Top-seeded Novak Djokovic needed only 53 minutes to win his quarterfinal over Jurgen Melzer of Austria 6-1, 6-2 at the China Open on Friday.

For skeptics, the Olympics were deliciously doomed: London's transport network would surely fail, Britain's athletes would flop, rain would prevail and terrorists would strike. But then the sun came out after months of sodden skies, vehicles moved briskly, there were no attacks and British athletes reeled in a shocking 65 medals.

South Korean fencer Shin A-lam wanted to cry again at the London Olympics, only this time it was because she finally won a medal.

The Chinese Taipei team made their entrance at the London Games opening ceremony as the 180th team yesterday. Led by the flag bearer, weightlifter Chen Shih-chieh (陳士杰), the Taiwan Olympic Committee flag waved in the winds as roughly 40 athletes and team staff members greeted the audience.

At the same time as athletes from around the world are taking part in the London Olympics, millions of Britons will be indulging in popular summer sports that you won't see at the Games.

The U.S. men's volleyball team is headed back to the Olympics, after beating Canada on Saturday in a regional qualifier.

Jimmy Connors has a memoir coming, with a few overhead smashes promised.

The Chinese women's volleyball team spent too much time surfing the Internet, which directly contributed to their poor performance at the recent world grand prix in Japan, according to a senior official.

Japan pulled off an upset over world bronze medalists Bulgaria in the preliminary group round of the World League men's volleyball tournament on Sunday.

The United States men's volleyball captain David Lee recorded seven blocks and had nine points overall as the Americans beat China 3-0 to sweep their two-match series in the US$15 million FIVB World League on Saturday.