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Lord Coe to be warned of London 2012 Olympic ticket secrecy concerns

Source: Guardian Unlimited, Nov 13 2012, 10:43am CST

Lord Coe is set to be warned by London Assembly members that unless he provides a full breakdown of Olympic ticket sales, the public could be left with the impression that those available were skewed towards less popular sports and ...

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Will Retired Olympic Swimming Legend Michael Phelps Part the Waters Again?

Source: The Blaze  |   May 18 2013, 3:01pm CDT

(TheBlaze/AP) – Michael Phelps will return to swimming with an eye toward competing at the 2016 Rio Olympics, according to a report from WBBH, an NBC television affiliate in Fort Myers, Fla. The three-paragraph story on the station’s Web site was poste ...

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Welsh cyclist Mark Colbourne collects MBE at Buckingham Palace

Source: Wales Online  |   May 17 2013, 9:30am CDT

Jurors in the trial of Mark Bridger hear how he told police he had a 'mental block' about what he had done with April Jones' body, and never thought about calling 999 after he says he ran her over Cardiff City boss ...

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Football: What next for Becks?

Source: Channel News Asia  |   May 17 2013, 8:56am CDT

LONDON: David Beckham will not be short of work offers after he ended a playing career that made him a globally recognised celebrity, with sponsors and sporting bodies jostling to secure his services. The former Manchest ...

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Ipsen punches ticket to 2013 World Championships

Source: The Stanford Daily  |   May 17 2013, 12:58am CDT

Sophomore diver Kristian Ipsen qualified for the 2013 FINA World Championships in the 1-meter springboard event at the World Championship Trials on Wednesday in Tallahassee, Fla. Sophomore Kristian Ipsen (above), who won a bronze m ...

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Nguyen Dinh Hiep

Source: OpPapers.com  |   May 16 2013, 11:48pm CDT

1. Page 1: Introduction The Olympic and Paralympic Games are the world's largest peace-time event. The modern Olympic Games were first held in Greece in 1896 and since 1960, the Paralympic Games have provided athletes with disabilities with the opportun ...

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David Beckham retires: key role in London 2012 Olympic bid is praised by Lord Coe

Source: The Telegraph  |   May 16 2013, 5:37pm CDT

Having grown up in Leytonstone just a mile from the Olympic Park, Beckham agreed to become an official ambassador for the London 2012 bid and was part of the delegation that travelled to Singapore for the host-city election ...

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National Lottery windfall for Chancellor as stealth tax on ticket sales nets record £837m

Source: Mirror.co.uk  |   May 16 2013, 2:36pm CDT

The Chancellor has pocketed an £837million windfall through a stealth tax on lottery sales. A little known levy means the Exchequer takes 12% of every ticket that is sold. The figure has jumped by nearly 7% in the past 12 months year after lo ...

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3 days ago

Lottery sales soar to record £6.9bn

Source: Shropshire Star  |   May 16 2013, 12:10pm CDT

May 16, 2013 18:10 Camelot says last year's National Lottery sales set a new record more stories National Lottery sales hit an all-time high of £6.9 billion over the last year with a record return to good causes ...

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3 days ago

London Olympics site to become digital mega-hub

Source: The Register  |   May 16 2013, 11:27am CDT

Flamboyant London mayor Boris Johnson has formally inked a deal which will see the enormous press centre built for the 2012 Olympics turned into a "colossal super hangar" crammed with thousands of "digital and cre ...

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Video: delivering sporting equipment to schools

Source: The Telegraph  |   May 16 2013, 9:06am CDT

The 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games in London inspired grassroots sport, and young people witnessed stories on their doorstep which they now want to emulate. Driving past the Olympic site on the way to the schools, it was a reminder o ...

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