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Olympics 2012: Olympic flame lit in Greece for London Games relay

Olympic flame which will be used for the London 2012 torch relay has been lit during a ceremony in Olympia, Greece

Olympic flame which will be used for the London 2012 torch relay has been lit during a ceremony in Olympia, Greece. The flame was kindled by a “high priestess” who captured the morning sun’s rays in a parabolic mirror. The ceremony came amid political and economic turmoil in Greece, the home of the Ancient Olympics, where a week-long leg of the relay will be held. The flame flie…

Olympics 2012: Olympic flame handed over to UK in Athens ceremony

President of the Hellenic Olympic Committee Spyros Capralos passed the flame to Princess Anne, president of the British Olympic Association in the Panathenaic Stadium

he torch on British soil. After criss-crossing every region of the UK, the flame will be used to light the cauldron in Stratford’s Olympic Stadium at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games on 27 July. At Thursday’s handover ceremony, crowds in the stadium stood beneath multi-colored umbrellas as the national anthems of the UK and Greece were sung by a British school choir and a Gree…

What you need to know for the London Olympics 2012

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ic Games begin on 29 August 20012 and close on 9 September 2012. During the London 2012 Olympic Games top sportsmen and women from across the world will be competing in 26 sports which break down into 39 disciplines. There are 20 sports in the Paralympic schedule in the London 2012 Games. An Olympic Park has been created on 2.5sq km of land in east London from former industrial land that has been…

World’s biggest McDonald’s restaurant built next to the Olympic stadium in London

The biggest McDonald’s restaurant on the planet has been built in London, right in the middle of the Olympic park

The biggest McDonald’s restaurant on the planet has been built in London, right in the middle of the Olympic park. The vast two-storey restaurant will serve up to 1,200 customers an hour and sell $5 million of fast food during Olympic Games. At 3,000 sq ft the building, next to the Olympic Stadium, is bigger than the current largest McDonald’s, in Moscow. The Russian restaurant will regain its ti…

Olympics 2012: people urged to save the surprise of Olympic Games opening ceremony

Spectators who attended a preview of the Olympic Games opening ceremony have been urged to keep the details secret and not spoil the surprise for others

…m’s training camp • On Tuesday, Heathrow is set for its busiest day for Olympics so far as it prepares to handle about 217,000 passengers, including some 1,200 athletes and coaches and more than 3,000 other Games-related arrivals • Motorists have faced long queues on routes where pre-Olympics modifications have been made to road layouts • And the Olympic torch is travelling from Kingston, in…

Volodymyr Gerashchenko, senior Ukrainian Olympic official, suspended after trying to sell tickets to black market

Volodymyr Gerashchenko, of Ukraine's National Olympic Committee (NOC), told a reporter posing as a UK tout he would have up to 100 tickets to sell

Volodymyr Gerashchenko, a senior Ukrainian Olympic official, has been suspended after a BBC investigation showed he was willing to unofficially sell 2012 tickets for cash. Volodymyr Gerashchenko, of Ukraine’s National Olympic Committee (NOC), told a reporter posing as a UK tout he would have up to 100 tickets to sell. It is a criminal offence, punishable by fines of up to £20,000 ($32,000),…

Olympics 2012: London Games kick off with women’s football

Women’s football is the first event of the Olympics and is to kick off later, two days before the official opening ceremony

Women’s football is the first event of the Olympics and is to kick off later, two days before the official opening ceremony. The Team GB women’s football side will get 18 days of sport under way at 16:00 BST against New Zealand at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium. Designated Games Lanes, covering about 30 miles of roads and off limits to the public, have begun operating in London. And gov…

London 2012 Closing Ceremony: grand finale brings Olympic Games to end

London 2012 Olympics closing ceremony has started with a performance charting a journey through a day in the life of the capital city

London 2012 Olympics closing ceremony has started with a performance charting a journey through a day in the life of the capital city. After 16 days of competition, the show, said to be a celebration of British people, music and culture, kicked off at 21:00 BST at the Olympic Stadium. More than 4,100 performers are taking part in A Symphony of British Music. The climax of the ceremony will see th…

