Third successive gold for Slovakia's Hochschorner brothers
Twin brothers Pavol and Peter Hochschorner of Slovakia claimed their third successive Olympic gold medal in the men's canoe C2 doubles event Friday, beating the Czech Republic into second place. The Hochschorners won with a time of 190.82 seconds while Czechs Jaroslav Volf and Ondrej Stepanek got silver with a time 2.07 seconds slower...

Third successive gold for Slovakia's Hochschorner brothers

Swimming hat-trick for US as Phelps wins sixth gold
American swimmers scored a hat-trick of victories and set three world records at the Beijing Olympics on Friday as superstar Michael Phelps took his tally of gold medals to six. Germany's Britta Steffen broke the US domination with a remarkable comeback in the women's 100 metres freestyle to give her country its first Olympic swimming...

Swimming hat-trick for US as Phelps wins sixth gold

Thrilling victory over Russia dedicated to Georgian people
Amid great political and military tension between Russia and Georgia, two Brazilian-born women took Georgia to a 2-1 victory over Russian in the beach volleyball competition at the Beijing Olympics. Andrezza Chagaz, 31 and Cristine Santanna are naturalized as Georgian in order to have a greater chance of development in their...

Thrilling victory over Russia dedicated to Georgian people

Cancellara, Armstrong get Olympic time trial golds
Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland and American Kristin Armstrong added Olympic road racing time trial gold medals to world titles won earlier in their cycling career on Wednesday. The two-time reigning world champion Cancellara underlined his supremacy in the race against the clock with a big win on the hilly 47.5-kilometres between...

Cancellara, Armstrong get Olympic time trial golds

Tanimoto wins gold for Japan in women's 63kg judo
Ayumi Tanimoto of Japan successfully defended her Olympic title Tuesday when she beat France's Lucie Decosse in the final of the women's 63-kilo judo event at the Beijing University of Science and Technology Gymnasium. Tanimoto secured Olympic gold by ippon with 3 minutes 34 seconds remaining. In the first bronze medal match,...

Tanimoto wins gold for Japan in women's 63kg judo

Security stepped up at Olympic sites
An armoured personnel carrier and heavily armed paramilitary police took up positions on one of the main roads into the Olympic Green on Tuesday as security increased following weekend attacks in north-west China and the murder of a US citizen in Beijing. The armoured vehicle partially blocked the road, which runs behind the main...

Security stepped up at Olympic sites

Pellegrini sets another swimming world record at Olympics
Federica Pellegrini of Italy bettered the women's 200 metres freestyle world record in the Olympic semi-finals at the Beijing Games on Monday. Pellegrini clocked 1 minute 55.45 seconds, shaving seven hundreds of a second off the 1:55.52 minutes Laure Manaudou of France swam at 2007 worlds in Melbourne. It was the fifth world record...

Pellegrini sets another swimming world record at Olympics

Quintavalle takes judo gold for in women's 57kg category
Guilia Quintavalle secured Italy's first judo medal of the Olympic Games Monday when she took gold in the final of the women's 57-kilogram category event Monday at the Beijing University of Science and Technology Gymnasium. Quintavalle defeated Deborah Gravenstijn of the Netherlands, who won bronze four years ago in Athens, by yuko in...

Quintavalle takes judo gold for in women's 57kg category

Veteran Norman in contention at halfway stage of British Open
Greg Norman took the early clubhouse lead in the second round of the 137th British Open and Royal Birkdale Friday thanks to a par 70 round. The 53-year-old Australian, who won the famous Claret Jug in 1986 and 1993, started the day level and although he made three early birdies had to settle for another 70 for a total of 142 after...

Veteran Norman in contention at halfway stage of British Open

Hamilton on pole for Hungarian GP as McLaren dominate
Lewis Hamilton dominated qualifying for Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix ahead of McLaren-Mercedes team-mate Heikki Kovalainen as he seeks his third successive Formula One victory. The 23-year-old Briton set a best time of 1 minute 20.899 seconds, 0.242 seconds ahead of Finland's Kovalainen to capture his fourth pole position of the...

Hamilton on pole for Hungarian GP as McLaren dominate
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