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Rowing body chief Oswald runs for IOC …
By Karolos Grohmann LONDON (Reuters) - World rowing federation (FISA) boss Denis Oswald became the fifth candidate for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) More »
Reuters - 15 minutes agoIOC sets September 1 deadline for India …
By Sudipto Ganguly MUMBAI (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee has set India a September 1 deadline for a new election to facilitate the country's return More »
Reuters - 2 hours 33 minutes agoStores shut, schools close amid curfew …
By Paulo Prada RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro ordered shops closed in one of its biggest slums early Thursday, defying efforts to More »
Reuters - 14 hours agoRichards-Ross to make comeback after …
By Julian Linden NEW YORK (Reuters) - For most of her life, Sanya Richards-Ross has done everything at full speed. As an Olympic sprinter, it is an occupational More »
Reuters - 17 hours agoU.S. basketball team driven by international …
By Larry Fine (Reuters) - The star-studded U.S. national basketball team cannot afford to get complacent about being the sport's superpower given the pace of More »
Reuters - 19 hours agoKrzyzewski to stay as U.S. basketball …
By Larry Fine (Reuters) - Mike Krzyzewski said on Thursday he is returning for another term as the U.S. men's national basketball team coach with the aim of leading More »
Reuters - 23 hours agoBoxing chief Wu confirms IOC presidency …
(Reuters) - Taiwan's world boxing chief (AIBA) President Ching-kuo Wu announced his intention to run for International Olympic Committee president on Thursday, More »
Reuters - Thu, May 23, 2013 6:33 PM PHTSigns point to Krzyzewski staying as …
(Reuters) - USA Basketball is set to name its men's coach for the next Olympic cycle and all signs point to Mike Krzyzewski, who has already led Team USA to a pair More »
Reuters - Thu, May 23, 2013 5:36 AM PHTKenyan runner Mary Keitany expecting …
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Twice London marathon champion Mary Keitany will not compete this year because she is expecting her second child, a close friend of the Kenyan More »
Reuters - Thu, May 23, 2013 4:00 AM PHTPregnant Cheruiyot out of world cha …
Kenya's double world 5,000m and 10,000m champion Vivian Cheruiyot is expecting her first child and will not be defending her titles in Moscow this summer, the More »
AFP News - Thu, May 23, 2013 1:18 AM PHTHome-town funeral for UK sailor Simpson …
The funeral of former Olympic sailing champion Andrew Simpson will take place in his home town of Sherborne, southwest England on May 31, the Royal Yachting More »
AFP News - Wed, May 22, 2013 9:59 PM PHTJapan hammer-thrower Murofushi loses …
The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Wednesday said it had rejected an appeal by Japanese hammer-thrower Koji Murofushi against his exclusion as a candidate for More »
AFP News - Wed, May 22, 2013 5:45 PM PHTCheruiyot expecting first child, aims …
(Reuters) - Vivian Cheruiyot is not defending her world 5,000 and 10,000 metres gold medals in Moscow in August because she is expecting her first child, the Kenyan More »
Reuters - Wed, May 22, 2013 11:57 AM PHTAnchoring ban brings cheers and jee …
By Larry Fine NEW YORK (Reuters) - The decision on Tuesday by golf's rule-makers to ban the anchoring of putters brought cheers and jeers from among prominent More »
Reuters - Wed, May 22, 2013 2:05 AM PHTWorld champion Cheruiyot to miss Moscow …
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan world 5,000 and 10,000 meters gold medalist Vivian Cheruiyot said on Tuesday she will not defend her titles at the Moscow world athletics More »
Reuters - Wed, May 22, 2013 1:37 AM PHTPistorius rules out track return this …
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius, who is charged with murdering his girlfriend, will not compete in any events this year, More »
Reuters - Tue, May 21, 2013 12:21 AM PHTFraser-Pryce eases home, Jeter stretchered …
By Adam Jourdan SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Olympic 100 metres champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce eased to victory on a damp evening at the Shanghai Diamond League meeting More »
Reuters - Sun, May 19, 2013 1:25 AM PHTWrestling makes drastic changes to please …
By Gennady Fyodorov MOSCOW (Reuters) - Wrestling has introduced drastic changes designed to keep the ancient sport in the Olympic programme, the newly-elected More »
Reuters - Sun, May 19, 2013 1:25 AM PHTJames victorious but Merritt in Shanghai …
Olympic champion Kirani James powered to victory against his controversial predecessor and his main rivals from London 2012 in the 400m at Shanghai's Diamond League More »
AFP News - Sun, May 19, 2013 1:21 AM PHTDane Hoyer Larsen elected BWF presi …
By Angie Teo KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Badminton's world governing body (BWF) will create a separate commission to deal with match-fixing problems, Poul-Erik Hoyer More »
Reuters - Sat, May 18, 2013 5:41 PM PHT
Overall Medal Count
| Rank | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 46 | 29 | 29 | 104 |
| 2 | China | 38 | 27 | 23 | 88 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 29 | 17 | 19 | 65 |
| 4 | Russia | 24 | 26 | 32 | 82 |
| 5 | South Korea | 13 | 8 | 7 | 28 |
| 6 | Germany | 11 | 19 | 14 | 44 |
| 7 | France | 11 | 11 | 12 | 34 |
| 86 | Philippines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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