Games giving "Brand Britain" an Asian boost
Fri, 25 May 2012 16:09:10 -0700
LONDON (Reuters) - The London Olympics are giving "brand Britain" a fillip in China and India, a survey indicated on Saturday, boosting the UK government's ambition of attracting an extra one billion pounds of inward investment and trade.
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Doha, Baku out of running for 2020 Games
Wed, 23 May 2012 18:23:09 -0700
QUEBEC CITY (Reuters) - The chase to host the 2020 Summer Games was reduced to a three horse race between Istanbul, Madrid and Tokyo after Doha and the Azerbaijan capital Baku were dropped from the running by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Wednesday. The announcement in a packed Quebec City ballroom brought smiles but few cheers from the surviving cities as all three know the ...
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X Games invites youngest athletes, 11, to L.A.
Fri, 25 May 2012 17:12:22 -0700
The X Games has invited 11-year-old skateboarder Jagger Eaton to compete on its biggest stage in Los Angeles in June. Eaton, who would be the youngest athlete in the event's history, learned he will have the opportunity to drop in to the monolithic MegaRamp during the Skateboard Big Air contest. Trey Wood, also 11, has been invited to compete as well. The two grade-schoolers, who check in at ...
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