In a total humiliation, former champions India finished at the bottom of the 12-team Olympic hockey competition, completing an unprecedented washout after being beaten 2-3 by South Africa in a classification match at the London Games on Saturday.

India`s archery coach Limba Ram on Saturday made a quiet exit from the national team not just because of the country`s dismal Olympic performance but also after being allegedly insulted by his top wards Deepika Kumari and Jayanta Talukdar, who denied the accusation.

The Netherlands won their second successive women's Olympic hockey gold by beating world champions Argentina 2-0 on Friday with both goals scored from second-half penalty corners.

Usain Bolt and his fellow Jamaicans could finish Saturday's last night of competition in the Olympic athletics stadium with a bang in a sprint 4x100 metres relay shaping up as one of the fastest in history.

The Bahamas shattered the United States' decades-old dominance of the 4x400m relay here Friday, storming to victory on the final leg to snatch a dramatic gold.

Five-time Olympic gold medallist Ian Thorpe said on Saturday Australia's poor showing at the London Games had not dampened his comeback hopes and he expected his homeland to quickly return to form.

Oscar Pistorius set precedents all the way along his journey to and through the London Games. In the end, it was all about this: Running in an Olympic final.

The president of the governing body of international wrestling says he wants to see the number of weight categories contested in women's wrestling at the Olympics to increase from four to seven by the Rio Games in 2016.

Women's boxing was a big hit in its first Olympics. It could get even bigger in Rio. The debut tournament got rave reviews from fans, boxers and Olympic officials who loved the sold-out crowds, evenly matched bouts and the emergence of stars on the international stage, including Ireland's Katie Taylor, US teenager Claressa Shields and Britain's Nicola Adams.

Get ready for a star-studded spectacular closing ceremony of the Olympics. The Olympic stadium is being transformed into a giant jukebox of British pop and pizazz for the closing ceremonies of the London Games.