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IOC hopes London 2012 Olympics will force BBC's hand over television rights ... - Telegraph.co.uk
Google News - 2012 Summer Olympics &bull Dec 12, 2011
The International Olympic Committee is preparing to stall television rights negotiations for future Olympic Games broadcasts in the UK in the hope that a successful London Olympics will bring about a boost to the BBC sports rights budget. The IOC… Full Story »
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Google Wallet to hit UK market ahead of Olympics 2012 - Computer Business Review
Google News - 2012 Summer Olympics &bull Dec 12, 2011
Google is said to be in talks with retailers, distributors, and banks to be introduce contactless payments ahead of the 2012 Olympics to be held in London in July/August, according to French broadsheet Les Echoes. Currently, Google Wallet is available… Full Story »
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London 2012 Olympics: Holly Bleasdale breaks her own UK pole vault record in ... - Telegraph.co.uk
Google News - 2012 Summer Olympics &bull Dec 11, 2011
Pole-vaulter Holly Bleasdale underlined her medal potential at next summer's Olympics when she broke her own UK record with a clearance of 4.71 metres at a low-key indoor meeting in Orleans, France. The 20 year-old from Chorley, who plans to… Full Story »
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London 2012 Olympics: Holly Bleasdale breaks her own UK pole vault record in Orleans France
Telegraph UK - The Olympics &bull Dec 11, 2011
Pole-vaulter Holly Bleasdale underlined her medal potential at next summer's Olympics when she broke her own UK record with a clearance of 4.71 metres at a low-key indoor meeting in Orleans, France. The 20 year-old from Chorley, who plans to… Full Story »
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Ainslie rage underlines tension between sailors and attempts to publicise the sport
More than the games &bull Dec 11, 2011WHEN sports stars go mad - that schedule filler loved by ITV 4 - usually features the same mix of clips. Eric Cantona plunging studs first into the crowd at Selhurst Park, Brian Clough administering a thick ear to a couple of Nottingham Forest likely lads and my personal favourite, Brazilian striker Edmundo pouring a bottle of champagne into the mouth of an angry looking bear at his… Full Story »
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Mark Cavendish saddles up for a year when second will be failure - The Guardian
Google News - 2012 Summer Olympics &bull Nov 20, 2011
Sometimes, with Mark Cavendish, what is left unspoken speaks volumes. I put it to the Manxman, the newly crowned world road race champion, Britain's first professional in the rainbow jersey since 1965, that perhaps he may have to manage expectations a little in the run-in to London 2012. Might there be an assumption that having won the rainbow jersey in seamless fashion, at the end of a dominant performance by Great Britain, something similar will happen in Surrey and south-west London on 28 July next year? Cavendish sees it differently. I know what I've got to do." When Cavendish believes… Full Story »
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Olympics: Folkard backed for London 2012 glory - Coventry Telegraph
Google News - 2012 Summer Olympics &bull Nov 19, 2011
FIVE-TIME Olympian Alison Williamson knows first-hand the nightmares Naomi Folkard has endured but believes the Leamington Spa archer will put that all behind her at London 2012. Folkard, 28, has been at the height of her sport since arriving on… Full Story »
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U.S. team experimenting in friendly vs. Sweden
ESPN - Olympics News &bull Nov 18, 2011
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- It's called a friendly, but the U.S. women's national team's approach to Saturday's meeting with Sweden in Arizona is nothing but business-like. This is the team's last game before the 2012 Olympic oualifying tournament, so it is using this match to experiment with a new formation and work toward its ultimate goal of securing a berth in London for the Olympics… Full Story »
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Joe Cole 'very excited' by chance to compete at 2012 London Olympics - The Guardian
Google News - 2012 Summer Olympics &bull Nov 17, 2011
Joe Cole, pictured in action for Lille, hopes to represent Great Britain in the London 2012 Olympics. Next year's Games will be held in east London where Cole began his career at West Ham, and the 30-year-old said it would… Full Story »
