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No Spice Girl Diva Here! Victoria Beckham Laughed And Joked Through Olympics Rehearsals

YoopyaAug 14, 2012August 14, 20120

Singer was said to be very down to earth She may have a reputation for being a bit of sour face but Victoria Beckham looked

Cox loses Athens gold, U.S. lose Sydney medal

YoopyaJul 21, 20120

(Reuters) – American Crystal Cox, who won 4×400 meters relay gold at the 2004 Athens Olympics, was stripped of her medal on Saturday, the International

Basketball team to go at full speed in Barcelona

YoopyaJul 21, 20120

(Reuters) – Kobe Bryant, who has said the 2012 U.S. Olympic basketball team could beat the 1992 Dream Team, issued a safer guarantee when the

Groff out to put U.S. on triathlon map

YoopyaJul 21, 20120

(Reuters) – While the United States’ swimmers and track athletes have had to endure cut-throat qualifying competitions to secure their places in the Olympic Games,

Olympics security poster ‘gibberish’ to Arabic speakers

YoopyaJul 20, 20120

A train company has been criticised for producing an Olympics security poster which reads as “gibberish” in Arabic. First Capital Connect sent posters to 13

London 2012: Spelling error in torchbearer’s Olympic tattoo

YoopyaJul 19, 20120

A woman who got a new tattoo to celebrate her role in the Olympic torch relay was shocked to discover it had been spelt incorrectly.

Britain may summon more troops to police Games

YoopyaJul 18, 20120

(Reuters) – Britain may have to call up yet more soldiers to police the Olympic Games, the government said on Wednesday, after a failed private

London 2012: G4S chief faces MPs’ scrutiny of security

YoopyaJul 17, 20120

The chief executive of security firm G4S will go before MPs later to explain why his company was unable to provide the Olympics staff it

London 2012: Athletes start arriving for Olympic Games

YoopyaJul 16, 20120

Thousands of athletes and officials have begun arriving in London for the Olympic Games, as questions remain about recruitment of security staff. Preparations are intensifying