(Yonhap News)LONDON - Serena Williams clinched her first Olympic singles gold medal with a 6-0, 6-1 demolition of Maria Sharapova in the most one-sided women's final in the history of the Games on Saturday.Williams' victory surpassed Suzanne Lenglen's 6-3, 6-0 win over Dorothy Holman in the 1920 final in Antwerp.The American's win, which came just a month after she had captured a fifth Wimbledon c

U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps (Yonhap News)LONDON - Michael Phelps made more Olympic history Thursday, winning gold in the men's 200m individual medley to become the first man to win the same individual swimming event at three straight Games.Phelps, denied trebles in London in the 400m medley and 200m butterfly, delivered a vintage performance to win in 1min 54.27sec and collect his 20th career Olym

(Yonhap News)LONDON - American Rebecca Soni broke the women's 200m breaststroke record for the second time in two days Thursday as she won Olympic gold for the second straight Games.Using her trademark late kick, Soni won gold in 2min 19.59sec, improving the record of 2:20.00 she posted in the semi-finals on Wednesday.She became the first Beijing swimming gold medallist to successfully defend a ti

(Yonhap News)LONDON - Maria Sharapova powered to a 6-2, 7-5 win over Belgium's Kim Clijsters as the Russian world number three booked an Olympic semi-final clash with compatriot Maria Kirilenko.Sharapova will play 14th seed Kirilenko for a place in the final at Wimbledon after ending Clijsters' hopes of a medal in her penultimate tournament before retiring for the second and final time after the U

(Yonhap News)LONDON - Roger Federer moved into the Olympic semi-finals on Thursday as the Wimbledon champion cut giant American John Isner down to size with a 6-4, 7-6 (7-5) victory on Centre Court.Federer had to be at his most patient in the face of a barrage of big serves from the 6ft 9in Isner, but the world number one was finally able to produce just enough magic to move into the last four of

(London Olympic Joint Press Corps)LONDON -- There will be no rest for the weary swimmer Park Tae-hwan. He's scheduled to race in the heat for the men's 1,500-meter freestyle, his third event of the London Games.He won silver medals in 200ｍ and 400ｍ freestyle races.In men's archery, Im Dong-hyun, Oh Jin-hyek and Kim Bub-min will try to end South Korean Olympic draught in the men's individual event.

(London Olympic Joint Press Corps)LONDON -- South Korean women grabbed bronze in the foil team event Thursday at the London Olympics.At ExCeL Arena, the trio, Nam Hyun-hee, Jeon Hee-sook and Jung Gil-ok, beat the French side 45-32.This was the first team fencing Olympic medal for South Korea.The country has won four medals in fencing at this year's Olympics, more than any other sport so far.(Yonha