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......

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 -......

Phelps makes splash with 17th medal on day of records

Swimmer Michael Phelps won his 17th Olympic medal to take him closer to the all-time mark, but his US freestyle relay team were upstaged by France as records fell in the pool on Sunday's second......