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- Adams celebrates a perfect end to Olympics
- Valerie Adams says she could have never imagined her Olympic gold medal ceremony in Auckland could be so perfect.
- Beaming Adams gets gold
- A beaming Valerie Adams blinked back tears as she received her 2012 Olympics shot put gold medal at a ceremony in Auckland.
- Adams home to claim gold medal
- Olympic gold medal winner Valerie Adams was met by a cheering crowd of family and well-wishers as she arrived back in New Zealand on Wednesday.
- Adams invited to second medal ceremony
- A South Auckland sports club is inviting Olympic shot put champion Valerie Adams to a second medal ceremony at its grounds.
- Call for second medal ceremony for Valerie Adams
- A Pacific Island Auckland councillor says there should be a second medal ceremony in South Auckland for Olympic champion shot putter Valerie Adams.
- Tongan group wants Adams ceremony in Sth Auckland
- Auckland's Tongan Advisory Council says the medal ceremony planned for the Olympic champion shot putter Valerie Adams is an insult to members of the public who want to be involved.
- Fans out in force to welcome home Paralympians
- New Zealand's Paralympians have returned home following a successful campaign in London where they won 17 medals.
- Adams to get gold medal next week
- New Zealand shot putter Valerie Adams will finally receive her Olympic gold medal at a ceremony in Auckland next week.
- Coach says he spiked Ostapchuk's food
- The coach of shot putter Nadezhda Ostapchuk, who was stripped of the Olympic gold medal in August, says he intentionally spiked her food with steroids without her knowledge.
- London parade held for Olympic and Paralympic athletes
- London celebrated the end of both the Olympics and Paralympics with a parade for the British athletes on Monday.
- Paralympics NZ to review performance at Games
- Paralympics New Zealand says it may cut funding for some sports that did not perform to expectations at the London Games.
- Fiery finale at Paralympic Games
- After 11 days of sport, the Paralympic Games closed in London on Sunday night in a "festival of flame" honouring Britain's ancient traditions and festivals.
- Pascoe to carry NZ flag
- The New Zealand flag will be carried at the Paralympics' closing ceremony in London by triple gold medallist Sophie Pascoe.
- Paralympics end on high note for NZ
- The Paralympics in London have ended on a high for the New Zealand athletes, with another gold and silver medal won on Saturday.
- Pascoe earns sixth medal
- The Canterbury swimmer Sophie Pascoe has won her sixth medal of the London Paralympics, rounding out her campaign with silver in the 100 metres breaststroke.
- Wellington swimmer wins gold
- Wellington swimmer Mary Fisher has won her fourth medal and her first gold at the Paralympic Games in London.
- Fisher in fourth place in freestyle final
- New Zealand swimmer Mary Fisher set an Oceania record in her 400m freestyle final at the Paralympic Games though that still wasn't enough to win her a medal.
- Sophie Pascoe wins third gold
- New Zealand swimmer Sophie Pascoe has won the 100m freestyle to claim her third gold medal of the Paralympic Games in London.
- Cyclists win silver in time trial event
- Southland tandem cyclists Philippa Gray and Laura Thompson have claimed a silver medal at the London Paralympics. The win pushed the New Zealand team's medal tally above that in Beijing four years ago.
- Paralympians say TV coverage worst ever
- New Zealand Paralympians say the coverage being given to the London Games is the worst it has ever been.
- 4th medal for Pascoe
- Swimmer Sophie Pascoe of Canterbury has won her fourth medal at the London Paralympic Games, with a silver in the 100 metres S10 backstroke.
- Martin sixth in javelin event
- Peter Martin of Waikato finished sixth in the javelin at the Paralympics in London on Tuesday.
- Riders look to compete again in 2016
- Equestrians Rachel Stock and Anthea Gunner have given themselves a pass mark in their debut appearance at the Paralympic Games in London and indicated their intentions to compete in Brazil in 2016.
- NZ now 10th in medals list
- New Zealand now has 11 medals at the Paralympic Games in London, after capturing four more on Sunday and is 10th in the overall medal list.
- Gold medal won by cyclists
- Cyclist Phillipa Gray and her pilot Laura Thompson won gold in the 3000m individual B pursuit at the Paralympics in London on Sunday beating the world champions from Ireland.
- Gold medal for swimmer
- Swimmer Cameron Leslie won gold in a world record time in his individual medley event at the Paralympics in London on Sunday. Earlier, Mary Fisher won a silver medal.
- Bronze medal won by shooter
- Shooter Michael Johnson won bronze in the 10m air rifle standing event at the Paralympics in London on Sunday.
- Another gold medal for Pascoe
- Sophie Pascoe of New Zealand won her second gold medal in world record time at the Paralympics in the women's 100m butterfly on Saturday.
- Fisher's success hailed by coach
- New Zealand Paralympic team high performance coach Mal Humm says the success of swimmer Mary Fisher has been a highlight of the Games in London and her best event - is yet to come.
- More medals for NZ swimmers
- Sophie Pascoe has won a silver medal at the Paralympics, her second medal of the London games, while fellow swimmer Mary Fisher took out silver in the freestyle.
