London’s Olympic Housing Crunch

Late to worry Boy, it sounds a little late to me to be worrying about where to put people this summer. That is just around the corner. One would have thought that more hotels and apartment buildings would have...

Transport chief says 'go down the pub' to ease Olympic congestion

Commuters should go to the pub after work to avoid inevitable travel disruption during the Olympics, London's transport chief said today. The unlikely advice to hit the bar during the Games came at the launch...

Macho Olympic call for knitlympics

A British spin on Olympic fever If you have the needles for it, you can enter the event. Grandma’s welcome too. " “Full description for Knitlympics Dive into the Olympics with Knitlympics! This fantastic new...

BritishTriathlon Hyde Park August 2011

Lucy Hall rounded off an outstanding day of action in Hyde Park, winning the British Junior Aquathlon Championships. Britain’s finest young triathletes aimed to replicate the success of Helen Jenkins, who...

London is sprucing up for Olympics

Hackney When the Olympics come to town, anywhere in the world, it is a time for redevelopment. Nations are proud and want to improve the environment for their guests and visiting athletes.  This provides an...

London 2012 Olympic IT testing kicks off

London 2012 and Atos Origin have launched a technology lab that will test all aspects of the technology infrastructure ahead of the 2012 Olympic Games held in London.The Technology Lab, hosted in London's Canary Wharf, will oversee 200,000 hours of testing in what was...

Tommie Smith To Sell Gold Medal From 1968 Mexico Olympic Games

Tommie Smith And John Carlos "Black Power Salute" After Winning Gold in 1968 - Now, Smith To Sell Gold Medal A single gesture grabbed headlines and changed the lives of two young athletes during the Olympic Games...

Film Chronicling Anti-Olympic Movement Seeks Social Media Support

The people behind the film, With Glowing Hearts have shot a film that chronicles some of the voices that opposed the Vancouver 2010 Olympics and used social media to get their message out.   The movie...

London 2012 Mascots: Meet Wenlock and Mandeville: Photos

The London 2012 Mascots Have Been Unveiled - Meet Wenlock and Mandeville Already causing a storm of controversy, the long-awaited mascots for the London 2012 Olympic Games have been unveiled and their names are...

London 2012 unveils mascots

As reported by The Guardian, the London 2012 Olympics now have their own official mascots - Wenlock and Mandeville, apparently fashioned by "drops of steel" from the construction work out in East London. Quite how they grew to be potential one-eyed overlords even scarier than...

Juan Antonio Samaranch Dies: Former Olympic, IOC Chief Dead

Juan Antonio Samaranch Dead At 89: From Fascist Under Franco To Olympic OligarchFor 21 years Juan Antonia Samaranch presided over the International Olympic Committee (IOC) taking the Olympics through its troubled...

Only 30% knew about Pakistan's participation in Winter Olympics

Pakistan participated for the first time in the recently concluded Winter Olympics in Canada but only 30 per cent of its citizens knew about their country's participation in the games."ISLAMABAD: Although not many people (30 per cent) were aware of Pakistan’s first ever...

Brian McKeever: 2010 Paralympic Games, Ready to Compete

Brian McKeever Who Missed Being the First Person to Compete in both the Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games is Now Ready to Shine in his Paralympic Events It was a day of such disappointment when Brian McKeever...

Vancouver Paralympics 2010 Opening Ceremony: Online, TV Schedule

Paralympics 2010: Olympic Opening Ceremony Kicks Off in Vancouver: Background, Events, Schedule TV and Online. For the Vancouver Paralympic Games in 2010 the same level of hype, crowds or attention may not be the...

The Day the WNBA died, Ex-Sprinter Marion Jones signs with Tulsa

Unlike some of my peers I have little faith in disgraced former track & field star Marion Jones. She lied to the media. She lied to her fans. Marion Jones even lied to herself. She cheated to get ahead and...

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