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The first event of the Olympics has taken place, ending in a win for Team GB in the women’s football in Cardiff. The home team kicked off 18 days of sport with a 1-0 victory over New Zealand at the Millennium Stadium. Wednesday’s results: Great Britain 1-0 New Zealand...

This morning, Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal confirmed he will not participate in the London Olympics this year due to a knee injury. In a statement, the player said: “I am not able to compete in London and therefore I will not travel with the Spanish delegation.”...

17 days to the opening of the Olympic Games of London 2012, Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, today welcomed the Olympic torch in Windsor Castle, in the English county of Berkshire. Accompanied by President of the London Organizing Committee of the...

The double amputee with prosthetic legs South African athlete, Oscar Pistorius, will represent his country in the 400m and 4×400 relay competitions at the London Olympic Games. Pistorius announced today his presence at the Olympics through a statement. The athlete said he is...

The colourful Olympic rings and a set of the Paralympic Agitos will be suspended as a symbol of the London 2012 Olympic Games, the local authorities said. The rings will be 25m wide and 11m high aluminium and retractable, to allow tall ships to pass under the bridge. (MZ)  

Spanish tennis player, Rafael Nadal, will carry the flag of his country at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in London this coming July 27. The Spanish Olympic Committee (COE) announced this morning that unanimously selected Nadal to lead the Spanish team. Iker Martinez...

The convoy carrying the Olympic Torch today from Nailsea to Bristol, in eastern England, took the wrong route in its fifth tour day around UK, which delayed the relief of the torch for ten minutes. The flame began its journey at Bristol in the hands of Margaret Glastonbury, first...

The organizers of the Olympic Games in London announced that the footballer David Beckham will receive the torch in Greece to begin the torch’s journey of 12,875 miles across Britain. They added that on Wednesday, former captain of the England football team will carry th...

A steel tower “Olympic Orbit” located at the Olympic Stadium in Stratford was inaugurated this morning. The sculpture, whose full name is “Arcelor Mittal Orbit”, was made by artist Anish Kapoor, winner of the prestigious Turner Prize, and Cecil Balmon. It has a height of 114.5...

The flame of the Olympic Games of London 2012 was lit on Thursday in Olympia, Greece. The High Priestess Ino Menegaki was commissioned to proceed with the lighting of the torch, following the Greek tradition, in which god Apollo was invoked in the Temple of Hera, using a concave...