- Cycling bronze for Gray and Thompson
- Tandem cyclists Phillipa Gray and Laura Thompson have won bronze in the 1km time trial at the Paralympic Games.
- Pascoe wins gold for NZ at Paralympics
- Swimmer Sophie Pascoe has won New Zealand's first gold medal at the Paralympics in London, smashing two world records in the process.
- Hawking stars in Paralympics opening ceremony
- The Paralympics have begun in London with a spectacular opening ceremony watched by some 80,000 spectators and featuring a rare public appearance by Britain's most famous living scientist, Stephen Hawking.
- Back injury sidelines cyclist
- 2011 disabled Maori sportsperson of the year, cyclist Jayne Parsons, has had her dream of winning three gold medals at the London 2012 Paralympics dashed - after pulling out due to injury.
- Johnson named to bear NZ flag
- Paralympic shooter Michael Johnson will be the New Zealand flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games on Wednesday evening.
- Southland welcomes home Olympic athletes
- Southland has welcomed home its Olympic athletes with thousands lining the streets of Invercargill to catch a glimpse of the region's medal winners.
- Teams scale peaks to create Paralympic flames
- Four teams are scaling the highest peaks of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland on Tuesday to create the Paralympic flames.
- Thousands cheer return of Olympic athletes
- Thousands of people gathered in Christchurch on Friday to welcome home athletes who took part in the London Olympic Games.
- Call for Jamaica to introduce tougher testing
- Jamaica must bring in tougher testing before the world will accept its sprint stars as honest competitors, the founder of the World Anti-Doping Agency says.
- Adams will have to wait for gold
- A New Zealand member of the International Olympic Committee says Valerie Adams will have to wait until the end of the year to get her London Games gold medal.
- NZ call for all countries to have drug-testing systems
- New Zealand's chef de mission says countries should not be allowed to compete at the Olympic Games unless they have a drug-testing system monitored by the World Anti-Doping Agency.
- Olympic athletes welcomed home
- Hundreds of supporters have turned out to welcome home New Zealand's Olympic athletes.
- Adams to miss welcome for Olympians
- The country's olympic team will be officially welcomed home from the London 2012 Games in Christchurch's Hagley Park on Friday week but Valerie Adams will not be there.
- Adams 'speechless' at getting gold after all
- Shot putter Valerie Adams says she was speechless when Olympic Games chef de mission Dave Currie phoned her to tell her she had won the gold medal in the shot put at the London Games after all.
- Minister has special NZ ceremony in mind
- Sport Minister Murray McCully says there are plans for a ceremony to celebrate Valerie Adams's belated Olympics gold medal win, but it may be some time before she actually receives the medal.
- Suspicions already raised about Belarussian shot-putter
- Drug Free Sport New Zealand says suspicions were raised about disgraced Olympic shot-putter Nadzeya Ostapchuk even before she tested positive for a steroid and was stripped of her gold medal. The gold has now gone to New Zealand's Valerie Adams.
- Swimming and triathlon singled out as under performers
- Swimming and triathlon have been singled out as New Zealand's under performers at the London Olympics, by funding agency High Performance Sport New Zealand.
- Goodbye from London and over to you, Rio
- The 2012 London Games are over: the Olympic flame was extinguished on Sunday night at the end of a spectacular closing ceremony and the Olympic flag was handed over to Rio de Janeiro, host of the next Games in 2016.
- Ugandan upsets Kenyans to win marathon
- The Ugandan runner Stephen Kiprotich has caused an upset in the men's marathon at the Olympics by easily beating the experienced Kenyan pair of Abel Kirui and Wilson Kipsang.
- US basketball stars do it again
- The United States men's basketball team of superstars has delivered at the London Games, winning the gold medal by beating Spain 107-100 in the final.
- Carrington wins canoe sprint gold
- Bay of Plenty kayaker Lisa Carrington has won another gold medal on the water for New Zealand at the Olympics.
- Second gold medal for Farah
- World champion Mo Farah of Britain won the 5,000 metres title and his second Olympic gold medal on Saturday.
- Mexico wins football gold
- Mexico have beaten Brazil 2-1 to win the gold medal in the men's football at the London Olympics.
- Personal best for walker
- New Zealander Quentin Rew has posted a personal best time in the men's 50km walk at the London Olympics.
- Cross country biker places 18th
- Karen Hanlen has finished midway down the field in the Olympic women's cross country mountain biking event.
- US win women's basketball
- The United States won the women's basketball Olympic gold medal by beating France 86-50 in the final on Saturday.
- NZ 15th on medal list
- New Zealand is 15th on the medal table at the Olympic Games in London with five golds, three silver and five bronze - the best performance since the 1988 Seoul Games.
- World record and gold medal for Jamaica relay team
- Jamaica won the Olympic gold medal in the men's athletics 4x100m relay on Saturday and set a world record time.
- Men's hockey won by Germany
- Germany won their second successive Olympic men's hockey gold on Saturday by beating the Netherlands 2-1.
