International Business Times
Crowds of thousands cheered the Olympic torch relay through London on Saturday on the final leg of its tour around Britain, generating excitement that organisers hope will dispel lingering fears about the event's organisation and security. The relay,...
The New Zealand Herald
As schools are break up for the summer, families seeking to escape London are slowed by vehicles ferrying teams to the Olympic village in east London. Many are taking wrong turns and athletes are complaining of four-hour trips from the airport. They...
Mail Online UK
21 July 2012 With the Olympics now just around the corner the sense of anticipation at history unfolding before us is growing daily. But although London 2012 is already sure of its place in the memories of those who could say they were there, what is...
Mail Online UK
Dame Kelly Holmes waiting to carry Olympic Flame in the grounds of the Tower of London Taken over the baton: British retired champion Dame Kelly Holmes poses for the photographers with the Olympic flame at the Tower of London Handover: British Royal...
The Globe & Mail
Watch Watch Britain's Zara Dampney and Shauna Mullin are adamant that bikinis are their favoured uniform when playing beach volleyball. Reuters Watch The torch arrived late Friday in the city with a dramatic entrance, abseiled from a helicopter by a...
United Press International
Soldiers, singers and gymnastics legend Nadia Comaneci were among the 143 runners who carried the Olympic torch around London Saturday, Olympics officials said. Sunny skies greeted the runners and a huge crowd of onlookers as the flame was taken from...