Public enthusiasm for attending the 2012 London Olympic Games has risen almost 30% following the Beijing Games, a survey for the BBC suggests. A phone poll of 1,000 adults during the closing weekend of the Beijing Games suggested that 32% would attend the London event, up from 25% in February.

Vijender Kumar, India's first ever Olympic boxing medal winner, will be the flag bearer of the Indian contingent at tomorrow's closing ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, an IOA official today said.

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The row is still continuing over allegation that the Women’s Chinese Gymnast team is underage. The Chinese team has taken gold over in Beijing easil

After being praised world over for their spectacular opening ceremony, reports from China now suggest that some of the grand fireworks were in fact staged and not real.