Olympics 2012: Olympic torch welcomed to Buckingham Palace

The Olympic torch has been welcomed to Buckingham Palace by members of the royal family, including Princes William and Harry and the Duchess of Cambridge

…for our country”. “Seven years of waiting, planning, building, dreaming, are almost over – tomorrow, the curtain comes up, the spectators arrive, and the Olympic and Paralympic Games 2012 can officially begin.” David Cameron also met the Republican candidate for the US presidency, Mitt Romney, during his campaigning and fundraising visit to London. Mitt Romney had earlier e…

Rio de Janeiro 2016 Games will be staged in four areas

The famous Maracanã football stadium, the venue for the 1950 World Cup, is being redeveloped for the 2014 finals, which Brazil is also hosting, and the 2016 Olympic opening and closing ceremonies

The Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games will be held in four zones across the city, the Brazilian organizing committee has said. Plans for their eight-minute segment in the London 2012 closing ceremony on Sunday night have also been set out at London’s Olympic Park. They said pure Brazilian samba would demonstrate the country’s passion. Events will be at Copacabana Beach, the Olympi…

Olympics 2012: risk of a flu pandemic spreading will increase at Olympic Games

Maplecroft report said the "large influx of visitors" at Olympic Games time would raise the "already significant" risk of flu spread in UK

…had the swine flu pandemic at Glastonbury. We also looked at research from the Vancouver Games – neither produced any significant problems.” Dr. Brian McCloskey said that at Glastonbury in 2009, hundreds of thousands of people were densely packed in fields together for days at a time during the outbreak of influenza strain H1N1. Whereas he said at London 2012 visitors would only be at…

London 2012 Paralympics Opening Ceremony watched by 80,000 spectators

Queen Elizabeth II has declared the London 2012 Paralympics officially open, during a spectacular opening ceremony watched by some 80,000 spectators

d around the Olympic Stadium, with Paralympics GB entering last to huge cheers. The opening ceremony, co-directed by Jenny Sealey and Bradley Hemmings, signalled the start of 11 days of competition by 4,200 athletes from 164 countries, including more than 300 athletes from the home nation. Queen Elizabeth II has declared the London 2012 Paralympics officially open, during a spectacular opening ce…

London Games: Michelle Obama dons patriotic outfit as she supports Team USA

First Lady Michelle Obama arrived in London this morning and she has already showed off two very patriotic wardrobe choices as she helps motivate Team USA

…kfast stop, she greeted athletes with a rousing speech as her bold wardrobe choice also spoke volumes. The red and white pattern on the jacket was a surprise choice for the normally impeccably dressed 48-year old, as she started to blend in with the America flags behind her. At the following event, held at Winfield House in Regent’s Park where U.S. Ambassador Louis Susman now resides, mingle…

Paralympic torch reaches London

Paralympic torch has reached outer London as part of a 24-hour relay to herald the start of the 2012 Games

ald the start of the 2012 Games   In Trafalgar Square later, former boxer Michael Watson, wheelchair racer Dame Tanni Grey Thompson and Paralympic swimmer Chris Holmes will carry the flame. About 3,000 invited guests, including Paralympians, representatives from disability groups and local residents, attended Tuesday evening’s ceremony at Stoke Mandeville Stadium. Some 150 local residen…

Rio 2016: Olympic flag arrives in Brazil

The official Olympic flag has arrived in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, the host city of 2016 Games

The official Olympic flag has arrived in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, the host city of 2016 Games. Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes waved the flag after stepping off the plane with other officials and Brazilian athletes who competed in London. The flag was handed to Eduardo Paes on Sunday in London before the flame at the Olympic Stadium was extinguished. The move marks the official start of Rio&#…

Olympics 2012: UK border staff to strike ahead of London Games

Thousands of UK border staff will strike the day before London Olympics open

Thousands of UK border staff (Home Office) will strike the day before London Olympics open, the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union has said. PCS members will strike for 24 hours next Thursday – when many thousands of visitors are due to arrive in the UK. Home Secretary Theresa May said the action was “shameful” as it threatens disruption to people travelling to London fo…

Olympics 2012: Saudi Arabia allows women athletes to compete in the Olympic Games

