women’s table-tennis finals have an all Chinese line up. Four years on at London 2012 and nothing has changed. The undoubted Chinese’s dominance
LONDON — Li Xuerui left no doubt who was the best women’s badminton player in the world when she beat world champion Wang Yihan in the all-Chinese final
Destinee Hooker scored 19 points and the U.S. women’s volleyball team clinched the top spot in their pool with a preliminary-round victory over Serbia in straight sets at
LONDON — Chen Ding started celebrating before the race was even over. He captured gold for China in the 20-kilometer walk at the London Olympics on Saturday by
After overcoming a shaky start and a nagging sense of self-doubt, Marcel Nguyen smiled in disbelief as he touched the silver medal hanging around his neck – proof
Yi Jianlian, a 7ft tall former NBA basketball player, carried the Chinese flag into the Olympics opening ceremony. He was the eighth successive representative of his sport to
After conducting a thorough investigation, we are led to believe that this picture was taken during a Bronze Medal quarter-final match from the Women’s 48kg Judo competition at
Lin Qingfeng went some way to restoring China’s reputation as a weightlifting superpower after taking Olympic gold in the men’s 69kg tonight. China dominated proceedings on home soil
LONDON – The doping suspicions surrounding Chinese swimmer Ye Shiwen aren’t going away anytime soon — and that’s a good and a bad thing. It’s good because it
Japanese gymnast Kohei Uchimura had a controversial dismount during his last routine, so Japanese coaches appealed the scoring … with a crisp Benjamin. The Japanese officials brought money
LONDON — North Korea’s Om Yun Chol joined an exclusive group of weightlifters Sunday who have lifted three times their body weight in the clean and jerk —
At just 16, U.S. table tennis player Ariel Hsing has already made her Olympic debut a smash success. After winning her first two matches, she just narrowly lost
Gold medalist Kaori Matsumoto of Japan, Silver medalist Corina Caprioriu of Romania, Bronze medalist B Automne Pavia of France, Bronze medalist A Marti Malloy of the United States
LONDON — The Chinese men, who seemed sluggish and unenthusiastic when they qualified only sixth among the eight teams that advanced to the gymnastics team final, came out
The team, including gymnasts Phan Thi Ha Thanh, Do Thi Ngan Thuong, and Pham Phuoc Hung left Monday for a 10-day training session in London, together with the
LONDON — The bronze age arrived for Japanese swimming on Monday as Ryosuke Irie, Aya Terakawa and Satomi Suzuki all took third in their respective events at the
LONDON (AP) — A Swiss soccer player was expelled from the Olympics on Monday for his threatening and racist message on Twitter about South Koreans. The comments by
Kyla Ross father is black and Japanese. Her mother is Filipina, white and Puerto Rican. Kyla is often overlooked on the U.S. women’s gymnastics team. It’s no shock
South Korea put themselves in a commanding position to qualify from Group B of the Olympic football tournament as they defeated Switzerland 2-1 in an enthralling contest at the
