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Thousands of Dubliners cheer Olympic torch relay

2012-06-07 11:04:56

Thousands of Dubliners packed the city streets on Wednesday to cheer on the London 2012 Olympic torch relay.

'Plastic Brits' will learn UK anthem

2012-06-07 09:58:52

Britain's foreign-born Olympic athletes, dubbed 'Plastic Brits' by some in the media, will not be lost for words when the national anthem is played at the London Games.

94 Cuban athletes qualified for London Games

2012-06-07 09:42:26

Cuba has 94 athletes from 14 disciplines qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games, an official with Cuba's National Institute of Sports.

Olympic torch spotlights Northern Ireland coast

2012-06-05 16:00:29

Olympic torchbearers carried the symbolic flame of the London Games to some of Northern Ireland's most beautiful coastal attractions Monday.

Flower power will be in hands of men at Games

2012-06-04 14:09:17

Only men will carry the trays of flowers and medals at the London Olympic podium ceremonies while women will have the role of escorting athletes and presenters.

Li Na relishing last Olympic chance

2012-06-04 14:02:42

Having missed out on an Olympic medal on home soil four years ago, Li Na is looking forward to one more try at the London Games.

Olympic torch starts 5-day Northern Ireland tour

2012-06-04 10:04:37

The Olympic torch began its five-day tour of Northern Ireland with plenty of excitement and no signs of trouble on Sunday.

Coe praises enthusiasm of athletes

2012-06-01 11:23:50

The London 2012 Chairman Thursday said the levels of efforts and enthusiasm among elite athletes to compete at the London 2012 Olympic Games were among the highest he had seen.

"Undiscovered gem" handball set to turn heads

2012-06-01 16:41:07

Labelled an "undiscovered gem" by London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe, handball took centre stage on Wednesday when the men's draw for the Olympic tournament pitted holders France against surprise 2008 finalists Iceland.

Hurdlers line up in Oregon for Olympic preview

2012-06-01 08:50:04

In a sports-loving Oregon city thousands of miles from London's Olympic Stadium, the three fastest hurdlers of all time are set to line up Saturday for what is widely expected to be a preview of the Games' final.

Hurdler Pearson ready for London fairytale

2012-05-31 17:55:36

Cathy Freeman believes hurdler Sally Pearson, Australia's athletics standard-bearer, is ready to write her own fairytale at the London Olympics.

London 2012 won't be a 'Queuing Games'

2012-05-31 17:17:53

The London Olympics will not become known as the "Queuing Games" with extra staff and technology being employed to keep people moving through tight security checks, a British interior minister said on Wednesday.