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Zoe Smith lifts new personal best at World Weightlifting Championships in Paris
Telegraph - Olympics &bull Nov 9, 2011
Zoe Smith set two personal bests at the World Weightlifting Championships in Paris but decided against attempting the Olympic qualifying A standard. The 17-year-old lifted 92kg in the snatch and 112kg in the clean and jerk to record a total… Full Story »
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Hospitality Industry Readying for the London 2012 Olympics - Industry Leaders Magazine
Google News - 2012 Summer Olympics &bull Nov 6, 2011
The Summer Olympics in London are just six months away. What's the hospitality industry in London and the rest of the United Kingdom doing to get ready for the half a million visitors (not including the athletes) projected to visit the city during the games? First, businesses… Full Story »
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Walsh intends to come good when it really matters
More than the games &bull Nov 4, 2011KAYAKER Campbell Walsh is right when he says the past two years haven't been his greatest - but he is adamant he will come good when it matters most at the Olympic trials in April. Having failed to build on his Olympic K1 kayak slalom silver medal from Athens 2004 at the Beijing Games in 2008, Walsh… Full Story »
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London 2012 Festival ready to catch our imaginations
Telegraph - Olympics &bull Nov 4, 2011
Arlene Phillips with dancers from Some Like It Hip Hop celebrate the launch of the London 2012 festival. Press conferences announcing artistic events are normally dry and dusty affairs. But when the actor Mark Rylance appeared towards the end of… Full Story »
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Mark Cavendish sets sights on Tour de France and London 2012 Olympic Games double
London Olympics 2012 News &bull Nov 1, 2011The Manx Missile is all set to become only the third cyclist, after Tommy Simpson and Sir Chris Hoy, to plonk the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year tripod camera on his mantelpiece. - www.mirror.co.uk Full Story »
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Klinger calls for long-term plan
BBC - Olympic Sports &bull Oct 18, 2011
British Judo chairman Densign White has recently admitted that the British squad may only win one medal at the 2012 Olympics following the disappointing results at the World Championships in France. The realistic situation is that we have this talent… Full Story »
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LONDON 2012: Beckham claims Olympic selection will determine next club move - More Than The Games
Google News - 2012 Summer Olympics &bull Oct 18, 2011
DAVID Beckham has one consideration as he decides where his future lies - finding a club that will give him a chance to fulfil his Olympic dream at London 2012. Beckham is desperate to be named as one of Team… Full Story »
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100-Year-Old Man Completed A Marathon
Yahoo! Olympics - Fourth Place Medal Blog &bull Oct 17, 2011
Last week, we made you feel lazy with the story of a woman who completed a marathon, then gave birth to a baby. This week, it's a 100-year-old man who will make you feel bad for not getting up to work out. Yes, a 100-year-old man completed the Toronto Marathon. Fauja Singh will be noted in the Guinness Book of World Records for being the oldest person to complete the 26.2-mile race. He finished… Full Story »
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Queally set for Euro team sprint
BBC - Olympic Sports &bull Oct 17, 2011
Former Olympic champion Jason Queally is to compete in the team sprint at the European Championships in Holland later this month, at the age of 41. He added: "I'd say we are on target to achieve this as the whole… Full Story »
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Mark Cavendish aims for incredible London 2012 and Tour de France double - The Sun #cycling #cav
London 2012 &bull Oct 15, 2011Mark Cavendish aims for incredible London 2012 and Tour de France double - The Sun #cycling #cav Continue reading Full Story »
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The 2012 Olympics may open a can of worms for Asia's new football chief - World Soccer
Google News - 2012 Summer Olympics &bull Oct 13, 2011
China's Zhang Jilong may fear he is on a hiding to nothing. Not necessarily in terms of his ambition to firm up his role as acting president of the Asian Football Confederation but in terms of trying to synchronising the needs of football and the… Full Story »
