Rich, regal and oh-so-luxurious, gold is back with a vengeance in the world of home decor. I am thrilled, because my love light never dimmed for this precious metal and its ability to warm up a room and imbue it with style. Depending upon your passion …

Everyone deals with nerves in their own way, but Chinese diving sensation Wu Shengping showed she has a particularly effective method, as she swooped to gold in the women's 10m platform diving on 23 August. “I didn't feel any pressure while diving.

Coullet had just cleared his third and final lift in the snatch of 142kg, when the French gold medal-winning rugby sevens team strolled into the arena. The players had the medals around their necks and had spelled out their countryman's name with …

Gold prices continued to hover just above a two-month low reached on Thursday. Bullion has dropped about 3 percent in the past five sessions, underperforming U.S. Treasury bonds, which are considered the preferred safe-haven investment, traders said.

Liu beat her Japanese opponent 3-0 (11-3, 11-9, 11-9) but Fan then received a scare as he lost his first game against Muramatsu – whom he had already beaten to take the men's singles gold – and found himself 8-5 down in the second, prompting a timeout …

Gold has been used as a store of value for eons, thanks to its beauty and almost magical ability to never tarnish. Furthermore, despite radical shifts in human values over the past 100 years, its worth still has not diminished – even soaring to over $1 …

Destiny, Bungie's shared-world shooter and first big game following Halo, has gone gold, meaning discs are being pressed and getting ready to ship to stores. "Destiny is done, in some respects. Even now, so close to the end, it still feels like we're …

If the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre gets any wetter, tourists may mistake it for Sea World across the Southport Broadwater. The decision not to absorb the expense of a roof over the 10-lane competition pool during the site's extensive renovation has drawn …

Poland's Kamil Adrian Majchrzak admitted even he was shocked by his gold medal win in the men's tennis singles on 23 August as he added to his reputation as a giant-killer in Nanjing. Having knocked the International Tennis Federation's number one …