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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 women's hockey captain Kate Walsh will continue to play on despite undergoing surgery on a broken jaw suffered during the opening game of their London 2012 Olympic campaign against Japan.

Great Britain men's gymnastics team swept into the final of the team event for their first time in 88 years by putting on a stunning performance at the North Greenwich Arena.

IBTimes UK presents the first of our daily round-up and previews to all the action from the 2012 London Olympics. If you want to find out which of your favourite athletes will be in the spotlight on each day or even if you simply want to discover a new sport... this should give you all the information on the biggest events of each day

Japan have beaten Spain in football for the first time in history, after the side claimed a 1-0 deserved win over 10 men in the first day of the men's football matches.

Citi also expects Britain to lose its AAA rating over the next two to three years due to the continued economic weakness.

Steel demand is poised for slow growth in 2012, according to an estimate by the World Steel Association.

Leaked pictures of Sony LT29i, codenamed Hayabusa, show that the device could be an international variant of Japan-bound Xperia GX.

DeNA will launch a game based on the Transformers franchise later this year after signing a three-year deal with Hasbro.

The Heineken offer is expected to invite counter-bids from rivals in the beer industry.

Honda SUVs sent back to carmaker's factories over fears that vehicle doors may not close properly.

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Japan has quietly led a mission to crackdown on banks that have manipulated or falsified key global interbank lending rates that echoes the Barclays Libor rigging scandal that resulted in a record fine

Yahoo's second quarter profits dropped by 4.4 percent year-on-year thanks to staff layoffs and other cost-cutting measures.

Japan's deputy banking minister Ikko Nakatsuka urges country's biggest brokerage to 'clean its wounds' following investigation into trader tip-offs.

Former Liverpool and Manchester City goal keeper David James has hailed England's Joe Hart as the best keeper in the world

The next iPhone is to feature a thinner screen technology which is already in mass production, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Roads and water supply in most parts of the region remain cut off by the unprecedented downpour.

Aerial footage shows streets and houses flooded with mud and water.

The global business environment these days has been woven in a more complicated interdependency that some volatility from China could jolt or immobilise the stock markets to as far as Sydney, New York and London.

Global PC sales have declined again, as Intel's Ultrabook platform has little impact and people spend their money on tablets and smartphones instead.

The four countries are tipped by ratings agency S&P to pick up the slack of slowing China GDP growth and others in the Asia-Pacific region, in the face of the faltering Eurozone economies.

Japan's biggest advertising firm makes play for British marketing group with French billionaire support

Ueno Zoo says unnamed male giant panda cub dead from pneumonia six days after being born.

Damian Green says staff working hard to push queue times below 45 minute targets as reports emerge of fed-up visitors slow-handclapping officers.

Arsene Wenger believes that China could pave the way for top quality football in the future, with the Arsenal manager looking forward to visiting the country as part of his side's pre-season trip.

Since the disaster, many countries have turned back on nuclear energy but countries like the UK and the US still vouch for it.

Anonymous retaliates against notorious grey-hat hacker "the Jester" for his activities exposing UGNazi global hacking group.

Bryan Robson believes that Manchester United signing Shinji Kagawa is showing great ability off the field as well as on it, with the Japan international preparing to join the squad in their pre-season tour.

Deutsche Bank reportedly suspends two dealers, US investor files class action