Football
Football gold for Mexico
Mexico's players celebrated after winning gold in the men's football final match between Brazil and Mexico at Wembley stadium during the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Spain's football team crashes out of Games
Spain's bid to add Olympic gold to their world and European titles ended in failure on Sunday with a shock 1-0 loss to Honduras.
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...
'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.
Best of British: hope turns to glory
Richard Hinds A gold medallist lay prone on the track. Sheer relief had, momentarily, eclipsed any sense of jubilation. The roar of the crowd still pounded in the ears.
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...
Coates: compulsory sport a missing link in medal evolution
Caroline Wilson THE president of the Australian Olympic Committee, John Coates, has urged Australian swimming to ''have a look at themselves'' and has blamed the federal government's failure to introduce compulsory...
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.
An underhand grab for glory, with a painful twist
Robert Dillon Call it dirty pool. At the highest level of any sport, you are always likely to encounter competitors with a whatever-it-takes mentality, who have no qualms about making the quantum leap from...
Shock gold marks gymnast out as face of Rio 2016
Phil Lutton Like stories about venues not being ready on time and dissertations on what athletes wear to the Opening Ceremony, having a bona fide "Face of The Games" is obligatory for Olympic hosts in the modern...
Fears that deliberate losses are widespread
Samantha Lane ATHLETES are angry. Officials are embarrassed. But more significantly, Olympic competition is tainted.
Irish eyeing gold as Taylor swings into action
Peter Hanlon Great Britain suffered a rare defeat on Monday, when rowdy support for the game efforts of a Liverpudlian female boxer was drowned out by a gathering of delirious, flag-waving Irish singing Fields Of...
Try telling Irish hope women's boxing shouldn't be in the Games
Great Britain suffered a rare defeat on Monday, when rowdy support for the game efforts of a Liverpudlian female boxer were drowned out by a gathering of flag-waving Irish singing The Fields Of...
Fan with tickets to every day of Olympics dies at the velodrome
A British sports fan who had tickets for every day of the London Olympics died after collapsing at the velodrome at the Olympic Park, media reports say.
Weight of expectation too much for Steiner as Salimi takes gold
Phil Lutton As one Olympic champion brutally crumpled to the floor, another rose to iconic status in his home country during a dramatic final session of weightlifting at London's ExCel Centre.
Battle-hardened coach at peace with past as Kookaburras chase fickle fortune
Greg Baum IT IS the blank that can never be filled in, the itch that can't be scratched. In 16 years as an Australian hockey international, Ric Charlesworth estimates he played against New Zealand 30 times and...
A way to keep eyes on the prize
One has acquired more Olympic medals than any other athlete in history. The other was knocked out of the Games after 250 seconds. But Michael Phelps and Ashley McKenzie, the 23-year-old British No.
A porthole to this city's soul
Peter Hanlon As much as these Games have been about Great Britain showing the world it has well and truly moved with the times in terms of athletic achievement, they have been a nod to the past.
Attar's sprint a step in the right direction for women's rights
Jacqueline Maley A lot of gumph is spoken about athletes as role models, but Sarah is one.
