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Jun 26, 2011

OLYMPIC GAMES LONDON, Jun 26, 2011

Thousands of foreigners snap up Olympics tickets meant for Brits
Telegraph.co.uk
The system has allowed agents to cash in on the games by charging a markup fee of 20 per cent, up to a maximum of £40, on each ticket sold, along with lucrative package tours to London. One of the biggest agents won its contract to sell Olympic tickets ...
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British Olympic great Linford Christie denied tickets to the 2012 London Games
The Daily Telegraph
Banned: Olympic gold medallist Linford Christie can't get tickets to the 2012 London Games. Source: Herald Sun OLYMPIC gold medallist Linford Christie is one of the three prominent British athletes blocked from buying tickets for the 2012 London Games ...
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Chance of lifetime to carry Olympic torch
News & Star
The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games(www.london2012.com/olympictorchrelay) has set a deadline for nominations of 11.59pm on Wednesday. Or you can nominate at lloydstsb.com/carrytheflame – until September 12. ...
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Longtime Miami Coach Sets Sights on London
New York Times
“For a lot of athletes, the Olympic Games is a once-in-a-lifetime experience,” Deem said. “We'll be fortunate that we'll probably have a very veteran squad next year. But we want to make it the best possible situation we can for the athletes. ...
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Radcliffe's next Marathon set for Berlin
International Association of Athletics Foundation
The appearance by the World record holder (2:15:25, London 2003) will be her first since a fourth place in New York in 2009 and most likely her only race over the distance before the Olympic Games in London next year. After giving birth to her second ...
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Belarus seal Olympic spot
Yahoo! Eurosport UK
Yegor Filipenko scored two minutes from time to secure Belarus a place at the London 2012 Olympic Games after a 1-0 win over 10-man Czech Republic in the third-place play-off at the European U21 Championships. The Czechs had enjoyed the better moments ...
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University sailors from Sydney gunning for London 2012 and beyond
Sail World
She has also been recently selected to represent Australia for the Olympic test event for the 2012 London Olympic Games. The event is being held at the Olympic venue (Weymouth) and takes place between 31st July and 13th August. ...
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Savour this summer of sport before the greedy game returns
Daily Mail
We urged that anybody who has competed for Great Britain in an Olympic Games should have the right to buy a ticket to watch the event in which he or she took part. Twenty four hours later, plans were revealed to provide all former British Olympians ...
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Profile: Chinese dissident Hu Jia
BBC News
Mr Hu became particularly outspoken in the run-up to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, publishing an open letter to the Chinese government entitled The Real China and the Olympics, which called for an end to human rights abuses in the country. ...
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Archdruid of Wales T James Jones: Fly Welsh flag at Olympics
WalesOnline
... time as the London Olympic Games. “Let us turn to the flag that will be prominent during the Games. This will be the Union Jack, the symbol of Britishness that doesn't acknowledge the existence of Wales. “In the wake of the Acts of Union of England ...
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Find out what you missed overnight - Sunday morning sports fix
Courier Mail
Swimming: Ian Thorpe says he might continue competing after next year's LondonOlympics. "For the moment I've the intention of continuing swimming after the London Games. But I'm going to see how the Games and the training goes," the five-timeOlympic ...
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Armstrong toss longest in world this year
Calgary Herald
“We're obviously looking for a high-level of performance out of our veteran athletes, those who are going to the world championships and obviously preparing for the London Olympic Games. We've seen that; they're delivering as we hoped. ...
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Brits to follow Messi
News of the World
But even if players wanted to avoid playing in the Games, they might fall foul of FIFA rules. Before the Beijing Games, FIFA insisted that "the release of players younger than 23 for the Olympic Football Tournament has been accepted by all clubs since ...
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Caerleon woman to carry Olympic torch
South Wales Argus
SAMANTHA Hunt emerged empty-handed when she applied for 2012 Olympic Gamestickets - but she might instead play a key role in the run-up to the London sporting extravaganza. The 21-year-old, from Caerleon, is among the first nominees chosen as a...
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Perkins puts preparation pain into perspective
Fairfield City Champion
WHEN Shane Perkins learned he was no longer needed for the Japanese keirin series this year after the earthquake and tsunami almost curtailed it, the last thing on his mind was the money he would miss out on, or how it would impair his Olympic Games ...
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Trotwood boxer Pearson wins national title
Dayton Daily News
I plan on doing the same thing in London.” Saturday's win assures Pearson of the top seed among middleweights at the Olympic trials in Mobile Ala., next month. World middleweight champ Andre Ward, a commentator on the fight card's Web broadcast, ...
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Olympic tickets farce: So who is eligible for tickets now?
