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London receives flame in rainy Athens

2012-05-18 09:58:50

The flame for the London Olympics, which will start on July 27 after a 70-day torch relay around Britain, was handed over on Thursday. No pressure to pick Beckham: Coe Li Ning eager to be the last torchbearer Ahmadinejad keen to attend Games

Olympic Flame at Acropolis on handover eve

2012-05-17 10:38:31

The Olympic Flame for the 2012 London Games was welcomed with great enthusiasm in Athens, as it reached the Acropolis hill on Wednesday, finishing its long trip across Greece on the eve of the handover ceremony.

US set for battle to top London medal table

2012-05-16 13:57:10

The United States Olympic Committee's media summit wrapped up on Tuesday with no bold predictions but plenty of expectations as American athletes again look to top the medal table in London.

Sports-themed biscuits created to welcome Olympics

2012-05-16 09:38:44

Sports-themed biscuits have been created in celebration of the upcoming London 2012 Olympics.

Northern Greece embraces Olympic flame

2012-05-14 11:11:22

Northern Greece embraced Sunday the Olympic Flame that burns for the 2012 London Games on the fourth day of the Torch Relay that will continue Monday towards the Greek-Turkish borders.

Disabled Afghan teenager dreams of Games

2012-05-12 08:51:33

Afghan teenager Malek Mohammad balances on his hands, readies his stumps, then dives perilously into the water. The 18-year-old, whose legs were blown off by a Soviet land mine, dreams of swimming for Afghanistan in the London Paralympics.

Olympics love story that sparked a fashion empire

2012-05-11 16:59:28

Mention the name Missoni, and most think of a fashion empire that revolutionized textile patterns, but none of it would have happened had it not been for the 1948 London Olympics.

London Olympics flame lit in Olympia, torch relay begins

2012-05-11 10:02:13

The flame for the London 2012 Olympic Games was lit on Thursday in a ritual ceremony held at Olympia, the birthplace of the Olympic Games more than 2,000 years ago. Torch relay to inspire a generation About torch UK torch relay starter UK archer's 6th Games