London Olympics - Day 12

THE Australian men’s water polo team have come agonisingly close to upsetting three-time defending champions Hungary in their classification stage...

THE defence of Steve Hooker's pole vault gold medal has been knocked off its perch like the bar he so desperately tried to clear in the Olympic...

CROWDS were treated to some classic Australian rock at today’s synchronised swimming Free Routine Final when the Aussie team performed to AC/DC.

RUMOURS that the Spice Girls will be reuniting to perform at the closing ceremony look to be true after the band were pictured apparently rehearsing.

NEW Zealand sailors Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie go by the name Team Jolly and they were just that after they won gold in the women's 470 at Weymouth.

AUSTRALIAN rider Sam Willoughby has claimed the silver medal in the final of the men's BMX after falling behind defending champion Maris Strombergs.

THE Hockeyroos have finished 5th at their third consecutive Olympic Games, defeating China 2-0 in today’s 5th/6th place playoff.



AUSTRALIA'S Ky Hurst has finished 20th behind crowd favourite Oussama Mellouli in the men’s 10 kilometre marathon swim in Hyde Park

MALCOLM Page and Mathew Belcher won the men's 470 dinghy gold medal, ensuring Australia will finish on top of the Olympic sailing regatta medal table.

GREAT Britain's Nicola Adams sealed her place in history as the first ever women's Olympic boxing champion.

THE Australian women's water polo team has clinched a dramatic 13-11 extra-time victory against Hungary in the bronze medal match.

AUSTRALIAN sailors Mathew Belcher and Malcolm Page's race for gold in the men's 470 has been delayed after racing was abandoned because of a lack of...

CLEANERS on London’s Tube network have gone on strike for 48 hours in a dispute over bonus payments they have demanded for working during the Olympic...

THE Australian Opals have suffered heartbreak in the semi-finals of the women's basketball after going down to the United States.

AUSTRALIAN riders Sam Willoughby and Khalen Young have survived the carnage of the men's BMX quarter-finals at the London Olympics.

THE Australian Kookaburras have seen their dreams of gold be dashed away after losing 4-2 to Germany in the semi-finals at the London Olympics.

MELISSA Gorman has finished a gallant 10th in the women’s 10 kilometre open water marathon, in a race where there was at times more contact than...

AUSTRALIAN bronze medallist Chris Morgan has had to show his medal as proof of identity after security staff did not recognise his photographic...

DIANA Matheson scored a last-gasp goal to earn Canada the Olympic bronze medal at the expense of France at the City of Coventry Stadium.

MAN mountain Robert Harting can teach the rest of the Olympic athletes a thing or two about celebrating a gold medal in style.

AUSTRALIA lead from start to finish in the men's kayak four 1000m to win its first gold at Eton Dorney.

GOLD Coast schoolgirl Brittany Broben put together a diving lesson of her own, progressing through to the final of the women’s 10m platform.

EDWINA Tops-Alexander didn’t have the dream ending she had hoped for, after two rails down in the final round of the jumping pushed her out of medal...

CHINA has completed another sensational clean sweep of the Olympic table tennis competitions after wrapping up the final gold medal on offer.

THE New Zealand Black Sticks have been beaten by the Netherlands 3-1 in a shootout after the scores were level at 2-2 after extra time.

A FINAL quarter Serbian comeback has sunk Australia 11-8 in the quarter-finals of the men's water polo at the London Olympics.