US women rip world record

LONDON (AP) – The United States continued its surge up the Olympic medal rankings Friday with a record-breaking victory in the women’s 4×100-meter relay. The crowd cheered wildly as Carmelita Jeter crossed the line as the clock marked 40.82 seconds well below East Germany’s 41.37 record from 1985. Teammates Tianna Madison, 200-meter champion Allyson Felix and Bianca... 

What’s new? Pinoys lay egg

Caluag eliminated LONDON – In another disappointing campaign in the world’s biggest, toughest show of them all, Team Philippines will head home in a fews days holding an empty bag again and looking for answers on what went wrong in the 30th Olympic Games.  Read More »

UK, Turkey win 1st Olympic taekwondo golds

LONDON (AP) – It was a day of taekwondo firsts for Britain and Turkey. The U.K.’s Jade Jones and Turkey’s Servet Tazegul won their country’s first ever Olympic gold medals in the combat sport on Thursday.  Read More »

THUNDER BOLT

Jamaican sweep in 200 meters LONDON (AP) – Usain Bolt sprinted into Olympic history Thursday, becoming the first man to win the 100-200 double at consecutive games. Bolt slowed up crossing the line as he led a Jamaican 1-2-3 in the men’s Olympic 200 meters at the Olympic Stadium, raising his finger to his lips in what looked like a failed attempt to silence the 80,000strong crowd’s... 

US pair makes Olympic history

LONDON (AFP) ­- America’s Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings made Olympic history on Wednesday when they defeated compatriots Jen Kessy and April Ross to claim their third consecutive beach volleyball title.  Read More »

Water polo: Italy stuns Hungary

LONDON (AP) ­- Italy brought an end Wednesday to Hungary’s decade-long domination of men’s Olympic water polo, upsetting the three-time defending champions 11-9 to advance to the semifinals of the London Games.  Read More »

Bolt eyes to complete double

LONDON (AFP) ­ – Usain Bolt strolled ever closer to Olympic immortality on Wednesday as American sprinter Allyson Felix made it third time lucky to win the women’s 200m crown. Jamaican superstar Bolt – chasing an unprecedented second successive 100m-200m double – booked his place in Thursday’s 200m final with an imperious semi-final victory, easing up after 100m to qualify... 

Upsets rock boxing’s Last 8

LONDON (AP) ­ – Munkh-Erdene Uranchimeg of Mongolia pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the Olympic boxing tournament Wednesday night, stunning second-seeded light welterweight Tom Stalker of Britain and his home crowd with a 23-22 victory.  Read More »

Allyson delivers

LONDON (AP) – The United States dominated Wednesday night’s track events at the London Games, taking three out of four golds, including in the biggest race of the night ­ the women’s 200 meters. That prize finally went to Allyson Felix, who twice missed out and had to settle for silvers at the Beijing and Athens Olympics. Felix won in 21.88 seconds, beating Jamaica’s... 

Caluag struggles

LONDON – If the result of the time trial is any indication, then BMX rider Danny Caluag is in for a tough, bumpy ride on Thursday afternoon. But the Filipino-American, the last man standing for the embattled Team Philippines, said the outcome of the seeding run doesn’t worry him a bit, adding it’s in the quarterfinals where the real battle begins in the sport that’s...