Michael Phelps became the most decorated Olympian of all time, winning a record 19th medal in the pool as China's swimming sensation Ye Shiwen grabbed her second gold of the Games.

Phelps anchored the U.S. team to a resounding victory in the 4x200m freestyle relay to secure gold and beat the record of 18 medals amassed by Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina between 1956 and 1964.

With spectacular dunks and pressuring defense, the U.S. Olympic team of NBA stars routed Tunisia 110-63 on Tuesday while France edged Argentina in a showdown of NBA teammates Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili.

Carmelo Anthony and Kevin Love each scored 16 points and U.S. college star Anthony Davis, the No. 1 pick in June's NBA Draft, added 12 points with some high-leaping dunks to help the Americans roll to victory.

The Olympic badminton tournament was thrown into chaos on Wednesday when eight women players were charged with trying to "throw" matches to secure an easier draw in the next round.

Four pairs in the women's doubles competition - one from China, one from Indonesia and two from South Korea - were booed off court by irate spectators at London's Wembley Arena on Tuesday.

A teenager has been arrested on suspicion of posting malicious Twitter messages directed at British Olympic diver Tom Daley, UK police said Tuesday.

Daley's father died of brain cancer a year ago and the 18-year-old Olympian had hoped to win a medal "for myself and my dad." But he finished fourth on Monday, out of medal contention, in the 10-meter synchronized platform competition with teammate Pete Waterfield.

Great Britain's male gymnasts hope their stunning bronze medal success in Monday's Olympic team final will herald the start of a golden age for the sport in the country.

The five-man team ended Britain's 100-year wait for an Olympic team medal and they could have even claimed silver, had a judges' inquiry not allowed Japan to leapfrog them into second place, behind champions China.

A top U.S. coach Monday called China's Ye Shiwen "suspicious" and compared her to East Germany's drug-addled athletes after her super-fast times were questioned at the London Olympics.

John Leonard, executive director of the World Swimming Coaches Association, told The Guardian that the 16-year-old's lightning freestyle leg in her world-record 400m individual medley swim was simply "impossible".

The tall elegant figure of William Fox-Pitt, ramrod straight in the saddle and resplendent in black top hat and tails, a bit like a coffin bearer at an East End gangster's funeral cortege, enters the arena on Lionheart.

You can almost hear the silence as 20,000 spectators follow the stadium announcer's urgings for total hush - not a crisp is crunched, not a ringtone sounds, not a program page is rustled.

A Brazilian who won Olympic bronze in judo accidentally broke his medal when he took it to the shower with him. Now his fight is to have it replaced by the International Olympic Committee.

Felipe Kitadai said he was carrying the medal everywhere he went and decided to take it to the shower as well as a joke, but ended up dropping it while trying to keep it from getting wet.

Ryan Lochte will target his second gold medal on day three of the Olympics Monday as America's swimmers attempt to bounce back from the shock of losing their 4x100 relay crown.

Lochte, who got his Games campaign off to a flier on Saturday when he crushed compatriot and long-time rival Michael Phelps to win the 400m medley, suffered a reality check on Sunday in the United States' relay loss to France.

Spain's bid to add Olympic gold to their world and European titles ended in failure on Sunday with a shock 1-0 loss to Honduras.

Jerry Bengtson's seventh-minute header at St. James' Park, the striker's third goal in two games, condemned Spain to an early exit following their opening defeat by Group D leaders Japan.