- Russian sets world record in 20km walk
- Yelena Lashmanova of Russia won gold in the Olympic women's 20km walk in a world record time of one hour 25 minutes two seconds on Saturday.
- Golden double for rhythmic gymnast
- Evgeniya Kanaeva of Russia on Saturday become the first rhythmic gymnast to win back-to-back individual Olympic gold medals.
- NZ 9th in javelin
- New Zealand javelin thrower Stuart Farquhar finished ninth in the men's final at the Olympic Games on Friday.
- Golden effort from sailors, Walker rides to silver
- New Zealand athletes have won two more medals at the London Olympics - a gold in the sailing and a silver in the BMX competition - bringing the tally to 12.
- Walker wins silver in BMX
- New Zealand's Sarah Walker won silver in the final of the BMX competition at the London Olympics. Disappointment in Beijing in 2004 was her motivation.
- Home team medal tally now 57
- Great Britain took its medal tally to 57 on Day 14 of the London Olympics on Friday - but missed out on more gold.
- Black Sticks lose playoff for bronze
- The New Zealand women's hockey players have lost to Great Britain 3-1 in their playoff for the bronze medal at the London Olympics.
- Basketball finalists in 2008 repeat
- The United States and Spain will play for the gold medal in the Olympic men's basketball tournament on Sunday in a repeat of the 2008 final in Beijing.
- Men's football bronze winners
- Korea beat Japan 2-0 to claim bronze in the Olympic men's football tournament at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on Friday.
- World record set in women's relay final
- The United States blitzed the field to win the women's 4x100 metres relay final claiming gold and a new world record at the Olympic Stadium in London.
- Carrington qualifies fastest for canoe sprint final
- New Zealand's Lisa Carrington has qualified fastest in the K1 200m canoe sprint to make the final at the London Olympics.
- NZ sailors win gold in 470 class
- The New Zealand women's 470 sailors won gold on Friday, beating a crew from Great Britain in their final race.
- Scott defeated in taekwando
- New Zealand's Vaughan Scott has lost his first-round bout in the taekwando competition at the London Olympics.
- Swimming marathon result
- Oussama Mellouli of Tunisia won the gold medal in the men's swimming marathon at Hyde Park in London on Friday, to become the first swimmer to get medals in the pool and open water. No-one else could keep up with him.
- Review of cycle team relegation wanted
- China wants another review into the relegation of their women's cycling sprint team for an illegal changeover in the London Games final last week which cost the team a gold medal.
- Tribunal clears NZ Paralympian to compete
- A New Zealand Paralympian has tested positive for a banned substance but will be allowed to compete in the upcoming Paralympics in London.
- Dibaba hoping to secure another track double
- With an historic sprint double-double in the bag for Jamaican Usain Bolt, Ethiopian athlete Tirunesh Dibaba hopes also to achieve another track double at the London Olympics.
- Brilliant Bolt wins Olympic double
- Usain Bolt declared himself "the greatest athlete" to have lived after winning an Olympic sprint double.
- New world record set in men's 800m
- Kenya's David Rudisha caused a sensation in the main Olympic stadium on Thursday by winning the 800m in a new world record time of 1min 40.91s.
- Newdick finishes 12th in decathlon
- New Zealand's Brent Newdick has finished 12th overall in the Olympic decathlon.
- US still champions in women's football
- The United States won their third successive women's Olympic football tournament when they beat world champions Japan 2-1 at Wembley Stadium on Thursday. Canada won the bronze.
- Broken leg didn't stop US relay runner
- American Manteo Mitchell competed with a broken leg in the 4x400m relay event at the Olympic Stadium.
- US top of medal table
- The United States has overtaken China at the top of the Olympic medal table, with 90 medals including 39 gold.
- Adams makes boxing history at Games
- Britain's Nicola Adams has made Olympic history, becoming the first woman to win a boxing title.
- Willers into BMX semi, Pickard crashes out
- New Zealand's Marc Willers cruised into the semifinals of the BMX competition at the London Olympics, but teammate Kurt Pickard is out after a heavy crash.
- South Africa into relay final after appeal
- Double amputee Oscar Pistorius has been handed a chance for an historic Olympic medal after South Africa was given the spare ninth lane in the 4x400m relay final despite failing to finish the heat.
- Sailing events postponed at windless Weymouth
- Sailing events at the Olympic Games were postponed on Thursday due to a lack of wind.
- Hungarian hangs on to win marathon swim gold
- Eva Risztov of Hungary held on to win the gold medal for the women's marathon swim at the London Olympics after a desperate sprint finish to the 10km race.
- Dujardin wins individual dressage
- Britain's Charlotte Dujardin has won the Olympics gold medal in the equestrian dressage individual event.
- Olympic Park welcomes two millionth spectator
- London 2012 organisers have hailed the 'passion and spirit' of the British public after the two millionth ticketed spectator passed through the Olympic Park since the Games began on July 27.
- NZ canoeists 7th in finals
- New Zealand canoeists have come in seventh in their finals at the London Olympics.
- Black Sticks men win playoff against Argentina
- The New Zealand men's hockey team have finished their Olympic campaign with a 9th place playoff win against Argentina.
