Beijing Express

Beijing signs off with another awesome display, next stop London 2012

Beijing packed another pyrotechnic punch at the Bird’s Nest tonight for the closing ceremony of the 29th Olympiad.

Of superstars & tragic heroes

It wasn’t just the Chinese. Every single person in Beijing for the Olympics had planned their schedule around a 9.45 pm presence...

Vijender, still good as gold

First, note the name. It’s Singh, Vijender Singh. A couple of hours after stomaching the disappointment of losing his semi-final bout...

Vijender fights today, Jeetu and Akhil by his side

Physio Heath Matthews on the unique band of brotherhood in the Indian boxing squad

The road less travelled

The next time, naturally very soon, you see Sushil Kumar, look away from his medal and see his ears. Like a tree has rings...

Plucky Vijender punches his way into history

Boxer Vijender Kumar won his middleweight-75 kg bout to get India its first Olympics boxing medal.

Three medals full

Remember this day. The day India got two medals, one bronze and the other upgradable to gold or silver.

India find medal path

You all may not have given me a chance, Sushil Kumar told reporters after getting a bronze medal, but I knew otherwise.

Surprise party in Beijing

The view from the press conference room can be mildly instructive. The finals for the women’s 400m...

The Great Hope of China dashed, Beijing stops in its tracks

Three dates were to have strung together the story of the Beijing Olympics. July 13, 2001, when news of the city getting...

Akhil floats, Gojan stings

“Harney ka dum rakhna chahiye,” Akhil Kumar said after his unanticipated loss in the bantamweight quarter-finals...

Phelps makes it 08/08/08/08: Maybe it was meant to be, my lucky number...

Michael Phelps got his eighth gold medal today, with the 4x100m medley relay, slashing the world record by 1.34 seconds...

Born to run, fast and steady

Location matters. In races that demand vastly different skills, runners from two particular parts of the world have marked...

7th gold and 7th world record wait for Phelps on Saturday

His 100-m butterfly is today, his shortest and, perhaps, his toughest

Paes-Bhupathi grind to a halt against hungry Federer

There was a time Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi could come to a match, any match, and expect to be expected to win.