Rafael Nadal won the Olympic men’s singles gold medal yesterday, overcoming two set points in the second set and holding every service game to beat Fernando Gonzalez of Chile 6-3, 7-6 (2), 6-3. ...

Elena Dementieva took advantage of 17 double-faults by Dinara Safina to beat her fellow Russian 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 yesterday in the women’s singles final at the Beijing Olympics. ...

Constantina Tomescu-Dita, a 38-year-old mother from Romania, pulled away from the lead pack near the halfway mark in the Bejing Olympics marathon yesterday ...

Lauren Jackson scored 12 of her 16 points in the second half and Australia rallied past Russia 75-55 Sunday to clinch the top seed in its pool. ...

The Netherlands upset defending gold medallists Italy 13-11 in penalty shots in the quarter-finals of the Olympic women's water polo tournament yesterday. ...

Reigning women's 400-metre hurdles champion Fani Halkia will not defend her Olympic title in Beijing after becoming the latest Greek athlete to fail a doping test. ...

Britain’s Yngling team wins first sailing goldBritain’s three-woman Yngling team took the first sailing gold of the Beijing Games in strong winds and heavy rain yesterday, with the ...

Cheering from the pool deck, Michael Phelps won his record eighth gold medal of the Beijing Games on yesterday to become the grandest of Olympic champions. ...

The women’s quadruple sculls crew won China’s first ever rowing gold medal yesterday and just about the entire stadium – and probably the country – ...

Looming in the imposing shadow of Michael Phelps are his teammates, 16 swimmers without whose help in the relays the American wouldn’t have won an historic eight Olympic gold medals. ...