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Mail Online UK
| over 1 year ago
on 21st February 2012 The BBC is at the centre of an exploitation row after it advertised for 500 of its staff to work for free during the Olympic Games. It had posted an internal advert asking for existing staff to take annual leave and apply for...
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NewKerala
| over 1 year ago
Westfield has already provided some information to the ECB and is likely to be interviewed in prison, even as Kaneria has been charged with persuading Westfield to accept 6,000 pounds to concede a set number of runs in an over, while playing for...
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BBC
| over 1 year ago
Nothing has been decided yet," added Gregory. "We have to wait until the final trials in March. "At the moment, the four will be the top boat [for Britain], and yes there's no question I want to be in the top boat." But the 27-year-old conceded that...
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France24
| over 1 year ago
Jamaican Usain Bolt (L) celebrates with compatriot Asafa Powell after wining the men's 100m race as part of the Golden Gala event at the Olympic stadium in Rome, May 2011. World 100-metre record holder Bolt will renew his rivalry with Powell at the...
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Miami Herald
| over 1 year ago
London Olympic organizers say an 80-mile (130 kilometer) dress rehearsal for the torch relay will go through both rural and urban locations in central England. The practice announced Tuesday will take place April 20 and be run from Leicester to...
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EW - PopWatch
| over 1 year ago
The concert, with a Best of British lineup that also includes The Specials and New Order, will be the final celebration organized by the city around the Games. Tickets go on sale this Friday , and concertgoers will be able to watch highlights of the...
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News 24
| over 1 year ago
Blur will headline an Olympics Closing Celebration concert in August. The Britpop band have joined a line-up including The Specials and New Order for the BT London Live concert in Hyde Park, which will follow the sporting event in the city this...
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Zee News
| over 1 year ago
British Parliamentraian Barry Gardiner on Tuesday termed the process that led to the appointment of Dow Chemical Company as a sponsor for the wrap of the main 2012 Olympics stadium a "sham". Leading an adjournment debate in the Westminster Hall in...
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The Age
| over 1 year ago
The 32-year-old returned to the sport following the birth of her now 15-month-old daughter Layla and more than three years out of competition. The Athens bronze medallist in the platform finished a disappointing 14th in the semi-finals at the Olympic...
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The Guardian
| over 1 year ago
Guardian music Blur have been announced as the headline act for the 2012 Olympics closing celebration concert in Hyde Park. Photograph: Anthony Devlin/PA Not content with picking up the outstanding contribution award at the Brit awards on Tuesday...
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International Business Times
| over 1 year ago
The most common is the Olympic flag with five interlaced rings in the centre: blue, yellow, black, green and red. This design is symbolic and it represents the five inhabited continents of the world, united by Olympism.
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Wellington Dominion
| over 1 year ago
Qatar is proposing to hold the 2020 Olympics in October to avoid the Gulf Arab state's searing summer heat, maintaining that the proposed October dates would "ensure ideal conditions for athletes and spectators." Details of the bid released on Monday...
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Star Phoenix
| over 1 year ago
The Canadian men's and women's water polo teams found out exactly what it will take to qualify for the 2012 Olympics on Monday when the draws for the qualifying tournaments were released. The Canadian men, who will host a 12-team event in Edmonton...
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The independent
| over 1 year ago
News in pictures On Facebook From the blogs The Independent last week reported on Russia's efforts to buy international recognition for the Geor... While there is no shortage of positive role models from among Britain's diverse black communities, i.
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Telegraph India
| over 1 year ago
Courage, diving and spirit of the Games [+uc('Simon barnes The Times, London')+] London: Britain is going to get behind these Games, you know! That's if the test event that opened at the Olympic aquatics centre, on Tuesday, is offering any clues. It...
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Guardian Unlimited
| over 1 year ago
From where you are standing you can see a huge number of football pitches here, leading Hackney council to claim this is 'the spiritual home of Sunday-league football'. There are more than 70 matches played every week on 82 pitches, so if you want to...
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The Motley Fool
| over 1 year ago
is generally a solid performer, so long as the company doesn't decide to drastically change the formula of its carbonated namesake. The beverage company has been making a strong showing as of late, beating analyst estimates and increasing sales...
