Heart-warming gesture by Manchester City's Laporte

The defender buys French boxer's kit in auction, hands it back IMAGE: Manchester City defender Aymeric Laporte. Photograph: Lee Smith/Action Images via Reuters Manchester City defender Aymeric......

More records fall as legendary Phelps wins his 19th Olympic gold

IMAGE: Michael Phelps of USA celebrates. Photograph: David Gray/Reuters. Michael Phelps won the 19th gold medal of his Olympic swimming career on Sunday after helping the US men's team to victory......

IOC 'shocked' by death of French athletes in helicopter crash

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Tuesday mourned the death of three French sports stars, including two Olympic medallists, in a helicopter accident during the filming of a reality show.......

Doing the swimming 'double'... without much trouble

Swimming in Olympics is synonymous with medals and records. The London Games is no exception. Nine world records and 15 Olympic records were broken during the course of the week that......

Phelps 5th-fastest in 200m butterfly qualifier

Michael Phelps opened defense of his Olympic title in the 200-meter butterfly with the fifth-fastest qualifying time in the preliminaries on Monday. - London Olympics 2012 - Complete coverage -......