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US basketball "Dream Team" records highest score ever at the Olympics

  • Basketball

By Tom Degun at the Basketball Arena on the Olympic Park in LondonAugust 2 - The star-studded United States men's basketball "Dream Team" continued to prove the show stealers at London 2012 as they routed a helpless Nigeria 156-73 to record the highest ever score in the sport at the Olympic Games on their quest for gold.

Tonight we won the game by making shots, shooting a very high percentage."

The first thing we did was take LeBron and Kobe off in the second half and even with Carmelo shooting



Wilson shoots for gold and scores at London 2012

  • Shooting

By Emily GoddardAugust 2 - On a day during which Britain appear to have been given the Midas touch, shooter Peter Wilson has secured the home nation's fourth gold medal of the London 2012 Olympics in the men's double trap.

shots fired, despite missing five shots, including a double.The Dorset star only took up competitive shooting

smashed the world record in Arizona in March, scoring an incredible 198, and is now Britain's first shooting

story at [email protected] storiesJuly 2012: Team GB leader hopes to fire shooting


Canada unveil judo, shooting and wheelchair fencing teams for London 2012

  • London 2012 Paralympics

By David GoldAugust 1 – The Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) has announced their judo, shooting and

Christos Trifonidis will represent Canada at his sixth Paralympic Games in shooting, which is due to

Beijing 2008.He is joined by Doug Blessin, a former wheelchair rugby player who began his international shooting


Venues are "stuffed to the gunnels", insists Coe after London 2012 empty seats embarrassment

  • London 2012

By Andrew Warshaw at the Main Press Centre on the Olympic Park in LondonJuly 29 - London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe today launched a robust defence of his organisation's ticket policy at the Olympic Games, insisting that the swathes of empty seats witnessed at several venues would not continue beyond the early stages of competition.

the venue gaps at the Aquatics Centre and elsewhere even though some venues such as rowing, boxing, shooting


Exclusive: Don't overestimate British medal chances, warns Olympics Minister

  • London 2012

By Mike Rowbottom in The Mall in LondonJuly 28 - Sport and Olympics Minister Hugh Robertson said here today after watching Britain's world champion cyclist Mark Cavendish (pictured, on right) fail to earn a medal in the Olympic men's road race that there was a danger of home medal predictions becoming unrealistically inflated.

a total of four gold medals, including the first one of London 2012 thanks to Siling Yi in the shooting



Chinese shooter wins first gold medal of London 2012

  • Shooting

where it left off four years ago, China won the first gold medal of the London 2012 Olympics at this shooting

with another Chinese athlete, Dan Yu (pictured above, right), winning bronze.As a newcomer to Olympic shooting

competitors were dressed rather like skateboarders.Siling Yi competes in the women's 10m air rifle shooting

than rifles.When they fired, the noise produced was a dull click, as opposed to a loud report.This was shooting



Team GB leader hopes to fire shooting into spotlight at London 2012

  • Shooting

By David Gold at Team GB House in LondonJuly 24 - Phil Scanlan, the team leader of Britain's shooting

Shooting has struggled for attention in the build up to this year's Olympic and Paralympics.In part that

For shooting it is something we are not used to."

It will increase the interest – it is our shop window for future generations of shooting athletes so

is very important to take the opportunity to get sports like shooting into the spotlight."

Peter's shooting very well, we are hopeful but it is still going to be tough," added Scanlan."


British archer does not rule out seventh Games appearance

  • Archery

By Mike Rowbottom at Team GB House in LondonJuly 24 - British archer Alison Williamson, who will take part in her sixth Olympics when her qualification round starts on Friday (July 27), has not ruled out extending her Games career to a seventh appearance, or even more.

It might even have asked for the noise when the archers were shooting."


Sportswear giant Mizuno unveils activities-led performance centre in London

  • Sponsor News

By David Gold at the Mizuno Performance Centre in LondonJuly 23 - Mizuno have launched a performance centre at London's Centre Point, a pop-up experience for members of the public to enjoy during the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

pictures of Danvers, Donald and Gunnell.Yorke then took to the football stand to test the accuracy of his shooting


"Sledging" will happen at London 2012, says Australian cricket legend

  • London 2012

By Tom Degun at the Main Press Centre on the Olympic Park in LondonJuly 23 - Former Australian cricket captain Steve Waugh has predicted that "sledging" will play a role at the London 2012 Olympics, saying it is a practice that can be used across all sports.

I asked her which end is she shooting from and she said, 'The end where there is an old, red building


Australian shooter looks to defuse Olympic Village room-sharing dispute

  • Shooting

By Tom Degun at the Main Press Centre on the Olympic Park in LondonJuly 19 - Shooter Russell Mark has looked to calm his row with the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) after he publically complained that he was not allowed to share a room with his wife Lauryn at the Olympic Village despite the pair having both qualified for London 2012.

We need to concentrate on shooting now."It's not perfect but that's the way it is."