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Nicola Adams stands one more win away from realising her 17-year-old dream of hanging an Olympic boxing gold medal around her neck afte...
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Showjumper Nick Skelton could not quite repeat his historic Olympic victory - but it is a miracle he is competing at all.
The brave 54-...
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Scott Brash and Nick Skelton missed out on medals as Switzerland's Steve Guerdat won the individual Olympic showjumping gold at Greenwi...
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Cyclist Sir Chris Hoy has paid tribute to his wife as the emotional support behind his charge to become Britain's most successful Olymp...
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Double gold medal winner Laura Trott said she still feels like "a 10-year-old kid" despite her Olympic track cycling success.
The 20-ye...
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Liam Phillips bounced back from a broken collarbone with a strong start to his Olympic BMX campaign at the London 2012 Velopark.
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Great Britain's Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark are mathematically assured of a medal in the women's 470 sailing class at London 2012.
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British hopes of a gold medal in the water rest on Keri-Anne Payne's shoulders on Thursday when she takes to the Serpentine for the 10 ...
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Taekwondo coach Steve Jennings will make sure Sarah Stevenson is fully focused to deliver Olympic success this week, but knows his wife...
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Alistair Brownlee has revealed a diet of Yorkshire puddings and pies helped him become the men's Olympic triathlon champion.
Brownlee h...
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Great Britain's Shanaze Reade was fifith as world time-trial champion Caroline Buchanan of Australia was the fastest qualifier as the B...
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Great Britain's dressage heroes are determined to make more Olympic history on Thursday when they fight it out to add individual gold t...
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Charlotte Dujardin's former dressage coach openly admits she has struggled to contain her emotions this week.
Judy Harvey is working as...
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Great Britain hockey forward Iain Mackay believes there are a number of players in the squad looking for revenge over Holland on Thursd...
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Olga Butkevych wants to continue the feel-good factor around Team GB by winning Britain's first medal in women's wrestling on Thursday....
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Nicola Adams will fight old foe Ren Cancan of China for the women's flyweight boxing gold medal on Thursday after getting the better of...
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Steve Lewis progressed to the pole vault final and sets his sights on matching the achievements of his room-mate Greg Rutherford, who t...
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Daniel Awde was forced to withdraw from the decathlon with a knee injury after the second event, the long jump.
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Great Britain's Stevie Morrison and Ben Rhodes saw their hopes of a bronze medal in sailing's 49er class end today.
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Mo Farah feels there is a target on his back following his Olympic 10,000m triumph, but vowed to give everything in his bid for an hist...
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History will be made on Thursday when Great Britain compete in the synchronised swimming team event in the Olympics for the first time....
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Great Britain's rhythmic gymnastics have overcome a rocky road to reach the Olympic Games but they are now ready to face the challenge,...
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Sophie Hitchon improved her own British record on the way to qualifying for the London 2012 women's hammer final.
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Britain's Daniel Awde made a superb start to the gruelling decathlon with a personal best in the opening event in the Olympic Stadium.
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Tim Brabants ended the canoe sprint men's 1000m K1 final in eighth place as Norway's Eirik Veras Larsen won gold.
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Great Britain's Stevie Morrison and Ben Rhodes believe they have a "fantastic opportunity" to claim bronze in the 49er class today.
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Great Britain hockey midfielder Anne Panter insists the players are determined to find a return to their best form in the most importan...
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A triumphant and emotional Sir Chris Hoy today began the next phase of his life after securing a sixth Olympic gold medal.
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Robbie Grabarz is looking forward to plenty of parties after completing a remarkable rise by landing an Olympic medal in the high jump....
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Team GB surpassed their Beijing haul yesterday by taking their gold medal tally to 22, with 48 accrued overall, and here we take a look...
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Basketball is played by two teams, made up of five players and seven substitutes. The aim of the game for each team is to get the ball into the elevated baskets at eithe...
Sailing competition is run in different classes, or types of boats. In any race, only boats of the same class compete against each other.
The 10 classes of boats...
Swimming is a hugely physical and demanding sport, with athletes competing over distances from 50m to 1,500m in the pool. Swimmers need huge strength and stamina to...
Modern football has evolved from a game played in streets and schools in the mid 1800s to the most widely played game on earth played in almost every town and village in...
Rowing is one of Britain’s most successful Olympic sports winning 24 gold, 20 silver and 10 bronze medals in the history of the Olympic Games up to and including B...
Handball is played in an indoor court between two teams, of seven players each. The players’ objective is, by only using their hands, to throw the ball into the go...
Traditional six-a-side indoor volleyball is referred to at the Olympic Games as volleyball. So the Olympic sport of volleyball has two disciplines - beach volleyball and...
Water polo is a highly physical team sport in which the players of each squad try to score as many goals against the opposition as they can, while preventing their rival...
Although Judo is a martial art, its practice and methods are based around gentleness. Giving way to the strength of the opponent, adapting to and using it to your advant...
Beach volleyball is the outdoor equivalent of volleyball and – despite its glamorous, sun-kissed image – is every bit as grueling as its indoor counterpart.
The Olympic competition schedule consists of 47 events; 24 for men and 23 for women.
Athletics is an exclusive collection of sporting events that involve competi...
Synchronised swimming is often described as �water ballet’, because of the dance-like movements swimmers make to music, and its theatrical character. Even th...
A game consists of two 35-minute periods, with a 10 minute interval for half-time.
There are 12 teams of 16 players which are placed into two pools of six for th...
A sport about technique every bit as it is about pure strength. Weightlifting has been around as long as competition itself.
Weightlifting consists of two moveme...
Archery is truly a historic sport – a contest of mind and body control, as well as precision – and has roots dating back to its use as a weapon of hunting an...
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