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Our golden games
Seoul :: South Korea | 5 months ago
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Marc Hinton looks back on the joyous days of the London Olympics and rates a Kiwi campaign that positively dripped gold...But for two weeks in the middle of their summer of 2012, it was hard not to feel especially loud, proud and well and truly wowed.
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Unknown artist to sue Danny Boyle over opening ceremony design he claims was copied from his Olympics competition entry
London :: United Kingdom | 6 months ago
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15 November 2012 An artist intends to sue the organisers of the London Olympics because he believes director Danny Boyle used his design for the opening ceremony set. Lee Sendall, from Hull, entered drawings of a spiral mound in the middle of the
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Lord Coe's i¿½12m windfall as he sells private firm to Olympic advertising contractor
London :: United Kingdom | 7 months ago
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Lord Sebastian Coe is selling his management consultancy firm Lord Coe is set to scoop a multi-million pound windfall from selling his private business to an advertising company that played a major role in the Olympics. The former Olympic gold
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Channel 4 plans bid for broadcasting rights for 2016 Rio Paralympics
London :: United Kingdom | 8 months ago
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Channel 4 may bid for the television rights to the 2016 Paralympics, which will be held in Rio de Janeiro. Photograph: Felipe Dana/AP The Channel 4 chief executive, David Abraham, is preparing a bid for the TV rights to the Rio de Janeiro 2016
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Paralympics 2012: Channel 4 defends not covering cycling road race live
London :: United Kingdom | 9 months ago
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Sarah Storey celebrates winning gold in the women's C4-5 individual road race, which was not covered live by Channel 4. Photograph: Michael Steele/Getty Images Channel 4 and London 2012 organisers have defended the fact they did not provide live
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Amarl Wood in mob that hacked schoolboy to death at Victoria working as Olympic steward
Stratford :: CT :: USA | 9 months ago
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The two groups were seen arguing at the station the previous day and one of the sixth form boys, 16-year-old Melvin Mensah, was left with a bloody nose. Goncalves and Wood were part of the mob that pursued Sofyen, while Ajayi chased others across
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Maken writes to High Commission to look after parathletes
New Delhi :: India | 9 months ago
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Controversy broke out yesterday after a wheelchair-borne powerlifter alleged that the officials of Paralympic Council of India were staying inside the Games Village by using the accreditation of the coaches and escorts and that has resulted to less
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London Paralympics: Channel 4 viewing figures may show why they had so many adverts
Beijing :: China | 9 months ago
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Indeed, having lost its test cricket rights in 2004, Channel 4's only sporting prowess comes after winning the rights to all major horse racing, including the Grand National. The very presence of the ever-popular presenter Clare Balding, who was
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The corporate Olympic champions
Top :: India | 9 months ago
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While a select number of companies have collectively ploughed an estimated £1bn into the Games as official sponsors, it's not necessarily easy to calculate how they have benefited from that investment. Consumer-facing firms, such as McDonald's and
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Games mean really big business for companies
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | 10 months ago
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Olympics provide opportunity for commercial success, reports Diao Ying from London. The most expensive ticket for the opening ceremony of the London Olympics cost $3,140 and a ticket for one of the track finals could cost as much as $1,130. With a
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