Olympic Games

WATCH: Senegal Olympic Football Team Dance To Gaga

The Huffington Post UK | Samuel Luckhurst | Posted 26.04.2012 | UK Sport

Read More: London 2012, Coventry City, Video, Team GB, Olympic Games, UK Football, UK Sport, Senegal 2-0 Oman, Ricoh Arena, Senegal, Team GB Senegal, UK Sport News

Team GB's football team have drawn Senegal for the London 2012 Olympic Games, and if they can't beat the Africans on the pitch, they may do off it. ...

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Charles And Camilla Visit Isle Of Man

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 26.04.2012 | UK

Read More: London 2012, UK News, Prince Charles, Olympics, Camilla the Duchess of Cornwall, Queen's Jubilee, Olympic Games, Royal Visits, Queen Elizabeth, Camilla Parker-Bowles, UK News

The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall delighted schoolchildren on Thursday by starting a race for the cycling-mad youngsters at the club where O...

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BBC Olympic Staff To Outnumber Team GB Athletes

The Guardian | Posted 26.04.2012 | UK Sport

Read More: London 2012, Bbc, Team GB, BBC Coverage Olympics, Olympic Games, BBC Olympic Games, UK Sport, London Olympics, UK Olympics, BBC Olympic Staff, UK Sport News

The BBC is to employ a staff of 765 people to cover the London 2012 Olympic Games, a larger team than the 550 athletes who will represent Team GB....

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Africans, Arabs And (South) Americans For Team GB Football Team

The Huffington Post UK | Samuel Luckhurst | Posted 24.04.2012 | UK Sport

The Team GB football team have been drawn alongside Senegal, the United Arab Emirates and Uruguay for the London 2012 Olympic Games. Coached by Stu...

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WATCH: Jodie's Not Kidding In Petition For Polo's Olympic Return

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 23.04.2012 | UK Sport

Read More: Team GB, Olympics, Olympic Games, Polo, UK Sport, UK Polo, Jodie Kidd, Jodie Kidd Polo Olympics, Polo Reinstated Olympics, UK Sport News

Former model and Polo player Jodie Kidd has urged the International Olympic Committee to reinstate the sport for the Olympics. As well as championi...

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35,000 Prepare For A Long, Long Sunday

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 20.04.2012 | UK Sport

Read More: Virgin, London 2012, UK News, Olympic Games, UK Sport, London Marathon, Virgin London Marathon, Long Distance Running, Marathons, Marathon Running, UK Sport News

After months of gruelling training runs, 35,000 runners are counting down the hours to reaching the start line at Sunday's Virgin London Marathon. ...

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Beckham Makes Team GB Cut

The Huffington Post UK | Samuel Luckhurst | Posted 18.04.2012 | UK Sport

Read More: London 2012, David Beckham Team GB, Olympics, Olympic Games, David Beckham, UK Football, UK Sport, Olympics Football, David Beckham Olympics, Summer Olympics, Video, UK Sport News

David Beckham has edged closer to representing the Team GB football team at the Olympic Games. The former England captain has made the cut of 80 pl...

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London 2012: One Hundred Days To Go

Mark Hillary | Posted 17.06.2012 | UK Sport

It is exactly one hundred days until the opening ceremony of the London Olympic games when, under Danny Boyle's direction, thousands of British volunteers will show the world that the UK can match anything China did four years ago.

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Tickets Please - Team GB Hopefuls Allocated More

The Huffington Post UK | Samuel Luckhurst | Posted 18.04.2012 | UK Sport

London 2012 Olympic participants may have more of their nearest and dearest watching them after all. Each competitor has been allocated two tickets...

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100 Days Until London 2012 - 10 Stupid Olympic Facts

The Huffington Post UK | Samuel Luckhurst | Posted 18.04.2012 | UK Sport

Read More: London 2012, UK Sport, London Olympics, 100 Days Until London 2012, 100 Days Until Olympic Games, Olympics, Olympic Games, UK Athletics, UK Sport News

The 2012 Olympics are now just 100 days away from commencing. In 14 weeks and two days' time London will host the 30th games, as anticipation mount...

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Olympic Torch Relay Rehearsal Set For Friday

PA | Posted 17.04.2012 | UK

Read More: London Olympics, London 2012, Olympic Torch, London 2012 Torch Route, UK News, London 2012 Torch, Olympic Games, UK News

The London 2012 Olympics torch relay is to be put to the test during a rehearsal later this week. Hundreds of people will be taking part in the tes...

