SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's "Soft Drink Pig" Oh Jin-hyek can buy himself a lifetime's supply of fizzy pop after Hyundai Motor Group rewarded the archer's gold medal feat at the London Olympics with a massive cash bonus.
Oh and his bow-toting sweetheart Ki Bo-bae scooped the men's and women's individual titles and were handed a combined bonus of 450 million won ($400,000) for their golden exploits at the 2012 Games.
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Olympic gymnastics champion Kohei Uchimura has experienced the darker side of celebrity after complaining of a schoolgirl "stalker", local media reported on Thursday.
The 23-year-old, who won the all-around title in London earlier this month, said the teenager had chased after him on her bicycle.
By Steve Keating
LONDON (Reuters) - The United States clawed back to the top of the Olympic medal table at the London Games, waving goodbye to Michael Phelps its greatest ever medal producer, and saying hello to a brigade of young newcomers who will carry the torch onto Rio.
By Pritha Sarkar
LONDON (Reuters) - It was raining sequins on the final day of the London Games as Russia's rhythmic gymnasts shut out the rest of the world to win a fourth successive group all-around Olympic title on Sunday.
LONDON (Reuters) - It was raining sequins on the final day of the London Games as Russia's rhythmic gymnasts shut out the rest of the world to win a fourth successive group all-around Olympic title on Sunday.
Italy arrived in London having won the last three world titles and had high hopes of knocking the Russians off their pedestal but a slight improvisation in their display with five balls did not go unnoticed by the judges.
By Pritha Sarkar
LONDON (Reuters) - Gabby Douglas arrived at the ‘Twitter Olympics' with a handful of followers, a cute nickname and a bubbly personality to go with her megawatt smile.
By Belinda Goldsmith
LONDON (Reuters) - As women athletes leave the London Olympics basking in unprecedented praise and attention, former female Olympians have some advice for the women of 2012 - keep up the fight.
By Pritha Sarkar
LONDON (Reuters) - Russian Evgeniya Kanaeva produced four mesmerising routines full of grace and charm on Saturday to become the first rhythmic gymnast to win back-to-back individual Olympic all-around golds.
By Mark Trevelyan
LONDON (Reuters) - A series of Russian disappointments at the London Olympic Games have prompted a defensive response from sporting officials, the resignations of at least two coaches and a mock-epic poem lamenting the cruel vicissitudes of sport.
By Pritha Sarkar
LONDON (Reuters) - Their own federation barred them from the Olympics and denied them any funding but Britain's rhythmic gymnasts were smiling defiantly on Friday after jumping through hoops, literally, to make their debut at the London Games.
By Pritha Sarkar
LONDON (Reuters) - There were plenty of multi-coloured ribbons and florescent clubs flying through the air at Wembley Arena on Friday but when South Korean rhythmic gymnast Son Yeon-jae was out to impress the judges with her juggling act, a UFO was suddenly spotted.
By Paul Majendie
LONDON (Reuters) - Modern dance pioneer Isadora Duncan could have had a crack at gold in the Olympic rhythmic gymnastics - but is it art or sport?
By Avril Ormsby
LONDON (Reuters) - Gabby Douglas said she just wanted to go home to the United States to see her family and dogs, go to the beach and do a bit of shopping but acknowledged her life would not be the same after she struck gymnastics gold at London 2012.
By Paul Majendie
LONDON (Reuters) - She finished last but one in a black sequined outfit made by her grandmother but for Egypt's first Olympic rhythmic gymnast Yasmine Mohmed Rostom it was a proud day for Arab women.
(Reuters) - Expulsions and exclusions so far at the London Olympics :
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By Pritha Sarkar
LONDON (Reuters) - There were still 82 days to go before children around the world go 'trick or treating' but fans wandering into Wembley Arena on Thursday could have been forgiven for thinking they had stumbled upon a Halloween party at the Olympics.
By Steve Keating
LONDON (Reuters) - Their gold medals in hand, gymnastics 'Fierce Five' posed for pictures and talked up their 40 city United States tour on Wednesday, promising to play all their London Olympic hits.