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Mexican Olympic medalist shot in head

MEXICO CITY: Noe Hernandez, a Mexican who won the silver medal in race walking at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, lost his left eye and was in serious condition Monday after being shot in the head in a bar, reports said.

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Bid chief says Spain needs Olympic games now more than ever

OLYMPICS: Madrid winning the right to host the 2020 Olympic Summer Games would deliver just the boost that is needed as Spain battles against a gruelling recession, the bid leader Alejandro Blanco told AFP in an interview.

Obama hails women's soccer team's Olympic gold

FOOTBALL: US President Barack Obama congratulated the US women's football team after it clinched a 2-1 victory over Japan at the Olympic final at London's Wembley Stadium on Thursday.

Jamaica eye sprint dominance after Bolt heroics

ATHLETICS: Jamaica's sprint kings will enter the home stretch of their golden Olympic campaign tonight after Usain Bolt's historic defence of his 100m and 200m crowns.

At 13, youngest Olympics competitor keeps it simple

Phuket Sport / Olympics

Monday 6 August 2012, 11:26AM

OLYMPICS: Togo's 13-year-old swimmer Adzo Kpossi, the youngest competitor at the London 2012 Olympics, trains in a hotel pool and wears costumes bought on sale at the market.

Spectators blown away by 'electric' 100m showdown

Phuket Sport / Olympics

Monday 6 August 2012, 11:24AM

OLYMPICS: Breathless, stunned and trying to make sense of it all, spectators who watched Usain Bolt win the Olympic men's 100m final said seeing it live was a mind-blowing experience.

Man arrested for throwing bottle on 100m track

Phuket Sport / Olympics

Monday 6 August 2012, 11:22AM

OLYMPICS: A man was in police custody Monday after being arrested for throwing a bottle onto the track the second the men's Olympic 100m final was about to start, London police said.

Funding blamed for Australia medal drought

Phuket Sport / Olympics

Monday 6 August 2012, 11:15AM

OLYMPICS: Australia's most senior member of the International Olympic Committee Monday blamed the country's dismal London Games medal haul on cuts in government funding, as New Zealand mocked its neighbour.

Athletics centre-stage as Phelps chases more gold

Phuket Sport / Olympics

Friday 3 August 2012, 11:37AM

The first track and field medals go up for grabs at the Olympics here Friday as American swimming superstar Michael Phelps chases his third gold of the Games.

Support for Hooper's Aboriginal flag shirt

Phuket Sport / Olympics

Wednesday 1 August 2012, 01:05PM

Indigenous leaders have defended Australian boxer Damien Hooper's decision to wear a T-shirt with the Aboriginal flag at the Olympics, saying he should not have to apologise for the move.

Badminton players charged with 'throwing' matches

Phuket Sport / Olympics

Wednesday 1 August 2012, 01:03PM

Eight women badminton players at the Olympics were charged by the sport's governing body on Wednesday with 'throwing' matches to secure an easier draw in the next round.

Thai weightlifter grabs Olympic silver

Phuket Sport / Olympics

Tuesday 31 July 2012, 09:13AM

A huge effort by 58kg Thai weightlifter Pimsiri Sirikaew won her an Olympic silver medal late last night (July 30).

Thai boxer fuming after defeat

Phuket Sport / Olympics

Tuesday 31 July 2012, 09:11AM

Thai lightweight Saylom Ardee was left feeling he had been cheated out of an upset win over world bronze boxing medallist Gani Zhailauov here on Sunday in their Olympic bout.

Medal-shy Thais back badminton hope for glory

Phuket Sport / Olympics

Tuesday 31 July 2012, 09:10AM

Off a dusty road in a Bangkok suburb away from the city's skyscrapers, a badminton school gathers around a television to watch the London Olympics -- and the daughter of its cleaner in action.

Malaysian mum-to-be targets gold

Phuket Sport / Olympics

Tuesday 24 July 2012, 06:18PM

SHOOTING: When Malaysia's first women's Olympic shooter takes aim in London, she will offer a silent prayer to Allah to keep her unborn child from kicking until the mum-to-be can pull the trigger.

Malaysian Olympians can postpone Ramadan fast

Phuket Sport / Olympics

Tuesday 24 July 2012, 06:16PM

OLYMPICS: Malaysian Islamic and Olympic officials said athletes from the predominantly Muslim country are excused from fasting for Ramadan while competing at the London Games.

Giggs wants Team GB to go beyond London

Phuket Sport / Olympics

Friday 20 July 2012, 10:00AM

OLYMPICS: Ryan Giggs wants the Great Britain football team to continue beyond the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Thai sailor's bid for Olympic glory

Phuket Sport / Olympics

Wednesday 18 July 2012, 02:18PM

OLYMPICS: Thai sailor Keerati Bualong is now training in Weymouth, England, and is preparing for the London 2012 Olympics, which start next Friday (July 27).

Are athletic records reaching their limits?

Phuket Sport / Olympics

Tuesday 17 July 2012, 04:41PM

OLYMPICS: The motto of the Olympics – "Faster, Higher, Stronger" – paints a picture of relentless athletic record-breaking.

Obama backs 1992 USA team in Olympic debate

Phuket Sport / Olympics

Tuesday 17 July 2012, 04:40PM

BASKETBALL: American President Barack Obama waded into the USA Olympic basketball debate Monday, saying the 1992 Dream Team with Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley would have beaten the 2012 Olympic team.

Mongolia goes for gold with London medals

Phuket Sport / Olympics

Tuesday 17 July 2012, 04:39PM

OLYMPICS: In the sand dunes and dirt tracks of the Gobi Desert, Mongolia is staking its place at the heart of the Olympics by providing metal for the medals that will be handed out in London.

Genetically Modified Olympians?

Phuket Sport / Olympics

Monday 16 July 2012, 02:16PM

OLYMPICS: As athletes get ready to smash Olympic records in London, scientists are in a high-stakes race of their own to develop a test that will unmask anyone altering their genes in a desperate quest for gold.

Russian wrestles for gold after poison trauma

Phuket Sport / Olympics

Monday 16 July 2012, 02:15PM

OLYMPICS: Ahead of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, life seemed golden for Russia's freestyle wrestling star Bilyal Makhov.

21,000 journalists swarm into London

Phuket Sport / Olympics

Monday 16 July 2012, 02:12PM

OLYMPICS: With less than two weeks to go before the Olympic Games, hordes of competitors are pouring into London from across the globe and limbering up -- but they're not athletes.

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