- Campbell out of taekwondo competition
- New Zealander Logan Campbell has missed out on the quarterfinals of the men's under 68kg category in the taekwondo at the London Olympics.
- Bolt 20 seconds away from Olympic double
- Usain Bolt's bid for an unprecedented Olympic sprint double double in the 200m is the highlight of the seventh day of athletics action at the London Games.
- NZ 16th on medals table
- New Zealand is 16th on the medals table at the Olympic Games in London, with three golds, two silvers and five bronzes on Wednesday.
- Walker second in BMX seedings
- New Zealander Sarah Walker justified her reputation as one of the world's best BMX riders, recording the second-fastest time of the 16 competitors in the Olympic seedings round on Wednesday.
- Farquhar in javelin final
- Stuart Farquhar of New Zealand qualified for the men's Olympic javelin final on Wednesday with his first throw of 83.32m.
- Dramatic hurdle event
- There was a sensation in the men's 110 metres hurdles final at the Olympics in London on Wednesday when the leading runner failed to finish.
- Sailors win NZ's 100th Olympic medal
- New Zealand has won its 100th Olympic medal with sailors Peter Burling and Blair Tuke taking a silver in the 49er class at the London Games.
- Black Sticks lose semi thriller against Netherlands
- The New Zealand's women's hockey side will play for the bronze medal at the London Olympics after losing a thrilling semifinal to the Netherlands.
- Kayaking pair miss out on medal
- New Zealand kayakers Steven Fergusson and Darryl Fitzgerald have missed out on a medal in K2 1000m final at the London Olympics.
- Newdick 16th in decathlon, pace too hot for van Dalen
- Brent Newdick of New Zealand is in 16th place after the first five events in the decathlon at the London Olympics.
- Burling and Tuke sail to silver
- Sailors Peter Burling and Blair Tuke have secured the 100th medal for New Zealand at an Olympic Games, taking silver in the 49er class.
- Swiss wins gold in showjumping
- Switzerland's Steve Guerdat has won the individual Olympic show jumping gold at the London Games.
- Big crowd for womens football final
- The Olympic women's football final between the United States and Japan at Wembley will smash the Games attendance record after a late surge in ticket sales.
- Willis apologises for dipping out in 1500m
- Nick Willis came a disappointing ninth in the men's 1500 metres in London on Tuesday. The race was won comfortably by Algeria's Taoufik Makhloufi.
- Five athletes victims of paperwork error
- The New Zealand Olympic Committee has confirmed that five athletes, including shot-putter Valerie Adams, were not registered to compete at the London Olympics.
- Men's hockey team draw with Germany
- The New Zealand men's hockey team has drawn 5-all with Germany in their last pool match at the London Oympics.
- Sprinter snatches cycling bronze for NZ
- Manawatu sprinter Simon van Velthooven has won bronze in the men's keirin at the Olympic cycling velodrome, finishing equal third in a last desperate lunge at the line. New Zealand has now won nine medals at the Games.
- NZ women sailors in lead in 'perfect day'
- The New Zealand women's 470 sailors are in first place of the Olympic regatta with just two races before the medal race.
- British brothers first, third in triathlon; Docherty 12th
- Britain's Alistair Brownlee has taken out gold in the Olympic triathlon, with his younger brother Jonathan coming third. New Zealand's best was 12th for Bevan Docherty.
- Pearson wins hurdles gold for Australia
- World champion Sally Pearson won the women's 100 metres hurdles in a blanket finish to give Australia their first gold medal in athletics at the London Olympics.
- Bolt eases into 200 metre semi-final
- Usain Bolt has started his bid for an unprecedented second Olympic sprint double, cantering to victory in the opening round of the 200 metres.
- Great games for Britain
- Britain is celebrating its biggest haul of Olympic gold since 1908 at a London Games that just keeps on giving for a host nation once famed for its love of plucky losers and heroic failures.
- Cameroon athletes abscond from Games
- Cameroon officials say seven of their athletes have disappeared while in Britain for the Olympics.
- Chinese champion falls at first hurdle
- China's champion hurdler Liu Xiang at least made a start in London but crashed at the first hurdle in the opening round and re-injured his Achilles tendon. He also withdrew in Beijing in 2008.
- Iranian strongest man at London Olympics
- Iran's Behdad Salimikordasiabi has won gold in the headline event of the London weightlifting competition to claim the title of strongest man at the Olympics.
- Brazil football win brings Olympic dream closer
- Brazil's dream of winning an elusive Olympic football gold came a step closer to reality when they beat South Korea 3-nil in a one-sided semi-final at Old Trafford.
- K2 500 canoe sprinters 'stoked' to make final
- New Zealand's K2 500 canoe sprint crew of Lisa Carrington and Erin Taylor have qualified for the medal final on Thursday, and Taylor says they're stoked.
- Last American male boxer leaves the ring
- The last American male boxer exited the London Games to complete a humiliating first Olympics without a medal for the most decorated nation in the sport.
