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Four sports are making their Olympic debuts, and another two, baseball and softball, will return after a hiatus of sorts.
Last year’s Tokyo Olympics were pushed back to this year, and slated to run from July 23 through to August 8. There are plenty of hurdles for organisers to overcome.
Win a gold medal for your country at the Olympics, and your name goes down in history. That doesn’t make life post-Olympics that much easier for the athletes, though.
The Deputy Prime Minister of Japan, Taro Aso, thinks dark forces are at work to prevent The Olympic Games from happening this year.
It’s a painful thought that some people have nothing better to do with their time and that they have to focus on, truly, the most ridiculously small things that shouldn’t even be an issue.
The Olympic Games are so much fun – we get to watch from the safety of our homes or the pub and marvel and the newly built structures. Here’s the post-mortem though…
So Michael Phelps is rumoured to be dating a girl that was once a guy. Hey, to each their own and so forth. And anyway, she has the tiniest waist and biggest boobs, so I am sure he’s happy.
Every athlete would love to have the honour of winning a gold medal for their country, but if you’re from Russia, there is a little bit more incentive. Click through to check out what we’re talking about.
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The London 2012 Paralympics is about to get underway, and we’re still on a comedown from the 2012 London Olympics. But eight years ago, Greece spent €13 billion to stage the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. This is what some of the venues look like now.
The Olympics are officially and you’ve undoubtedly been left with a gaping void in desperate need of filling. Seeing as the next epic installment is four long years away, it’s best to start weening yourself off slowly as soon as possible and what better way to begin that process than with an awesome gallery of multi-exposure photographs from this year’s games.
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The 400-metre world record holder, Michael Johnson, says he believes disabled athletes who use prosthetic limbs should NOT be allowed to compete in able-bodied races. This after news broke of Oscar Pistorius’ qualification for this year’s Olympics. Johnson argues that as it has not been disproved whether or not it provides such athletes with an unfair advantage.
With the London Olympics a mere ten days away, this is a bit of an embarrassment for Boris Johnson to admit. With the decision to outsource security of the games to private security firm G4S, their last-minute withdrawal has left politicians with no choice but to call up members of the military. Many have just returned from deployment in Afghanistan.
Less than a minute into a speech to mark the month-to-go countdown to the start of the Olympics yesterday, Britain’s prime minister got heckled by a protester. The guy shouted: “Shame on you, David Cameron – you are crippling the poor in London. Shame on you!” Cameron’s response? “Don’t spoil it, sir!”
The first part of the Olympics happened this morning, which saw the lighting of the Olympic torch in Ancient Olympia in Greece. This marks the start of the 78 day torch relay to the Olympic Stadium. Where will the torch be traveling this year?
Philip Hammond, Liam Fox’s replacement as the UK’s Defence Secretary, announced to MPs that ground-to-air missiles would be deployed “to protect” the 2012 Olympic Games in London if deemed operationally necessary. This follows shortly after America announced intentions to send up to 1 000 security agents to provide protection for US contestants and diplomats.
Well here’s some sport’s news from those kooky guys in fun-lovin’ Iran. The world’s craziest government has now decided that the 2012 London Olympic Games logo is racist.