Saudi Arabia has decided to allow its women athletes to compete in the Olympic Games for the first time

…ociety will accept this,” the official said. It is not the first time a Saudi monarch has backed a controversial reform against domestic opposition. King Faisal, who introduced television in the 1960s and was eventually assassinated, insisted on introducing education for girls. Today, Saudi women graduates outnumber their male counterparts.  …

Nicole Kidman looks younger than ever at Olympic Games Opening Ceremony

Nicole Kidman attended the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games and she looked younger than ever

was dressed to impress. Nicole Kidman – who is a brand ambassador for the Swiss company – looked demure in a sleeveless black dress with black lace up sandals. The actress appeared years younger than 45 with her hair in soft waves to her shoulders and sported minimal make-up. Nicole Kidman obviously wore one of the famous watches but apart from dazzling earrings and her wedding ring, she wore no…

Olympics 2012: IOC inquiry into olympic tickets sales on the black market claims

IOC has begun an investigation into claims Olympics representatives were willing to sell thousands of tickets for the London Games on the black market

alleges, during a two-month investigation in which reporters posed as Middle Eastern ticket touts, it found corruption involving people representing 54 separate countries. More than one million London 2012 tickets were distributed abroad among all the nations taking part in the Games, but the IOC has strict rules to try to combat touts. National Olympic committees must ensure that their allocation…

Olympics 2012: G4S chief Nick Buckles faces MP’s scrutiny of security at London Games

Nick Buckles, G4S chief executive, will go before MPs to explain why his company was unable to provide the Olympics staff it promised

Nick Buckles, the chief executive of security firm G4S, will go before MPs later to explain why his company was unable to provide the Olympics staff it promised. Nick Buckles has already apologized after 3,500 extra troops had to be deployed to meet the firm’s shortfall. Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt said it was no time for a “witch-hunt” but “contingency plans” were…

Twitter in technical fault ahead of Olympic Games opening

The Twitter.com site was unreachable for almost an hour, and continued to suffer intermittent faults thereafter

…ver: at least 99.96% and often 99.99%. “In simpler terms, this means that in an average 24-hour period, twitter.com has been stable and available to everyone for roughly 23 hours, 59 minutes and 40-ish seconds.”  …

Olympics 2012: Athletics to start at London’s Olympic Stadium

London's Olympic Stadium will welcome the athletics events later in the day

London’s Olympic Stadium will welcome the athletics events later in the day, ensuring the Olympic Park’s busiest day since the Games opened a week ago. More than 200,000 people will be at the park, prompting warnings for those not attending the Games to avoid the area. The Central Line, which serves the Olympic Park in Stratford, is suspended from Liverpool Street to Leytonstone. It f…

Olympics 2012: additional armed forces in stand by for London Olympics

Armed forces in UK are on standby to provide an additional 3,500 troops to help with security at the 2012 London Olympics

Armed forces in UK are on standby to provide an additional 3,500 troops to help with security at the 2012 London Olympics. It comes amid fears that private contractor G4S would not be able to provide enough trained staff in time. The armed forces were already providing some 13,500 personnel – this could now reach 17,000, meaning summer leave for some troops will likely be cancelled. G4S sai…

Olympics 2012: Saudi Arabia will send two female athletes to compete in the London Games

Sarah Attar from Saudi Arabia will compete in the 800 m at London Olympics

International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced that Saudi Arabia will send two female athletes to compete in the London 2012 Games. Sarah Attar will compete in the 800 m and Wodjan Ali Seraj Abdulrahim Shahrkhani in the judo competition. The Saudi authorities lifted a ban on women from the Gulf kingdom competing in the Games last month. The public participation of women in sport is still fie…

Brit Awards 2012: double awarded Adele flipped the middle finger after her acceptance was interrupted

Double awarded Adele was at the centre of controversy at Brit Awards after one of her acceptance speeches was cut short and she made a rude gesture

…e made a rude gesture Adele added her Brits to the six Grammy Awards she won last weekend, capping a year of huge global success. According to her record label, the London singer’s second album 21 has sold 17 million copies around the world and hit number one in 24 countries. Accepting the best album prize – the final and most prestigious of the night – Adele said: “Nothin…

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