- Silver for Adams, beaten by great rival
- New Zealand's Valerie Adams shed tears of disappointment after failing to win the Olympic shot put on Monday night. Well beaten by her great rival Nadzeya Ostapchuk of Belarus, she had to settle for silver.
- Women Black Sticks to play Netherlands
- New Zealand will play world number one Netherlands in the semi-finals of the women's hockey at the London Olympics.
- Kiesanowski mid pack in cycling omnium
- Cyclist Joanne Kiesanowski is ranked 11th out of 18 competitors at the half-way stage of the women's omnium.
- Fouhy out of medal contention, says sorry
- New Zealand kayaker Ben Fouhy has apologised for his rant against the Sports Funding Agency, saying he had got caught up in the moment after crashing out of the London Games.
- Pritchard loses quarter-final bout
- New Zealand boxer Alexis Pritchard has been defeated in the quarter-finals of the women's lightweight boxing.
- Japan and USA to meet in women's football final
- World champions Japan will face defending champions the United States in the women's Olympic football final.
- US top seedings in Olympic men's basketball tournament
- The United States men's basketball team has claimed top seeding for the Olympic quarter-finals after beating Argentina 126-97 in a bad-tempered game in London.
- Bolt wins men's 100m final, again
- Jamaica's Usain Bolt has retained his Olympic 100 metres crown in spectacular style.
- NZ Rowing says it can do even better
- The achievements of New Zealand's rowers at the Olympics are being hailed as an excellent platform from which to build an even stronger team in the future.
- Docherty says he's taking a low-stress approach
- New Zealand triathlete Bevan Docherty, a two-time Olympic medallist, says he's quite happy to stay under the radar as he heads into his latest Olympic race.
- Edge over Aussies 'pretty good' - Sissons
- New Zealand triathlete Ryan Sissons says it has been "pretty good" for the nation to have a medal advantage over Australia, in terms of golds collected so far at the Olympics.
- Double amputee falls short in semi-finals
- Double-amputee Oscar Pistorius failed in his bid to reach the Olympic 400 metres when the South African athlete fnished last in his semi-final on Monday.
- Willis cruises into final
- New Zealand runner Nick Willis is comfortably through to the final of the men's 1500 metres at the London Olympics - the event in which he won silver at Beijing four years ago.
- Adams left off initial shot put start list
- New Zealand officials are blaming an administrative error for keeping Valerie Adams' name off the initial starting line-up for the women's shot put at the London Olympics.
- Murray beats Swiss rival for tennis gold medal
- Britain's Andy Murray has beaten his nemesis Roger Federer in straight sets to take the Olympic gold medal in the men's tennis singles.
- Sailing crews deliver strong finishes
- Two New Zealand crews have put in good performances in their final races at the Olympic sailing but neither has walked away with a medal.
- NZ pulls off first female Olympic boxing win
- New Zealand boxer Alexis Pritchard has become the country's first female boxer to win a bout at the Olympics.
- Hansen exits cycling sprint after top eight
- New Zealand's Natasha Hansen has been knocked out of the women's cycling sprint before reaching the quarter-finals.
- Ethiopia wins marathon gold, NZer places 15th
- New Zealander Kimberley Smith has finished 15th in the marathon at the London Olympics.
- Black Sticks held to draw with Belgium
- The New Zealand men's hockey team have drawn 1-1 with Belgium at the Olympics, ending any chance of making the semi-finals.
- Five-medal haul best ever for New Zealand rowing
- The London Olympics have been the best ever for New Zealand rowing. A bronze on Saturday night brought the 2012 team's final tally to three gold and two bronze medals.
- Black Sticks almost blow it but beat US 3-2
- The New Zealand women's hockey team has kept its Olympic campaign on track with a hard-fought 3-2 win over the United States.
- Hewitt 'just not fast enough' but pleased with sixth
- New Zealand's Andrea Hewitt is pleased with her gutsy sixth in the Olympic triathlon but says she just wasn't fast enough in the final laps of the run.
- Boyle very happy with how she's improved
- Despite not winning a medal, swimmer Lauren Boyle has been one of New Zealand's standout performers at the London Olympics.
- Cowley finishes 25th in heptathlon
- New Zealand's Sarah Cowley finished 25th in the heptathlon at London's Olympic Stadium on Sunday morning. Great Britain's Jessica Ennis took the gold medal.
- Phelps wins fourth gold to make it 22 medals overall
- The American swimming star Michael Phelps has claimed his fourth gold medal of the London Olympics, in the men's 4x100 metres medley relay.
- Women's pursuit team misses out on bronze medal race
- New Zealand's Olympic women's pursuit team have failed to post a fast enough time to ride for a bronze medal at the Velodrome.
- Serena Williams beats Sharapova to Olympic gold
- Serena Williams has won the women's tennis Olympic gold medal with a 6-0 6-1 demolition of Russia's Maria Sharapova on Wimbledon's Centre Court.
- Three NZ sailing entries through to medal races
- Three of New Zealand's Olympic sailing entries have qualified for their medal races: Andrew Murdoch, Dan Slater and the pair of Hamish Pepper and Jim Turner.
