South Korea

Hosts sitting comfortably in third place with 22 Olympic gold medals and 48 overall.

Team GB on track to reach most successful Olympic games in more than 100 years with crucial day in triathlon, dressage and cycling.

Swansea City boss Michael Laudrup says Liverpool must pay big money to sign midfielder Joe Allen.

Great Britain's Beth Tweddle won bronze on her final Olympic appearance in the uneven bars individual final.

Lucas Moura has received no request to undergo a medical with an English club, the Brazilian Football Association has confirmed.

Stuart Pearce believes that Daniel Sturridge and Tom Cleverley will both shine for England in the future, with the Chelsea and Manchester United men respectively showing their potential for Team GB in the Olympics.

Rumours that Manchester United are edging closer to completing a deal for Brazilian midfielder Lucas Moura are gaining momentum

Team GB men have lost their men's football quarter final to South Korea after a penalty shootout

Team GB's women's Olympic medal hopes hang by a thread after a surprising defeat to China at the Riverbank Arena.

Great Britain take on South Korea in last quarter-final of men's football at London 2012, with hosts in confident mood after strong showing against Uruguay.

Great Britain will be looking to win more medals as London 2012 enters Super Saturday, one of the biggest days of the Olympics, with around 25 titles to be won.

The ribbing is trending on Twitter drawing support as well as criticism that it is racist in taste.

'Goodbye my beloved badminton' cries Yu following expulsion of eight players for deliberate under-performance.

Stuart Pearce led his team through to the knockout stages of the football tournament at the London 2012 Olympics after securing an impressive 1-0 win over Uruguay.

South African athlete set to make history when he competes in the London 2012 Olympic heats for the 400 metres.

All eight badminton players involved in yesterday's controversies have been banned from the London 2012 Olympics after a series of appeals over their elimination from the women's doubles attempting to "throw" matches were rejected by the Badminton World Federation.

Four Women's Doubles Pairs Charged For Match Fixing

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has admitted to concerns over transfer spending by the likes of Manchester City, Chelsea and Paris Saint Germain (PSG) this summer

IBTimes UK looks ahead to all the action taking place at the 2012 London Olympics

Unable to face the stiff competition from Samsung and other South Korean companies, Taiwanese handset manufacturer decides to pull out.

Action from the 2012 London Olympics to come from Wimbledon, where all the big guns - Andy Murray, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Maria Sharapova and the Williams sisters will be out on court... and there are four medal races in swimming events to be completed

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.

Saturday saw the first flush of Olympic golds and China leads the provisional table with six medals (four gold) and with the Italians and Americans in hot pursuit. The hosts, Great Britain, have yet to open their medal count for the Games but can be confident of doing so on Sunday, with Rebecca Adlington competing in the women's 400m freestyle and three time gold medallist Ben Ainslie opening the sailing event

The South Korean Sailing Federation has apologised on behalf of coach Lee Jae-Cheol, who has been sent home from the Games after being fined for drunk driving

IBTimes UK presents the first of our daily round-up and previews to all the action from the 2012 London Olympics. If you want to find out which of your favourite athletes will be in the spotlight on each day or even if you simply want to discover a new sport... this should give you all the information on the biggest events of each day

With the opening ceremony set to kick start the London 2012 Olympic Games, IBTimes UK looks at Team GB's main medal hopes over the next fortnight

Japan have beaten Spain in football for the first time in history, after the side claimed a 1-0 deserved win over 10 men in the first day of the men's football matches.

Row over North Korea and South Korea flag mistakes is not only unfortunate incident to occur during huge sporting events.

The organisers behind the 2012 London games have promised some 6,000 tests (including the new bio-marker tests) will be carried out over the course of the event