By Andrew WarshawAugust 1 - Highly-rated Uruguay followed Spain out of the Olympic football tournament tonight as Team GB's men emulated the women 24 hours earlier by clinching a quarter-final place – and topping their group.

Danilo of Brazil battles with Tim Payne of New Zealand Danilo put them on their way to a comfortable

3-0 Group C victory over New Zealand before Damiao and Sandro added two more.Defender Sandro was dismissed

Zealand four skipped by Gary Lawson – who had earned himself the title of "the bad boy of New Zealand

the next round.In the wake of their defeat, Canada missed out on progressing – and duly asked Bowls New

Zealand to investigate.The New Zealand four had raised suspicions of misconduct in January of the previous

have deliberately dropped shots against Ireland, for which they received a reprimand.A year on, the New

Zealand authorities acted more decisively, fining the skip $NZ5000 (£2,600/$4,000/€3,300) and banning

By Mike Rowbottom at Eton Dorney LakeAugust 1 - Helen Glover and Heather Stanning crossed the line here just before noon today amid a torrent of deep-throated, patriotic sound to register not just the first ever Olympic gold for British women's rowing, but the first home gold of the London 2012 Games.

Heather Stanning (third right), Australia's Kate Hornsey (first left) and Sarah Tait (second left) and New

Zealand world champions Juliette Haigh and Rebecca Scown, and an ominously good Australian pair of Kate

Hornsey and Sarah Tait.By 500 of the allotted 2,000 metres, they were a length and a bit clear of the New

Zealand boat, with 2.8sec to spare.By the halfway point the lead was one and a half lengths; by 1,750

Zealand, third in 7:30.19.Heather Stanning (front) and Helen Glover celebrate their coxless pairs triumph

By David GoldJuly 31 - World champions Japan were held to a goalless draw by South Africa, meaning they will face Brazil in a mouth-watering London 2012 women's football quarter-final match.

me.New Zealand's forward Sarah Gregorius celebrates their second goal The other game in the group saw New

Zealand defeat Cameroon 3-1 at the City of Coventry Stadium.Rebecca Smith, an own goal from Ysis Sonkeng

, and Sarah Gregorius (pictured above) put New Zealand 3-0 up before a late strike from Gabrielle Onguene

for Cameroon.New Zealand will now face the reigning champions United States in their last eight clash.The

By David Owen at Greenwich Park in London July 30 - It was picture perfect; after all the angst, all the technical headaches, all the local anger – the people of Greenwich have probably sacrificed as much as anyone else in the cause of London's Olympic adventure – historic Greenwich Park emerged as an out-and-out star of the Olympics today.

five-strong teams – now look to be fought over between four countries: Germany, Great Britain, Sweden and New

Arguably the ride of the day came from the last competitor of all, New Zealand's double Olympic gold

the veteran Kiwi completed his ride to such good effect that he amassed just 0.4 time penalties.New Zealand

By David GoldJuly 29 - There was a major shock in the Olympic men's football as Spain, who have dominated the international game in recent years, were sent crashing out after a second successive defeat.

Oscar late on.Belarus are still in pole position to make it to the last eight along with Brazil as New

Zealand held Egypt to a 1-1 draw.Two-goal Giovani dos Santos (in red) earned Mexico victory over Gabon

Egypt must beat Belarus in their final game to have a chance of progress, whilst the same goes for New

Zealand as they take on Brazil.In Group B, Mexico beat Gabon 2-0 thanks to two strikes from Giovani

By David Gold at Eton DorneyJuly 29 - Stellar performances from the United States women's eight and both the British men's and women's lightweight double sculls were among the highlights in the London 2012 rowing event here today.

Purchase and Mark Hunter, defending their Olympic title for Britain, were pushed all the way by the New

Zealand pair of Storm Uru and Peter Taylor.Zac Purchase and Mark Hunter (second from bottom) en route

result meant both made it through to the semi-finals.It was the perfect response to being beaten by New

Zealand at the last World Cup regatta in Munich, and Hunter said it was important to get off to a good

Zealand but were eventually beaten by Danish pair Anne Thomsen and Juliane Elander Rasmussen, in their

By Tom Degun at ExCeL in LondonJuly 29 - International Boxing Association (AIBA) President C K Wu has called on the female fighters competing at the London 2012 Olympics to put on a show to help women take on a more prominent role at future Games.

2012June 2012: American female boxer Queen Underwood granted London 2012 spot after long waitJune 2012: New

Zealand name first female boxers to compete at an Olympic GamesJune 2012: First ever female Olympic

and broadcast rights of the Commonwealth Games to key global markets including South Africa, Asia and New

Zealand.

By Andrew WarshawJuly 28 - On a somewhat disappointing opening day of sport for the host nation, Team GB's women's football team – playing in their first ever Olympics – bucked the trend by doing their country proud to reach the quarter-finals along with gold medal contenders Brazil, who they play for top spot in Group E on Tuesday (July 31).

in front of 31,000 fans at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium, to follow up their historic 1-0 win against New

Zealand on the first day of sporting action at the Games on Wednesday (July 25)."

Olympic top scorer Cristiane.All-time Olympic top scorer Cristiane (in green) scored in Brazil's win over New

By David GoldJuly 26 - Japan caused the first major shock of the men's Olympic football tournament as they stunned world and European champions Spain with a 1-0 victory at Hampden Park in Glasgow.

the second period almost earned the Egyptians an unlikely comeback.Baga (R) vies for the ball with New

other game in Group C saw Dmitry Baga's (pictured above, right) strike earn Belarus a victory over New

Zealand in Coventry.Britain drew their first game at the Olympics in over 50 years when they tied 1-

Where Japan cannot call upon new Manchester United signing Shinji Kagawa, Britain are without any of

The United Arab Emirates and New Zealand rank among the game's minnows.

By Andrew WarshawJuly 25 - Global attention may be focussed on Friday's Olympic Opening Ceremony but the first competitive action of London 2012 got under way today – not in the capital but at Cardiff 's Millennium Stadium 150 miles away.

significant blow for their sport as they posted the first success for the host nation with a 1-0 win over New

where they left off but once again couldn't turn their domination into goals as the highly experienced New

defended stoutly.Stephanie Houghton of Great Britain in action with Jenny Bindon and Amber Hearn of New

Zealand during the first round women's football group E match of London 2012In baking heat, the deadlock

by Scott as she could only find keeper Karen Bardsley from eight yards.Then Chelsea's Amber Hearn, New

By David GoldJuly 25 - Rafael Cabral has been forced to withdraw from Brazil's Olympic men's football squad with an elbow injury.

Olympic campaign against Egypt tomorrow at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium.They also face Belarus and New

Zealand in their group, and are favourites to win what would be their first ever gold medal at the Olympics.Contact

Games, but there will be no Welsh players on show when the Britain's women's football team take on New

Zealand at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff tomorrow.