- No podium finish for NZ women triathletes
- New Zealand triathlete Andrea Hewitt has missed out on a medal at the London Olympics. She finished third, while another New Zealand hope, Kate McIlroy, came 10th.
- Cowley throws personal best in javelin
- Sarah Cowley remains near the bottom of the rankings in the women's heptathlon on the second and final day of competition at the Olympic Stadium in London.
- Amputee makes Olympic history
- South Africa's Oscar Pistorius has become the first double amputee to compete on the track at an Olympic Games, qualifying for the men's 400 metre semi-final.
- Usain Bolt storms through first round of 100m
- Superstar sprinter Usain Bolt has eased into the 100 metres semi-finals at the London Olympics showing no signs of the hamstring injury which hampered him at the Jamaican trials.
- NZ tally now 3 gold and 3 bronze
- New Zealand now has six Olympic medals: three gold and three bronze.
- Willis qualifies for 1500m semi-final
- New Zealand flagbearer Nick Willis qualified for the semi-final of the men's 1500 metre race at the London Olympics on Friday.
- Chance for another medal for Phelps?
- Michael Phelps has the chance to add one more medal to his tally on the final day of swimming at the London Games.
- Murray and Federer to play for tennis medals
- Andy Murray of Britain will meet Roger Federer in the Olympic men's singles final on Sunday after a straight-sets win over Novak Djokovic of Serbia.
- Boyle fourth in 800m swim final
- New Zealand swimmer Lauren Boyle just missed a bronze medal in the women's 800 metre freestyle final at the Olympic Games in London on Friday. She came fourth.
- Golden 24 hours for NZ rowers
- New Zealand rowers claimed two more gold medals at the London Olympics within 45 minutes of each other on Friday.
- Cyclists claim bronze in men's team pursuit
- New Zealand has won in a bronze medal in the men's team pursuit at the track cycling at the London Olympics.
- Weightlifting
- New Zealand weightlifter Richie Patterson placed seventh among the Olympic 85kg division's lower-ranked lifters on Friday.
- First female athlete from Saudi Arabia competes
- Wojdan Shahrkhani, the first female athlete from Saudi Arabia, has competed in the Olympic Games, in judo. However, she was defeated in less than 90 seconds.
- New Zealand sailors make medal races
- Two New Zealand crews are advancing to the medal races of their events at the Olympic sailing in London.
- Women's football campaign ends with quarter-final
- New Zealand's women's football team has been knocked out of the Olympics, losing 2-0 to the United States in the quarter-finals.
- Black Sticks lose third pool match
- New Zealand has been beaten 5-1 by the Netherlands in the preliminary round of the Olympic men's hockey.
- NZ heptathlete now 29th
- New Zealander Sarah Cowley is in 29th place after three disciplines in the women's heptathlon on Friday.
- Sole shooter exits Games after qualifying round
- New Zealand shooter Ryan Taylor has not managed to qualify for the final of the men's 50m rifle prone event at the London Olympics.
- Palmer misses out on 50m freestyle semi-final
- New Zealand swimmer Hayley Palmer has failed to progress to the semi-finals of the women's 50m freestyle at the Olympics.
- Women's hockey: Argentina win
- Argentina beat New Zealand 2-1 in the Olympic women's hockey match in London. The half-time score was 1-0.
- Gold medal win creates team momentum - Willis
- New Zealand Olympics team captain Nick Willis says all the athletes will feed off the first gold medal win by men's double scullers Nathan Cohen and Joseph Sullivan.
- Triple Olympic event win for Phelps
- Michael Phelps became the first male swimmer to win the same event at three successive Olympics when he won the men's 200 metres individual medley gold medal at the London Games on Thursday.
- Pursuit cyclists to ride for medal
- The New Zealand men's track team pursuit squad will ride for the medals at the London Olympics on Friday.
- NZ rowing pair win gold medal
- New Zealand has won its first gold medal at the London Olympics, with rowers Nathan Cohen and Joseph Sullivan coming from behind to win the men's double sculls final.
- Olympic sailing progress report
- Paul Snow-Hansen and Jason Saunders made their Olympic debut in the Men's 470 class on day five of the Olympic Sailing competition and positioned themselves well near the top of the fleet.
- No canoe slalom final for Jones
- Luuka Jones is disappointed after finishing 14th in the Olympic women's K1 canoe slalom on Thursday, as she believes she was capable of making the final.
- Tennis semi-finalists
- Three of the top four seeds for the men's singles are through to the semi-finals of the Olympic tennis tournament.
- Boyle in final with record-breaking swim
- The form New Zealand swimmer at the London Olympics, Lauren Boyle, has qualified for the final of the women's 800 metres freestyle.
- Goodbye beloved badminton, says disgraced player
- A Chinese badminton player disqualified from the Olympics says she is quitting the sport. Yu Yang and her partner Wang Xiaoli were among eight players expelled for deliberately losing matches.
- China, US top medal table
- China still tops the Olympic medal table after five days of competition in London.
- Phelps and Lochte through to medley final
- American swimmers Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte set up a last tantalising clash before Phelps retires after the Olympic Games when they qualified for the 200 metres individual medley on Thursday.
