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American swimmer Missy Franklin, who won gold in the women's 100m backstroke at the London 2012 Olympics, admitted to being a fan of Canadian singer Justin Bieber, after receiving a congratulatory tweet from him

Team GB's men eight claimed bronze at Eton Dorney as Greg Searle's attempts to become Olympic champion 20 years after his gold in Barcelona came to a disappointing end.

Almost one in five Facebook users logged in solely through mobile applications in June, while the apps still struggle to generate revenue.

Great Britain have won their first gold medal of the London 2012 Olympics, after the women's rowing pair of Heather Stanning and Helen Grover claimed first place in the women's pair rowing event

Great Britain celebrated their first gold medal of the London 2012 Olympics as Helen Glover and Heather Stanning cruised to victory in the women's pair and the rest of Team GB was quick to show their support.

Team GB's women’s pair of Heather Stanning and Helen Glover finish more than a length ahead of Australia to take title.

The so-called 'Twitter Games' has highlighted the power of the upstart micro-blogging site as Facebook sinks into silence.

Experts gather in London to discuss fight against hunger and malnutrition while easing the strain on the environment, says Henry Creagh

Tom Cleverley believes Luis Suarez, Edinson Cavani and Gaston Ramirez pose a major threat to Team GB's qualification hopes.

So intense is the competition between the Americans and the Chinese that the Olympics is rapidly becoming a proxy war of sorts... hardly a surprising development given the countries involved

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

Michael Phelps has broken the record of Olympic medals won by an individual, with the swimmer helping Team USA towards Gold in the 4x200m freestyle relay.

David Florence, Euan Burton and women's gymnast team fail in their search for medals.

Reigning laser class Olympic champion Paul Goodison says his London 2012 campaign is all but over after a recurrence of a back injury.

Britain's Andy Murray continued his recovery from his Wimbledon disappointment after crushing Jarkko Nieminen to reach the third round of the Olympic tennis competition.

From 6 ft 10 in Anthony Davis to 4 ft 9 in Rebecca 'Twiglet' Tunny, the 2012 Games is being lit up by young gems striking gold.

Team GB's Phillips Idowu should be fit for the Olympic triple jump competition according to the British Olympic Association, despite fears over a hip injury.

Kate and Camilla were clearly enjoying themselves throughout the event, sharing jokes and peals of laughter. They parted on excellent terms, kissing each other goodbye

Great Britain rowers have qualified for final of the men's lightweight four, by finishing first in their semi final game.

The quintet of William Fox-Pitt, Nicola Wilson, Zara Phillips, Mary King and Kristina Cook kept hold of their silver medal position at Greenwich Park.

World Championship silver medallist Ellen Gandy's failure to qualify for the 200m butterfly final continued Team GB's struggles in swimming competition at the Aquatics Centre on Tuesday.

Tom Daley, Zara Philips and the men's gymnastic teams among athletes who have performed on the world's biggest stage.

Kate Middleton's fashion style for the summer revolves around the twin ideals of subtle colours and celebrating the London Olympics 2012

An extremely rare racing motorcycle from the 1920s that lapped the famous Brooklands race circuit at over 100mph is expected to generate intense competition among bidders at the Bonhams Autumn Stafford Sale on October 21, 2012.

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

Liam Tancock and Gemma Spofforth both finished in fifth place in their respective 100m backstroke finals as Team GB's swimmers failed to follow up on the momentum that had been handed to them by the men's gymnastics team.

Team GB's male gymnasts claimed the country's first Olympic team medal in 100 years after winning bronze at the end of a final drenched in controversy at the North Greenwich Arena at London 2012.

Team GB's Zoe Smith marked her Olympic debut by breaking the eight year clean and jerk British record to finish 12th in the women's 58kg weightlifting final.

Djibo Issaka is latest in line of underdogs who achieve worldwide fame at Olympics for wrong reasons.

Romanian shooter George Alin Moldoveanu claimed gold in the men's 19m Air Rifle event, at the 2012 London Olympics, with Italian Niccolo Campriani and Indian Gagan Narang in silver and bronze finishes