London Olympics

1 Mar 2013

The much-vaunted Australian relay side, who talked themselves up as the "Weapons of Mass Destruction" but failed to make a podium finish, confessed to taking Stilnox - banned by Australian team...

Chinese women's badminton duo rewarded despite being kicked out of London Olympics

7 Jan 2013

The Chinese women's badminton duo kicked out of the London Olympics for playing to lose have been awarded an honour by China's sports governing body.

How they see it, December 30, 2012

30 Dec 2012

The most important event in China in 2012 was undoubtedly the change of leadership, which is why societal issues came into focus. Keeping the entire year in perspective, most of the problems have...

Left Field: The time for excuses from Hong Kong athletes is over

30 Dec 2012

The Mobot and Gangnam Style have been two of the lasting memories for me on the sporting field this past year - Mo Farah at the London Olympics and Chris Gayle during the final of the ICC World...

Games brings economic respite but London pines for tourists

27 Nov 2012

The London Olympics may well have helped Britain come out of recession but it does not seem to have helped attract tourists.

In a recent trip to London, White Collar talked to a number of...

Opinion

Jake Van Der Kamp

An age-old problem and the sums that just don't add up

Howard Winn

HSBC suffers the Taibbi treatment in Rolling Stone

Shirley Yam

How tycoons' IPO 'losses' may hide profits at herd's expense

Olympic title just the first step for Li

For many athletes, winning an Olympic gold medal may be the mountain climbed, but Chinese badminton star Li Xuerui believes she is still in the foothills.

British property prices make rebound from post-Olympic slump

British house prices rose for the first time in five months in October as the market rebounded from a post-Olympic slump, research consultancy Acadametrics said.

Hong Kong 4x100m relay team aiming high for 2013

The Hong Kong men's 4x100 metres relay team aim to make amends next year after failing to reach the final at the London Olympic Games this summer.

BRITAIN

Olympics 'distracted' buyers in Britain's housing market

Home sellers in Britain reduced the asking prices for a third month in September as the property market failed to cope with the "distractions" of the London 2012 Olympics, according to Rightmove...

RIGHT FIELD

Lack of transparency on mainland at root of Liu Xiang conspiracy theories

When controversy arises on the mainland, most of us are instinctive in our reaction. We are conditioned to think in particularly ominous tones and believe there is a puppet master in Beijing who...

BRITAIN

British security giant G4S says its Olympic failure will cost HK$612.9m

British security giant G4S said that its failure to provide enough guards for the London Olympics would cost about £50 million (HK$612.9 million).