- Gymnast thrown out
- Uzbek gymnast Luiza Galiulina has been expelled from the London 2012 Olympics after her B sample tested positive for furosemide, a banned substance.
- Bronze for NZ women's rowing pair
- Rowers Juliette Haigh and Rebecca Scown have won New Zealand's second medal at the London Olympics, battling hard to get a bronze in the pairs.
- Black Sticks too good for India
- The New Zealand men's hockey team have beaten India 3-1 in their second Olympic pool match.
- Wiggins continues golden run
- Britain's Bradley Wiggins won gold in the men's time trial on Wednesday to claim a record seventh Olympic medal for his country.
- Villumsen just misses out on cycling medal
- New Zealand cyclist Linda Villumsen missed out on an Olympic medal by less than two seconds in the time trial.
- NZ crews keeping in top 10
- Six New Zealand crews are in the top 10 of their respective classes after racing on Wednesday at the Olympic sailing regatta at Weymouth.
- Brazil end Oly Whites' Olympic hopes
- The New Zealand men's football team is out of the London Games after losing to Brazil 3-0 in their final pool match.
- Molmenti paddles to Olympic gold
- Italian kayaker Daniele Molmenti has won the final of the Olympic canoe slalom.
- De Villiers knocked out in first round
- New Zealand judo representative Moira de Villiers has made an early exit at the London Olympics.
- Eight badminton players disqualified
- The Badminton World Federation has disqualified eight players after accusing them of "not using one's best efforts to win".
- Kean fails to make 200m backstroke semi
- New Zealand's Gareth Kean has had a disappointing swim in the 200m backstroke at the London Olympics, finishing last in his heat and falling three seconds short of his personal best.
- China tops medal list
- China still tops the medals table at the end of the fourth day of the Olympics in London.
- Badminton players charged with playing to lose
- The Badminton World Federation has charged eight female Olympic doubles players with "not using one's best efforts to win a match."
- Phelps now most decorated Olympian
- US swimmer Michael Phelps became the most successful Olympian ever when the United States won the gold medal in the men's 4x200 metres freestyle relay at the London Games on Tuesday, winning the 19th medal of his career.
- Another gold for Ye
- Chinese swimmer Ye Shiwen won her second Olympic gold medal on Tuesday.
- Equestrian team win first medal for NZ
- New Zealand is on the medals board at the London Olympics after the equestrian team won bronze in the three-day event.
- Football Ferns into quarterfinals
- The New Zealand women's football team qualified for the Olympic quarter-finals by beating Cameroon 3-1 in their final pool match on Tuesday.
- 49er crew going well at Weymouth
- The New Zealand 49er crew of Peter Burling and Blair Tuke are in second place overall after the latest day of racing at the Olympic Sailing regatta at Weymouth.
- Another victory for Black Sticks women
- The New Zealand women's hockey team's dream start to their Olympic campaign has continued with a 4-1 win over South Africa.
- Snyders misses out on final
- New Zealand swimmer Glenn Snyders has missed out on making the final of the 200 breaststroke event.
- Rowers advance at Games
- New Zealand rowers edged closer to medal chances at the London Olympics on Tuesday, led by five-time single sculls world champion Mahe Drysdale.
- Ye's swim unbelievable - US coach
- A row has broken out between the United States and China over a record-breaking Olympic swim, with suggestions of performance-enhancing drugs being used.
- France takes 200m men's freestyle
- French swimmer Yannick Agnel has captured his second gold medal in 24 hours, winning the men's 200m freestyle final.
- Todd in medal contention after cross-country
- New Zealand's master horseman Mark Todd is in line for his fifth Olympic medal, finishing the cross-country phase of the three day event in third place.
- NZ sailors win finn and star races
- New Zealand sailors have had wins on the water at the Olympic Games.
- Double scullers in final, tough break for quads
- New Zealand double scullers Fi Paterson and Anna Reymer are into the final at the London Olympics after placing second in their heat.
- Jones sneaks into canoe slalom semis
- New Zealand kayaker Luuka Jones had to sweat before her place in the K1 canoe slalom semifinals was confirmed at the London Olympics.
- Wiegersma fails to get out of swim heats
- New Zealand swimmer Natalie Wiegersma has failed to make it out of 200m medley heats at the Olympics in London.
- Erakovic out in first round
- New Zealand's Marina Erakovic is out of the tennis singles tournament at the London Olympics after a straight sets loss to Canada's Aleksandra Wozniak.
- Black Sticks beaten by Korea
- The New Zealand men's hockey side have made a disappointing start to their Olympic campaign, beaten 2-0 by Korea.
- Romanian wins shooting gold medal
- Romania's Alin George Moldoveanu has won the men's 10 metre air rifle Olympic shooting gold medal.
- More Olympic tickets to go on sale
- The organisers of the London Olympics say more tickets are to go on sale after the row over empty seats.
- Keys to Wembley Stadium missing
- The keys to Wembley Stadium - the venue for nine Olympic football matches - have gone missing.