This is Money
Only people who applied in the first round of sales, but did not get any, can buy tickets now The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games will then calculate how many more tickets it can put on wider release at the end of this year. ...
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Risto Sports Weight Lifting Academy trains Olympic athletes
Seacoastonline.com
"If a country in Europe, Latin America or Africa wants to compete in the Olympic Games, we go to that country and prepare the coaches, the team for that country," he said. "He's in charge of that effort." Risto Sports was formerly located at a studio ...
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Czech Republic U21 v Belarus U21 Betting Preview, Tips and Odds
Bet Republic
They now clash for a place at 2012 Olympic Games in London, but which side will triumph and book their place in London next year? Bet365 fancy the Czechs and their Czech Republic U21 v Belarus U21 odd are as follows: The Czech Republic's tournament ...
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ABA, NBL Join Forces for BMX Racing
Bicycle Retailer
GILBERT, AZ (BRAIN)—From its humble beginnings in the 1970s to its inclusion in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, BMX racing has seen many changes through the years. Many sanctioning bodies have come and gone during the 40-year history of the sport, ...
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London remains top city in Europe for international investment.
4Hoteliers
... London & Partners, commented: "London's wealth of business and cultural benefits, from its connectivity and access to markets, to its location at the centre of the world's time zones, plus the opportunities around the 2012 Olympic Games, ...
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£94m cost of Olympics arts festival no one has heard of
Daily Mail
Traditionally, the country hosting the Olympic Games also runs a project to showcase culture. In its original Olympic bid Britain vowed to put on the biggest arts festival ever seen in the country. After getting the nod for the 2012 London Games, ...
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London 2012 Open Weekend in the Ironbridge Gorge
Focus on Travel News
It has been funded by Legacy Trust UK, an independent charity set up to help build a lasting cultural and sporting legacy from the London 2012 Olympic and ParalympicGames. An Annual Passport to all ten Ironbridge Gorge Museums valid for twelve months ...
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Luck of the draw again for Olympic fans
Bicester Advertiser
Past Olympians and Olympic hopefuls are among thousands of Oxfordshire sports fans whose dreams of attending the London 2012 Olympics were dashed by the Games' complex online ticketing system. Meanwhile the lucky few have been celebrating after finding ...
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New training paying off for Sacksen
Daily American Online
Sacksen finished eleventh of 87 competitors in China and will take that confidence to London next month where he will begin the first in a series of qualifiers to earn one of 36 spots in the modern pentathlon at the 2012Olympic Games. ...
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Serious Discussion and Celebration at Business Travel Market 2011
Breaking Travel News
Day two of the event saw Paul Deighton, CEO of London Organisation Committee for Olympic Games 2012 (LOCOG) take to the stage to discuss the progress in preparation for the games and the impact the event will have on the travel and transport industry. ...
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Thorpe looking beyond London 2012
SuperSport.com
Thorpe, 28. returning to the pool from retirement in 2006, confided: "For the moment I've the intention of continuing swimming after the London Games. But I'm going to see how the Games and the training goes." Thorpe, here to attend the Paris swimming ...
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Extra time: Reborn to run, Oscar Pistorius bound for 2012 London Olympics
The Daily Telegraph
The latter field included US 400m specialist and multiple Olympic medallist Jeremy Wariner. “We don't like to talk about that race,'' Wariner says, laughing, as he sits side-by-side with Pistorius at a press event. It had poured rain at the race in ...
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Camilla wins tickets to see 2012 Olympics
Hemel Gazette
“But I don't really mind. It is just great to be going to a once in a lifetime thing that is so special because it hasn't been in England for years.” There are 26 Olympic sports and 20 Paralympic sports at London 2012 over 31 days for London 2012. ...
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From poppie to princess
Times LIVE
Wittstock was a South African backstroke champion and represented the country at the Olympic Games in Sydney in 2000 - and through a swimming meeting in Monaco that year, she met Prince Albert II. Her former teammate, Penny Heyns, remembers Wittstock ...
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Former Colorado State Forward Andy Ogide Invited To Nigerian National Team ...
SB Nation Denver
While making it to the NBA is his ultimate goal, Ogide has bigger dreams in the short-term which is to land a spot on the Nigerian men's national team and participate in the 2012 London Olympic games. Ogide has dual citizenship since he was born in the ...
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Gay out of world showdown with Bolt after hip injury
The Independent
The pair might not now be seen in action together until the Olympic 100m crown is on the line in London. Gay leads the world rankings in the 100m this year, having run 9.79sec in Clermont, Florida, three weeks ago. Bolt's best time for the distance so ...