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San Diego Union-Tribune
| over 1 year ago
The security test announced Monday envisions that an emergency takes place on the busiest days of the 2012 London Olympics. Authorities declined to reveal the exact scenario that emergency services will be addressing, since dealing with a surprise is...
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Guardian Unlimited
| over 1 year ago
on Wednesday and Thursday a security test event will take place in the capital involving 2,500 people. Photograph: David Davies/PA The Metropolitan police have promised to draw lessons from the 7/7 bombings inquest in policing this summer's Olympic...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| over 1 year ago
February 21, 2012 Read later "It hurts me more that the girls weren't really upset about not making it."...Speaking to Fairfax's new women's website, dailylife.com.au, Barbieri said that between the Women's World Cup last July and the Olympic...
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Merced Sun-Star
| over 1 year ago
Qatar says it will send women athletes to the Olympics for the first time at the London Games...Al Thani says the number of female entrants from Qatar could rise to four. Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Brunei have never sent women athletes to an Olympics.
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Zee News
| over 1 year ago
They will be among the 13,500-strong military force being deployed at the Games, which start on July 27...The beefed-up overall Olympics security force of 23,700 includes a mixture of troops, private security guards and at least 3,000 unpaid...
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Zee News
| over 1 year ago
Karmakar is the first shooter from the state to represent at the quadrennial extravaganza since Bhagirathi Samai in Los Angeles 1984. State Sports Minister Madan Mitra today said hoped that the 32-year-old would be able to achieve his target in the...
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San Diego Union-Tribune
| over 1 year ago
Britain is planning a massive Olympics security exercise around a mock emergency on the London subway system. The security test announced Monday envisions that an emergency takes place on the busiest days of the 2012 London Olympics, which will run...
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Novinite
| over 1 year ago
FIle photo The Cuban boxing team, who will participate in the Strandzha Tournament in Bulgaria later this month, have set themselves the highest possible goal to take home the gold medals. "We are on track. Everyone knows with chances of Olympic gold...
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Daily News & Analysis
| over 1 year ago
Adele, who bagged six Grammy awards, is awaiting yet another glittering prize, an engagement ring. Apparently the soul singer's 37-year-old boyfriend Simon Konecki is planning to propose to her on her 24th birthday in May. The pair had announced that...
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San Diego Union-Tribune
| over 1 year ago
Britain's defense secretary says about 2,100 military reserves have been called up to help protect the 2012 London Olympics. Philip Hammond confirmed in a written statement published Monday that the reservists would form part of a deployment of up to...
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BBC
| over 1 year ago
Reservists called up to boost security Olympic venues will be visited by millions of people over two weeks in the summer Armed forces reservists are being called up to boost security for this summer's London Olympics. The government said 2,100...
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Mail Online UK
| over 1 year ago
Olympic Park and watch the action on a big screen Last updated at 1:38 AM on 20th February 2012 Thousands of spectators will be charged to watch the Olympics on giant screens. The decision to charge for entry to the Olympic Park has proved...
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Wellington Dominion
| over 1 year ago
Elite rowers hoping to make the cut for New Zealand eights squads were pressed for their best at the weekend. National team selectors were out on Lake Karapiro on Saturday when the national championship saw eights teams from the four Regional...
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Zee News
| over 1 year ago
Praising the team, he said that the performances are an indication that the preparations are on right track towards achieving the dream of an Olympic medal this year...Great beginning towards London Medal dreams. he posted on a micro blogging website...
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Mail Online UK
| over 1 year ago
Ambulances carrying the sick and vulnerable will be left stranded in traffic jams during the Olympics while dignitaries beat congestion with 'Games lanes' reserved for VIPs. Organisers for the London Games rejected a request from NHS London to let...
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Zee News
| over 1 year ago
The event is planned to take place during the off-season and at the time of the 2012 London Olympics. TV Globo is expecting to put together the tournament July 27- August 12, the dates of the London Games. With football games widely suspended due to...