- Equestrian team expected to step up
- New Zealand's equestrian team is expected to better their 4th-equal eventing placing when they compete in the cross-country stage at the London Games.
- America's golden boy reduced to silver
- The days when everything US swimmer Michael Phelps touched turned to gold have now officially gone.
- Boyle eighth in 400m freestyle final
- New Zealand swimmer Lauren Boyle has finished out of the medals in the women's 400m freestyle final.
- Women's Black Sticks claim victory over Australia
- New Zealand's womens hockey team is trying to not get carried away with their stunning 1-nil victory over Australia in their opening match of the Olympics.
- Rain postpones Erakovic's first match
- London's weather forced the postponement of the New Zealand tennis player Marina Erakovic's first round singles match at the London Olympics.
- Fans told: avoid Twitter if you want TV coverage
- Sports fans attending the London Olympics have been told to avoid sending non-urgent text messages and tweets during events because overloading of telecommunications networks is affecting television coverage.
- Villumsen places 18th in cycle road race
- New Zealand cyclist Linda Villumsen finished 18th in the 140km Olympic Olympic road race, and says she was just happy to finish in treacherous conditions.
- Bauer does his best as Henderson sidelined
- One of New Zealand's great medal hopes - road cyclist Greg Henderson - had his Olympic dreams dashed by a stomach illness ahead of his race at the weekend.
- Oly Whites draw with Egypt
- New Zealand's hopes of progressing to the quarterfinals of the men's Olympic football tournament are still alive after a 1-all draw with Egypt but they now need to beat Brazil in their final match to have any chance of achieving the feat.
- Sailing regatta gets underway
- New Zealand's Dan Slater is seventh in the fleet of the men's finn race at the Olympic sailing after the first two races.
- Kayaker moves through to semi-finals
- Mike Dawson has qualified for the semi-finals of the men's K1 kayak event at the London Olympics.
- Mixed success for rowers on Day Two
- Former New Zealand Olympic rowing champion Rob Waddell says it was a privilege to see New Zealand rowers break a world record in their heat at the London Olympics.
- Empty seats at sought after events spark anger
- Olympic organisers are scrambling to quell a scandal over television images of half empty stands at the Games.
- NZ rowers set records on strong opening day
- The New Zealand rowers have had a strong start to their Olympic regatta, with a new world record and a new Olympic record set on the first day of the competition.
- NZ athletes get surprise visit from the Queen
- Three of New Zealand's Olympic athletes had an unexpected audience with royalty on Sunday morning after the Queen came to the Olympic village to meet competitors from 10 Commonwealth nations.
- Snyders fails to reach final
- New Zealand swimmer Glenn Snyders has missed out on qualifying for the men's 100m breaststroke final despite an earlier record-breaking swim in the heats.
- Women footballers suffer second loss
- A goal in the final minutes has denied the New Zealand women's football team an upset against the fifth-ranked Brazilian side at the Olympics.
- NZ 9th on eventing table after early dressage results
- New Zealand is in ninth place at the end of the first day of the equestrian eventing at the Olympics.
- Organisers review empty seats at venues
- Organisers have launched an investigation into empty seats on the first day of the Olympics.
- First gold medal goes to China
- China has claimed the first gold medal of the London Olympics in the women's shooting.
- Spectacular ceremony opens Olympic Games
- Flagbearer Nick Willis has led a contingent of 60 New Zealand athletes into London's Olympic Stadium at the spectacular opening ceremony.
- All set for nations of the world to come together
- The biggest event on the global sporting calendar, the Olympic Games, is about to begin in London. It's the 30th Games of the modern era, and the third to be held in the British capital.
- Romney Olympics remark riles London mayor
- The mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has hit out at American presidential candidate Mitt Romney for comments suggesting Britain is not ready to stage the Olympic Games.
- Amazing honour to carry flag, says Willis
- The Beijing 1500m silver medallist Nick Willis will be New Zealand's flagbearer at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.
- Oly Whites beaten by Belarus
- The Oly Whites have lost their opening game of the men's football tournament at the London Olympics.
- Henderson predicts 'professional' road race
- New Zealand cyclist Greg Henderson says he has high expectations for himself heading into Saturday's Olympic road race in London.
- Erakovic learns identity of first opponent
- New Zealand tennis number one Marina Erakovic has been drawn to face Canadian Aleksandra Wozniak in the first round of the women's singles at the London Olympics.
- Football Ferns lose Olympic opener
- The New Zealand women's football team has been beaten 1-0 by Great Britain at the opening event of the London Games.
- 'Hundreds' could be drug cheats at Games
- The New Zealander at the head of the World Anti-Doping Agency believes hundred of athletes at the London Olympics could be drug cheats.
- Coach hoping for knockout event
- New Zealand women boxing coach Cameron Todd says it is important that the sport has a good showing at this year's Olympics.
- 1500m favourite Selsouli out
- Nine track and field athletes have been suspended from the Olympics for doping offences, the International Association of Athletics Federations has announced.
- NZ pair ready - whatever the weather
- The New Zealand favourites to win the men's pair rowing event at the London Games say they're ready to perform at their best - no matter what the weather throws at them.
