Hungarian running 50 marathons in 50 days to London
BUDAPEST, Hungary ● Run, Norman! Run! Hungarian Norman Varga has begun a quest to run the length of 50...
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Fundraising extreme: runner ends marathon in diving suit
LONDON, England ● An extreme fundraiser has completed the Olympic marathon course wearing a 140lb (63.5kg) deep-sea diving...
Report: Belarus Olympic track team coach arrested
MINSK, Belarus ● State television in Belarus says the head coach of the country’s Olympic track and field team...
Official podiums, costumes and flowers revealed
LONDON, England ● The official London 2012 Victory Ceremonies podiums, ceremonial costumes, make-up and flowers have been...
Olympic Park in lockdown, London 2012 bus tours retire
LONDON, England ● The Olympic Park is now closed to the public until it reopens to welcome athletes, VIPs,...
German Olympic team smallest since reunification
BERLIN, Germany ● Germany will bring its smallest Olympic team since reunification in 1990 to the London Games....
After London no more Dreamteam
NEW YORK, NY ● The NBA is proposing to withdraw its top players from Olympic basketball after the...
Syrian Olympians to compete under Olympic flag?
DAMASCUS, Syria ● Syrian Olympians might have to compete under the Olympics banner following international condemnation of the Houla...
Japan women cleared of fixing Olympic qualifier
LAUSANNE, Switzerland ● The International Volleyball Federation has dismissed claims of match-fixing by Japan at a London Olympics...
‘Rio Tinto Off the Olympic Podium’
MONTREAL, Quebec ● Over 13,000 people worldwide have sent letters to the International Olympic Committee to protest Rio...