Two topless women painted with the slogans "Olympic shame" and "No Sharia" protested in front of London's City Hall on Thursday to draw attention to what they called "bloody Islamist regimes" taking part in the Olympics.

They were members of Ukrainian women's rights group Femen, which has staged numerous topless protests across Europe, including at the Euro 2012 tournament in Poland and Ukraine where their concern was prostitution in host cities.

"The regimes are fascists of our time, they treat women like third-class citizens," said protester Reza Moradi, without specifying any countries.

Peter WilsonBritish shotgun gold medallist Peter Wilson only took up the sport after an injury cut short his snowboarding career.

25-year-old Wilson cruised to a nerveless victory on Thursday afternoon in the men's double trap at the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich.

But if his sporting career had gone as planned he would never have even been at the Olympics - or at least not the Summer Games.

He was a keen snowboarder, footballer, squash and rugby player, and harboured dreams of representing his country at the highest level.

But a serious snowboarding injury left him with severe nerve damage in his

Japan's Satoshi Shimizu reacts after losing to Azerbaijan's Magomed AbdulhamidovOlympic boxing is at the centre of a controversy at London 2012 after fans and competitors alike began grumbling about the new scoring system.

The old system used to be beacon of common sense in an often eccentric sport: the judges registered each landed punch with an electronic scoring button. So long as three of the five officials all agreed a punch had been landed within a second of each other, then the boxer was credited with a point.

The new system merely counts up all the judges' registered punches and gives boxers a score out of 10 after every round, with the score based on an average

The Brisbane Metro's medal tableAn Australian newspaper has provoked smiles across the world after it had some fun with its Olympic medal table.

Both North and South Korea are riding high in the top 10 of the medal table at this early stage of the Games, but rather than list their official country names the Brisbane Metro decided to rechristen them. Thus, instead of North Korea and South Korea the table has 'Naughty Korea' and 'Nice Korea'.

Possibly it was a tactic to help readers remember which of the countries is which: South Korea is a technologically super-savvy nation that is a staunch ally of the West, while North

Wu MinxiaChinese diver Wu Minxia's celebrations at winning a third Olympic gold medal were cut short after her family revealed the details of a devastating secret they had kept for several years.

Wu's parents decided to withhold news of both the death of her grandparents and of her mother's long battle with breast cancer until after she won the 3m springboard in London so as to not interfere with her diving career.

"It was essential to tell this white lie," said her father Wu Yuming.

The story of Wu's family secret has generated huge discussion in China, where the pursuit of success has been chased by

Japan's women's football team coach Sasaki looks on during a training session at the London 2012 Olympic Games in Cardiff (Reuters)

Following Tuesday's Olympic badminton scandal in which eight female doubles players were disqualified for trying to lose matches to rig a preferred place in the tournament, Japan women's football coach Norio Sasaki has admitted that he told his players not to win their final group-stage match against last-place South Africa.

But instead of trying to lose, Sasaki, who led Japan to its first Women's World Cup title last year, merely wanted a draw, which Japan got when the match ended 0-0. This helped ensure that his side would finish second in Group F and remain in Cardiff for its quarterfinal

Wiggins stands on the podium (Reuters)

British cyclist Bradley Wiggins won his fourth gold medal on Wednesday and gave the host country its first gold medal of the Olympics. It was a good day for Wiggins, and he is now finished competing. What does he do to celebrate?

"Well what a day, blind drunk at the minute and overwhelmed with all the messages, Thank You everyone it's been emotional X" a post on his Twitter feed stated.

That's right - he gets blind drunk. According to the Associated Press, his drink of choice is a vodka tonic, and something tells me he's not having to pull out his wallet very often.

He absolutely should

Venezuela's Ruben Limardo Gascon holds his national flag (Reuters)

Fencer Ruben Limardo thanked Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez after breaking the country's 44-year gold medal drought by winning the men's epee fencing competition at the 2012 Olympics on Wednesday, saying the socialist leader helped him achieve his dream.

Venezuelans rejoiced in their nation's first fencing medal, and their first of the 2012 Olympics, after Limardo beat Seth Kelsey of the United States and Norway's Bartosz Piasecki.

Chavez, who is campaigning for another six-year term ahead of the Oct. 7 election, echoed the public's jubilation during a lengthy televised news conference,