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Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh-Jennings of the United States win their third straight Olympic beach volleyball gold. These girls are untouchable! 
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Great Britain claim best Olympics gold medal haul for 104 years as track cyclist Laura Trott wins second title. Host nation GB are enjoying epic success!
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Great Britain capture their first Olympic showjumping gold in 60 years by winning a jump-off against the Netherlands. Team GB Gold rush continues! Peter Charles, Scott Brash, Ben Maher and Nick Skelton, well done. Piers Morgan I hear more GSTQ!
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Charlotte Dujardin’s record score riding Valegro helped Britain take a slender lead over Germany on Friday after the two-day first round of the Olympic dressage competition. Dujardin's score of 83.663 broke the Olympic record. Read more at "Olympic records broken during team dressage competition at London Games." US Results: US rider Steffen Peters, a four-time Olympian and a former World Cup champion on Ravel, scored 77.705, finishing in sixth individually. Rafalca, co-owned by the wife of US presidential hopeful Mitt Romney and ridden by Jan Ebeling, scored 70.243 percent to place 30th out of 50 riders. Tina Konyot and Colecto V scored 70.456 and Adrienne Lyle and Wizard finsished on 69.468. Going into the next round of the dressage competion, the US team is in fifth place behind Great British, Germany, Netherlands and Denmark. Dressage competition continues August 7 for the dressage team medal and August 7 and 9 for the individual medal. Photo: Charlotte Dujardin and Valegro break Olympic record with score of 83.663 in the dressage competiton August 3 at the 2012 London Olympic Games / Diana DeRosa photo Via Linda Macklin
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Britain's Andy Murray set up an Olympic revenge mission against Roger Federer booking his Olympic tennis finals spot after beating Novak Djokovic in the semis... Poor lad has to play two finals today, but we know the Scotsman has it in him! Go Murray, this time its yours!
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Brilliant results from these talented young women winning gold at the velodrome yesterday, breaking a world record, and Olympic record. Only thing missing would have been to lap the Americans, that would have been the cherry on the cake ! Alopecia, athsma, glandulor fever, these girls have each faced personal challenges. Winning gold at the Olympics made our hearts melt, their stories making their success seem all that more deserved.
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Olympic rowing was one of the first sports introduced to the Olympic Games in 1896. London 2012 has so far generated a magnificent display of medals for the GB rowing Team. But how did rowing evolve from a means of transport and warefare to become a sport and what exactly is it doing in the Olympics?
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Great Britain claimed gold and silver in the two-man canoe slalom in front a jubilant home crowd. Happy times for Team GB, so much so that the team threw themselves into the water to celebrate, which got the crowd going even more.
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Steve Morrison didn't get his Olympic campaign off to the brightest start - despite a good luck message from Paul McCartney.Along with Ben Rhodes, the duo finished in twelfth place in both heats... Morrison and Rhodes have just won 1st place in the Men's 49 Race 7. It seems that the strength of character shown in the face of their loss Tuesday (12th place) has enabled them to continue on to win today's race with a great time of 29:47. They seem to have found some effective Compeed for that initial blister* of a performance...
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"Britain won silver in the 200m breaststroke final on Wednesday night, completing a stellar fifth day for the Great Britain team." Oh yeaaaah, Michael Jamieson made my day yesterday, finishing off what was an awesome day for TeamGB at last. The best bit, we honestly didn't have him down for such a performance. None of the usual build up which so far seems to doom most of our athletes to imminent failure. Its his first Olympics and I didn't know that much about him? But I'll remember him now, especially for the quote " would have made gold if the pool has been a bit longer"
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Stephanie Houghton scores her third goal in three games at the Olympics as GB beat Brazil to set up a quarter-final against Canada. Third straight win in a group for Team GB women's football against Brazil.
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A round-up of the latest news, views and gossip from the 2012 Olympic Games in London. All the tears, successes, euphoria and disappointment from Day Three London 2012 Olympics
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Britons Katherine Grainger and Anna Watkins break the Olympic record as they reach the double sculls rowing final. Well done Team GB!
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Beth Tweddle finally achieved her dream of winning an Olympic medal when she took bronze in the uneven bars at London 2012... The medal we were all rooting for!
