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Team GB's Zoe Smith marked her Olympic debut by breaking the eight year clean and jerk British record to finish 12th in the women's 58kg weightlifting final.

Switzerland footballer Michel Morganella has been expelled from the London Olympics for posting a racist message on Twitter.

Team GB women's hockey captain Kate Walsh will continue to play on despite undergoing surgery on a broken jaw suffered during the opening game of their London 2012 Olympic campaign against Japan.

UK Foreign Office reports Syria's most senior diplomat in London has walked out on Damascus regime.

Team GB pair Tom Daley and Pete Waterfield were left to reflect on a missed opportunity after spurning a third round lead to finish empty handed after the men's synchronised 10m platform final.

On 25 July 2012 Britain's Office for National Statistics (ONS) issued its official estimate for the country's second quarter Gross Domestic Product (GDP). A contraction was expected by all and the range amongst economists was between -0.2 per cent and -0.4 per cent. The Telegraph's Angela Monaghan credited Vicky Redwood of Capital Economics with coming nearest and predicting the worst, at -0.5 per cent and so the ONS's -0.7 per cent came as a shock to everybody.

Laura Robson safely made it through to the second round of the Olympic tennis event at Wimbledon as she secured a straight set victory over Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic.

Djibo Issaka is latest in line of underdogs who achieve worldwide fame at Olympics for wrong reasons.

Chelsea chief executive Ron Gourlay has stated the Blues' summer spending is not yet over

International competitors push themselves to the limit in battle for the elusive gold medal.

Romanian shooter George Alin Moldoveanu claimed gold in the men's 19m Air Rifle event, at the 2012 London Olympics, with Italian Niccolo Campriani and Indian Gagan Narang in silver and bronze finishes

Paula Radcliffe will be replaced by Freya Murray in the women's marathon after the world record holder withdrew from the event with a foot injury on Sunday.

Despite the deepening UK recession, Bank of England rate-setters are unlikely to loosen their monetary policy further by slashing the base rate at their upcoming meeting.

C Evolution is being introduced in London as part of a Europe-wide promotional tour targeting the sales turnaround for BMW in the electric scooter market in two years.

Mayor of London favourite among Tories to take over from Cameron, with support for George Osborne tumbling.

We take a look around the Acer Park Pavilion to find out how the Olympics IT infrastructure is run.

TV presenter throws out love rat husband after finding out he had affair with 24-year-old Zoe de Mallet Morgan

British fencer Corinna Lawrence beat Chilean Caterin Aranguiz Bravo to enter the Round of 32 in the women's individual epee event at the 2012 London Olympics, while compatriot Paul Drinkhall was beaten by German Dimitrij Ovtcharov in his single's table tennis third round match

Team GB pair Katherine Grainger and Anna Watkins broke a 20 year old Olympic record in reaching the women's sculls final on Friday.

A report by cyber-security firm ThreatMatrix claims Personal Computers, mobile phones and tablets are likely to face increased numbers of malware attacks from hackers during the Olympics

Hannah Miley and Caitlin McClatchey both qualified for the semi-finals of their respective events after a morning in the pool that saw Ye Shiwen of China grab the headlines with a dominating performance in the 200m medley.

Athletes at the 2012 London Olympics have been spotted with rather uniquely designed tattoos, all evidence of the spirit the Games are being played with

Manchester United are keeping a close eye on the contract situation of England defender Ashley Cole who has less than 12 months remaining on his contract with Chelsea.

The IOC warns Londoners that excessive tweeting during the cycling road races caused communication problems for riders and commentators.

Great Britain's men's basketball team were unable to prevent defeat as they made their first appearance at the Olympics since 1948, eventually succumbing to 95-75 defeat to Russia in Group B.

Rebecca Adlington was unable to defend her 400m freestyle title from Beijing 2008 but the 23-year-old did enough to secure third place and become the first British female swimmer to win an individual medal in successive Olympic Games.

More than 12,000 seats for key events like tennis, gymnastics and swimming remained empty on second day.

The new doodle, which follows the archery and diving doodles, commemorates Hungary's first gold at the 2012 London Olympics.

Captain Ryan Giggs leads the way in front of near-capacity crowd at Wembley

Lizzie Armitstead claimed Team GB's first medal of the London 2012 Olympic Games after winning silver in the women's road race following a thrilling sprint with victor Marianne Vos.