Al-Maktoum wins men&#39;s double trap shooting gold
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ATHENS : Sheikh Ahmed Al-Maktoum&#39;s six-year quest for Olympic glory ended with a historic first ever gold for the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday after he clinched the men&#39;s double trap shooting event.
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ATHENS Hamish Carter won the gold in the men&#39;s triathlon on Thursday, outkicking the world champion and fellow New Zealander, Bevan Docherty, over the final 500 meters.
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Bradley Wiggins has given Britain their second Olympic cycling gold medal in two days, winning the men&#39;s 4-km individual pursuit.
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Union Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday congratulated double trap shooter Major Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore on becoming the first Indian to win a silver medal in an individual event at the Olympics.
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Somehow, Nicolas Massu of Chile summoned the strength and the shots to win his second gold medal of the Olympic Games. That is twice as many medals as the entire United States tennis team won.
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ATHENS, Greece  -- European champion Irina Korzhanenko from Russia released a year&#39;s best of 21.06 meters to win the Olympic women&#39;s shot put gold medal at Olympia.
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Morocco's Hicham El Guerrouj and Briton  Kelly Holmes gave the Athens Games two of its greatest moments  Saturday by surging to victory on the athletics track and claim  historic Olympic doubles.
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Twice world champion Felix Sanchez of Dominican Republic won the men&#39;s 400m hurdles gold medal at the Olympic Games here on Thursday.
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Mavlet Batirov of Russia wins the gold medal Saturday in men's 121-pound (55 kg) freestyle wrestling, beating Stephen Abas of the United States, 9-1.
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American Tyson Gay surged past  Jamaica&#39;s Asafa Powell to win gold in the men&#39;s 100 meters at  the world championships on Sunday.
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Aug. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Carly Patterson won the women&#39;s all- around gymnastics title at the Olympics in Athens, making it a double victory for the US after Paul Hamm won the men&#39;s event yesterday.
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Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - Australia won its first ever Olympic gold medal in men&#39;s field hockey with a 2-1 golden goal victory over the Netherlands on Friday night.
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Manavjit Singh Sandhu and trap shooters Anwer Sultan and Mansher Singh earned India two silver medals.
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President APJ Abdul Kalam on Tuesday night congratulated Major Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore for winning the silver medal in the double trap shooting event at the Olympic games in Athens.
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This time in Athens, the &quot;golden pair&quot; China had prepared for its rivals was Chen Qi and Ma Lin, two Olympic rookies. In the final match played in the Galatsi Olympic Hall in northwest Athens Saturday afternoon
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Sport: American takes 200m gold to become third man in history to win world championship sprint double.
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Argentina capped a golden day in their  history Saturday, beating Italy 84-69 to win the Olympic men's  basketball title for the first time.