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Britain's Ben Ainslie clinches his fourth successive gold medal to become the most decorated Olympic sailor in history. TeamGB, you're rockin' this Olympics big time! Gold for Ben Ainslie and silver for Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson. Get in!
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Sport is suppose to be pure competition between human being, based on the individual merits and talents of men and women. That is why we have referees and rules : As a rule of nature, in sport we are not all equal. That is also why the debate around performance enhancing drugs and technological and scientific advancements in this domain are so controversial: technology and sport go hand in hand yet they hinder sport as a competition. Using performance enhancing technology surely means that everybody and everybody would be able to win? probably he or she who has the most money and/or sponsorship! Where should we draw the line, and can we draw the line in the face of ever-advancing technology an innovation? This article suggests that its up to sportsmen and sportswomen as well as spectators to know when to say stop.
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Euphoric Britain glories in winning six Olympic gold medals in a day – and there are hopes for even more victories today. All Olympic sports from now on should require either a bike or a boat. Sure, OK, a couple of exceptions to the rule to make it fair play: the long jump, heptathlon and men's 10,000m for example. And a race including each of the above sports. Team GB top of medal table hands down!
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The hyperbole about the greatest show on Earth seemed justified as event after event, athlete after athlete was upstaged... Jessica Ennis won Olympic heptathlon gold for Great Britain in front of a rapturous home crowd in the Olympic Stadium. But thats not all. Within the same hour, Greg Rutherford then went on to win Britain Gold for the long jump and Mo Farah took a magnificant Gold in 10,000m. Team GB rock! Awesome results for awesome athletes supported by an team of (wait for it...) awesome professional trainers, scientists and engineers. Well deserved medals for beautiful performances and lots of long term dedication. Criticism that the Olympics only promotes elitist athletes and fails to integrate grassroots models to encourage amateur athletes have lead to the suggestion that professional athletes should not receive Olympics medals. Looking at the display of professionalism and dedication for out GB team over the last week, who would dream of not rewarding them for such performances for their country. Bit of perspective please people!
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"It's another great day for Britain with gold in the rowing..." 6 medals for Team GB to date in the rowing, putting us on par with our Beijing 2008 Olympics rowing success and the possibility of winning a further 3 finals this Saturday. Rowing is one of Britain’s most successful Olympic sports. GB Rowing Team has won 24 gold, 20 silver and 10 bronze medals in the history of the Olympic Games up to 2008 and is the only GB sport to have won gold at every Games since 1984.
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Greenwich fighter Gemma Gibbons has won her semi-final in the under-78kg division at ExCeL to ensure either a gold or silver medal for Great Britain. And shes just done it, showing amazing stamina in what was a very difficult match against Audrey Tcheuméo. She just kept on the attack, didn't let up and eventually got her opponent down in a cracking performance. Shes nailed the semi-final and is now through to the final. One step away from Gold for Team GB.
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Michael Phelps wins a record 19th Olympic medal as he helps the US team to claim victory in the 4x200m freestyle relay. Michael Phelps overtakes Larisa Latynina as all time medal winner.
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Cyclist Bradley Wiggins becomes Britain's most decorated Olympian with victory in the London 2012 time trial, with Chris Froome taking bronze. King of the road, King of the Mods, or with those side burns "The King" aka Elvis Presley spings to mind. Who cares, he gets away with his quirky look a) because of his awesome taste in music and b) because he was the first Brit to win the Tour de France EVER and he just won GB its second olympic medal in London 2012. "Chapeau" to Wiggins, as the French would say
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Stephen Moss: To the sound of Robbie Williams, and in front of Royal relatives, the Regal One scored well in the dressage on top of High Kingdom... Zara Philipps is living up to the pressure of the media at London2012 Olympics.
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Bobby White: In the opening period against France Team GB played the best handball of their careers... Team GB show some flair on the pitch, even if it was not to last. Well, its true that in the end we took quite a beating from the French side, who, after their shame at their failure to qualify in the Euro championships just recently, needed to prove to both their followers and themselves that they are capable of winning the Olympics. But that taken into account, we held our own for a first Olympic appearance.
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