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Iran 'Blocks London 2012 Website'

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 09.06.2012 | UK

Read More: London 2012, UK News, Middle East, Olympic Games, Iran Olympics, London Olympics, Iran, Iranian Olympics, UK News

Iran has reportedly blocked the official website for the London 2012 Olympics. Iranians on social networks reported that instead of visiting the lo...

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Business Fit for the Olympics?

Roland Cross | Posted 04.06.2012 | UK

Read More: London, UK Business, Olympics, London Olympics, London 2012, Olympic Games, Business, UK News

The Olympic clock is ticking ever closer to the start of the Games and for many it provides a once in a lifetime opportunity to enjoy an array of sports at 37 sites across the country. But are you fit for business during the Olympics?

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Olympic Organisers Deny Rumours Over Seating For Babies

Posted 22.03.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Hugh Robertson, Joan Ruddock, UK News, Mumsnet, Olympic Games, London Olympics, UK Diary, UK Politics News

The organisers of the London Olympics have dismissed rumours that babies will not be guaranteed a seat next to their parents if they are bought a seat...

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Get Kitted Up - Team GB Garb Revealed (GALLERY)

The Huffington Post UK | Samuel Luckhurst | Posted 22.03.2012 | UK Sport

Great Britain's kits for this year's Olympics have been revealed. The Team GB outfits were unveiled at the Tower of London during a special launch ...

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Jane Tomlinson's Son To Carry Olympic Torch

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 19.05.2012 | UK

The teenage son of inspirational fundraiser Jane Tomlinson said today that he is carrying the Olympic Torch on behalf of his late mother. Steven To...

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Airlines' Warning Over 'Severe' Olympic Games Delays

PA | Posted 17.03.2012 | UK

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Britain's leading airlines have warned that passengers could face "severe delay and disruption" at London's airports during the Olympic Games. Brit...

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Kate Shoots And Scores!

The Huffington Post UK | Samuel Luckhurst | Posted 15.03.2012 | UK Sport

Read More: London 2012, Team GB, Olympics, Olympic Games, UK Sport, Kate Middleton Hockey, Kate Middleton Ambassador, Kate Middleton, Slidepollajax, Olympic Park, Hockey, UK Sport News

Kate Middleton showed off her hockey prowess at London's Olympic Park on Thursday, as she met members of Team GB. The Duchess, captain of the first...

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London 2012 - An Opportunity to Inspire

Seb Coe | Posted 30.12.2012 | UK Sport

Read More: London Olympics, London 2012, Sport Relief, Lord Coe, Olympic Games, London, Seb Coe, Olympic Park, Greatest Sporting Moments, UK Sport News

The London 2012 Games are a real once-in-a-generation opportunity. I'd encourage everyone to join the team and make the most of these games.

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Reconnecting Capitalism

Iain Anderson | Posted 01.05.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Iain Anderson, Financial Crisis, Capitalism, Olympic Games, Reform, Cicero, Occupy, New Capitalism, UK Politics News

Only when real middle incomes started to be severely squeezed in 2010 and 2011 did this debate start to gain political traction - and it is not going to melt away.

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Keane-ly Felt? Sunday On Sun's Sport Section Reviewed

The Huffington Post UK | Samuel Luckhurst | Posted 27.02.2012 | UK

Read More: UK Sport, UK Football, London 2012, Roy Keane, Six Nations, Olympic Games, UK News

Ahead of a busy day of sport, The Sun on Sunday’s back page boasted recognisable personalities to clarify that, despite the News of the World phone ...

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Olympic Art Gets Its First Draw

PA | Posted 15.02.2012 | Home

Read More: Arts, Olympic Games, Olympic Art, Olympic Park, Keith Wilson, Sculpture, Home News

Giant crayon-shaped sculptures are adding a splash of colour to the Olympic Park waterfront as the first pieces of artwork to be completed at the venu...

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Olympic Posters Through History

The Huffington Post UK | Brogan Driscoll | Posted 09.02.2012 | Home

Read More: Art, Canary Wharf, Posters, Olympic Games, Victoria and Albert Museum, Home News

Canary Wharf is the most recent stop for the travelling exhibition of historical Olympic posters. A Century of Olympic Posters, which was curated a...

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Olympic Scams, Cons, Flim-Flams And Swindles - And How To Avoid Them

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Rundle | Posted 28.01.2012 | UK

Read More: Metropolitan Police, London 2012, Visit England, UK News, Trading Standards Institute, Olympic Scams, Olympics, Olympic Games, Con Artists, London Olympics, Scams, Operation Podium, UK News

It will be "impossible" to tell how deep the level of fraud will go at this year's Olympics until the event takes place, an official has told The Huff...

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