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Star Phoenix
| over 1 year ago
Zach Bell of North Vancouver won the bronze medal on Saturday in London at the fourth and final UCI track World Cup, ending his season in fourth place overall. Beginning the second day in fifth place, Bell finished second in the individual pursuit to...
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The Observer
| over 1 year ago
ODA/Getty Images Europe Sick and vulnerable NHS patients will be left stranded in ambulances in traffic jams while dignitaries and sponsors race past in a fleet of expensive cars on specially designated lanes during the Olympics, healthcare providers...
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The Star
| over 1 year ago
Ukraine's Olympic silver medallist Olha Korobka has been banned for four years for doping, according to the International Weightlifting Federation website ( www.iwf.net ). Korobka failed a drugs test after the world championships in Paris last...
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PRWeb
| over 1 year ago
Glad to show my support for Team GB. #London2012” David Riddiford CEO of Links of London commented “Links of London have a history of supporting leading sporting events. Our distinctive British style makes us the natural choice to create the...
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GMA News
| over 1 year ago
Test events for the London Olympics have led organisers to revise some of their plans, including moving mounds of earth to reconfigure the BMX track, after unexpected problems came to light. Speaking ahead of a Diving World Cup event at the new...
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Zee News
| over 1 year ago
India start the tournament at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium as favourites and they can't afford to lose out on yet another Olympic berth after the Beijing embarrassment. For the eight time Olympic gold medallists, this is right time to bring...
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Los Angeles Times
| over 1 year ago
Sebastian Coe, chairman of the organizing committee for the upcoming London Olympics , wasn't merely catering to his audience Friday at the International Olympic Committee 's conference on Women and Sport when he said women should be represented at...
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The Age
| over 1 year ago
With just five months until London's opening ceremony, Australia remains behind in its bid for a top-five finish on the overall medal table, Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) chef de mission Nick Green said on Saturday. There is also now the very...
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Mail Online UK
| over 1 year ago
Thousands of unsold Olympics tickets have been handed over to American fat cats' making huge profits out of London 2012. The Mail can reveal an extra 4,000 seats have been allocated to a U.S.-based agency that specialises in ultra-expensive Olympics...
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The Daily Star
| over 1 year ago
Such a pity that the Concorde doesn't fly anymore supersonic transport would make the transition from the catwalks of New York to the runways of London so much easier for the fashion crowd. With New York Fashion Week ending Thursday evening and...
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Taiwan News
| over 1 year ago
It didn't take long for the London Olympic Velodrome to live up to its reputation as a record-breaking track. The crowd witnessed four world records in two events on the venue's first full day of competition. Just over an hour into Friday's opening...
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United Press International
| over 1 year ago
An international human-rights organization said Saudi Arabia has reversed its decision to allow women to participate in the London 2012 Olympics. Human Rights Watch said Saudi Arabia, which announced three months ago it would permit women to...
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PRWeb
| over 1 year ago
Visa Diving World Cup 2012 from 20-26 February, the last qualification opportunity for the London 2012 Olympic Games. Amongst the world-class line up are Chinese Olympic champions He Chong and Chen Ruolin. Chong is 2008 Olympic individual 3m...
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Miami Herald
| over 1 year ago
Hugh Robertson said it is not the right time for Olympics organizers to provide detailed information about the controversial ticketing process, which has been dogged by a series of problems. He spoke after a London watchdog group demanded that games...
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New Zealand Herald
| over 1 year ago
Hamblin has had a tumultuous season as she battles to return from an Achilles injury. Although she qualified for the Olympics with a 1500m personal best of 4m 04.82s set in Barcelona in August, Athletics New Zealand indicated that she would have to...
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San Diego Union-Tribune
| over 1 year ago
Britain and France are going to hold a joint exercise to test their abilities to respond to a terror incident at the 2012 London Olympics. A joint British-French defense statement released Friday says authorities from the two countries are both...
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AP Online
| over 1 year ago
Australia's Kaarle McCulloch and Anna Meares have set cycling's first world record at London's Olympic Velodrome.
The world champion pair confirmed their status as strong contenders for the gold medals later this year by beating...
