US swimmer Michael Phelps holds at present the largest number of gold medals in the 2012 London Olympics with 6 medals, 4 of them gold and 2 silvers. Phelps is closely followed in the list by another US swimmer, Missy Franklin, with 4 golds and 1 bronze,... (read more)

The London 2012 Olympics are history for many reasons, but especially for being the first Olympics where female boxers can participate. Russia's Elena Savelyeva and North Korea's Hye Song Kim will be the first women ever to play boxing at an Olympic... (read more)

Since the beginning of the Olympic games more than a hundred years ago, Great Britain has won 10 medals in tennis. The first gold medal was won by John Pius Boland in the 1896 games. In 1900, four british won all the medals in the competition, Hugh Doherty... (read more)

The origin of the first credit cards goes as far back as to the end of the 19th century, when exchanges of good were made sold and the merchant offering credit and a credit card (usually a paper-made statement, metal coins, metal plates, celluloid, or... (read more)

As a Spaniard, I can say the most popular English pop bands in Spain are The Beatles, extremely influential, and the Rolling Stones, with a strong ascendence over a generation of Spanish pop/rock bands. Also, Queen, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, the Cure,... (read more)

For the last decade, female football has enjoyed an increasing popularity and number of players mainly due to the creation of a number of women's footballer associations principlayy in the US and in Great Britain. The thing is, football is still regarded... (read more)

Great Britain won 47 medals (19 gold, 13 silver and 15 bronze) in the Olympic games of Beijing in 2008, its most successful olympic games so far. In London 1908 Great Britain won 17 medals (7 gold, 7 silver, and 3 bronze) and 16 in Los Angeles 1984 (3... (read more)

The British Olympic team has particularly succeeded in Athletics, holding 6 gold medals in the 800 metres competition (won in 1900, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, and 1980), 6 silver medals in 1500 metres (won in 1906, 1908, 1920, 1932, 1984, 1988) and in 3000... (read more)

A total of 205 Olympic delegations comprising approximately 14,000 athletes are competing in London 2012. Particularly, Africa brings the most numerous delegation with 53 countries, followed by Europe with 49, Asia with 44, America with 41 and Oceania... (read more)

Today, July the 29th, the Spanish Olympic football team has lost any mathematical option of qualifying for the next stage due to its defeat against Honduras (0 - 1) and against Japan (0 - 1). This has come as a tremendous surprise because the Spanish... (read more)

The word "Olympic" comes from ancient Greek and refers to Olympos or Olympia, which was a district in the Greek city of Elis. In this city, tournaments were celebrated where athletes competed to show their ability to Zeus, God of Olympus.... (read more)

It was Mao Tsetung who first declared table tennis China's national sport and one year after, in 1959, China won its first world championship. Since then, table tennis was promoted politically in order to improve its image in the western world. In anyway,... (read more)

Researchers agree that the word "tennis" come from medieval anglo-french spoken in mid 14th century. This word comes from word "tenetz", which means to hold, receive or take. This word was used by the server to call his opponent. (read more)

There are several conflicting answers to the question regarding the origin of table tennis. Some see certain similarities between table tennis and a game played in medieval times named Royal Tennis. Some suggest the origin of the game lies in British... (read more)

Rim Zoaui, former African swimming champion, is the president of the Olympic delegation for Tunisia. She is the first woman in the history of the Olympic games to be the president of an arab Olympic delegation so, congratulations! (read more)

Great Britain bears the honour of presenting the largest Olympic delegation in the 2012 London Olympics, with 542 sportsmen competing in all categories. Followed by Great Britain is the United States, with 530 athletes and then Russia... (read more)

This is a long-held debate that cannot be properly summarised in 200 words but I am going to try shed some light. Perhaps the question is not whether video games have turned too violent for kids; rather, we might rephrase the question pointing to how... (read more)

The North Korean flag is quite different from the South Korean flag although this did not avoid an embarrassing mistake during the first women's football match of the London Olympics between North Korea and Colombia. (read more)

The venue for the BMX cycling competition is next to the Velodorme, north of the Olympic park. The course is made of 14,000 cubic metres of soil and has an 8 metre-high ramp , jumps and bumps that make it one of the most challenging tracks at present... (read more)

BMX cycling is the most recent sport to become brand new olympic, making its first appearance in the Olympic Games of Beijing in 2008. The gold medal winners in Beijing were Latvia's Maris Strombergs and France's Anne-Caroline Chausson. A total of 48... (read more)