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Sonic Merchandise 2012 Olympic Games London? - SSMB
dont you think sega europe or generraly just sega would have sonic merchandise for sale in london or in the 2012 olimpic games arena or anywhere in england ...
board.sonicstadium.org/.../9365-sonic-merchandise-2012-oly...
Tickets left for five 2012 sports - London 2012 2012 - Olympic ...
Organisers insist tickets - OLYMPIC GAMES - London 2012 ... implement a returns policy similar to that long used with much success at the All England Club. ...
au.eurosport.com/olympicgames/london...all.../story.shtml
David Beckham: Everyone's Olympic Games Launch! | David Beckham ...
David Beckham suits up for the launch of Samsung's Everyone's Olympic Games at East Wintergarden on Monday (June 13) in London, England. ...
justjared.buzznet.com/.../david-beckham-everyones-olympic-g...
Howard Bach and Tony Gunawan win Men's Doubles Bronze Medal at the ...
Five badminton events will be contested at the 2012 Olympic Games in London,England; men's doubles, women's doubles, men's singles, women's singles and ...
www.teamusa.org/news/2011/06/13/.../42801
London 2012 Olympics: It will be historic if we have a British ...
Q How is your relationship now with the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games? We are fully back on track. The dispute is well and truly behind ...
www.telegraph.co.uk/.../London-2012-Olympics-It-will-be-his...
London 2012 Olympic Games: Nations Celtic cry foul as BOA ...
Related posts:London 2012 Olympic Games: English football team would invite legal action ... with Stuart Pearce, the England under-21 coach and hope Powell, ...
www.soccacritics.com/.../london-2012-olympic-games-nations...
No place for Libyan leader or his son at the London Games | Olympics
Ticktes: but Colonel Gaddafi will not be allowed to travel to the Games because he ...'Olympic Spirit', anybody? - Steve, London, England, 15/06/2011 11:26 ...
www.thisislondon.co.uk/.../article-23960786-libya-given-lond...
Olympic football team given OK but nobody tells Scots, Welsh and ...
The British Olympic Authority insisted players from England, Wales, ... said: 'We have been very clear since the Olympic games were awarded to London that ...
www.dailymail.co.uk/.../Team-GB-Olympic-football-team-giv...
Olympic Games: Our best shots at success - England - NZ Herald News
New Zealand athletes are in full Olympic Games qualifying mode for London in 13 months' time. How are they shaping up and where do our best hopes of success ...
www.nzherald.co.nz/england/news/article.cfm?l_id=37...
Olympic Ticket News - England Hockey
The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG ) confirmed today that 2.3 million tickets will be available in the second ...
www.englandhockey.co.uk/news.asp?section=22...News...
O2 Arena: London 2012 Olympic Games, laughing at the O2 Arena debt ...
London 2012 Olympic Games, laughing at the O2 Arena debt loan refinance plan ...Drawdock Road. North Greenwich. London, SE10 0BB. England ...
o2arena.blogspot.com/.../london-2012-olympic-games-laughi...
London Unveils Groundbreaking Recyclable Basketball Stadium for ...
The 2012 Olympic basketball stadium is already complete - a full year ahead of schedule. ... Nonetheless, compared to Zaha Hadid's contribution to the LondonGames ... Yes, because England sucks at Basketball, they don't really need a ...
inhabitat.com/...for.../london-2012-olympics-basketball-1/
Confusion after Team GB 'deal' announced
... allow players from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to play for Team GB's men's and women's football sides at the London 2012 Olympic Games ...
uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/.../confusion-team-gb-deal-announce...
London 2012 Olympic prayer released by Church of England - London ...
London 2012 Olympic prayer released by Church of England London 2012 Olympics... A Prayer In Preparation For The 2012 Games is intended to help those ...
www.the2012londonolympics.com/forum/showthread.php?t...
Faded Youth Blog | David Beckham Everyone's Olympic Games With ...
LONDON, ENGLAND – JUNE 13: David Beckham launches Samsung's London 2012 campaign 'Everyone's Olympic Games With Samsung' at East Wintergarden on June 13, ...
www.fadedyouthblog.com/.../david-beckham-everyones-olym...
Sky Live Sports » Blog Archive » Wimbledon 2011: Tennis London ...
Wimbledon 2011: Tennis London 2012 Olympic Games faces test ... employees of the organizing committee of London 2012, on secondment to the All England Club ...
skylivesports.com/.../wimbledon-2011-tennis-london-2012-ol...
Libya | Gaddafi | England | 2012 Olympic Games
Public outrage has forced organizers of the London Games to hold off on an offer to sell hundreds of event tickets to one of the Libyan leader's sons - for ...
www.globalpost.com/.../gaddafi-heading-2012-olympics-lond...
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