Basketball
Boomers impress US basketball coach
Phil Lutton Not long after his band of merry NBA megastars had torn the beating heart from the chest of arch-rivals Argentina, Team USA coach Mike Krzyzewski was handing out praise for the fighting spirit of...
Aus v USA Men's Basketball
Australia played the USA in the Men's Basketball Quarterfinal in London with the USA winning a comfortable 119-86 victory.
USA basketball stars win gold
LeBron James has declared his gold-medal winning United States "one of the best teams ever" as the group of superstars combined to clinch Olympic Games glory against Spain in a final score of 107-100.
Basketball
Teams have 'strategically' lost basketball matches: Opals coach
Robert Dillon and Chris Dutton Opals coach Carrie Graf has made the remarkable claim that some international basketball teams ‘‘strategically’’ lose matches but denied Australia endorsed such policies or that it undermined the...
Basketball
Injury-hit US name basketball squad
The injury-hit United States named its 12-man basketball squad for the London Olympics, with Blake Griffin, Andre Iguodala and James Harden nabbing the final three roster spots.
The price of gold
Robert ''Bob'' Ellicott remembers the moment when Australia's Olympic dream factory became real. It was November 1978 in Canberra.
Athletes ready to roll up and wow
Jim White Here's something I discovered recently: it is not easy controlling a wheelchair. Certainly not the kind used in wheelchair rugby, which look as if they have been knocked up out of an old supermarket...
Missile can use London flop as launchpad for Rio redemption: Phelps
Michael Cowley Michael Phelps has a simple message for James Magnussen: Olympics don't get any easier, but a disappointment on sport's largest stage can prove to be a catalyst for greatness – as it was for...
Six to watch: Monday 6 August
Scott Spits Spectators will want to catch the women's pole vault final and men's 400m final in athletics.
'Second to a Brit': Australia's Olympic journey so far
Greg Baum Last night, Mitchell Watt represented Australia's last fingerhold on its Olympic dignity.
Badminton boss 'sorry' as athletes expelled over match-fixing scandal
Samantha Lane The head of international badminton has defended the sport's position at the Olympics in light of the scandalous disqualification of eight athletes for deliberately throwing matches.
Force kids to do sport: Coates
Caroline Wilson, London Olympic chief John Coates has urged Australian swimming to ''have a look at themselves'' and also blamed the federal government's failure to introduce compulsory school sport in the wake of...
Russia's capitulation raises eyebrows
Chris Dutton It could have simply been an off day but Russia’s loss to France in the women’s basketball has reignited the tanking debate after a bizarre performance in their last Olympic Games pool match.
Live coverage: London Olympics Day 9
Phil Lutton It's the day we've all been waiting for ... men's 100m final day. The day when Usain Bolt can etch his name in history by defending his crown as the world's fastest man.
Mills hits buzzer-beating three-pointer to down Russia
Australia's Patrick Mills sank a three-pointer at the game-ending buzzer to give the Boomers a thrilling 82-80 triumph over previously undefeated Russia at the Olympic men's basketball tournament.
$2m a second: what the gold is worth to Bolt
Glenda Kwek Less than 10 seconds on the track and more than $19 million in sponsorships ... and that was before this morning's 100-metre final.
Mills hits buzzer-beating three-pointer to down Russia
Chris Dutton A Patrick Mills buzzer-beater will send the Australian Boomers into the quarter finals oozing with confidence as they toppled Russia on Monday.
Rapper's delight: Ludacris cheers Durant and Co to crushing win
Phil Lutton Well-known American rapper Ludacris was in the crowd for the USA-Argentina match at the Olympic Basketball Arena, but he wasn't the only thing ludicrous about the show.
What price medals?
Chris Johnston, Marc Moncrief, Caroline Wilson AUSTRALIA'S performance at the London Olympics, its worst result in 20 years, has cost taxpayers $10 million for each medal won.
Fears that deliberate losses are widespread
Samantha Lane ATHLETES are angry. Officials are embarrassed. But more significantly, Olympic competition is tainted.
