2012 London Olympics

Lord Coe to hold 'personal' memorial to Israeli Olympic victims

By Jessica Elgot, July 5, 2012

Lord Coe, chairman of the London Organising Committee for the 2012 Olympic Games, has said he will hold a "personal" memorial for Israeli athletes killed at the Munich 1972 Games during the opening ceremony in London.

He told staff at the capital's City Hall that he would mark the anniversary during a "personal moment". It is not clear how Lord Coe intends to do this.

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Scooting for Olympic glory

By Peter Rosengard, July 5, 2012

Last Tuesday, I'd just come out of Hyde Park on my red Vespa and was proceeding jauntily down Exhibition Road when I noticed they'd painted a big circle in the road. Now, I know all about the new Kensington and Chelsea austerity measures but I thought to myself: "No! It can't be a roundabout! It's a conceptual work of art, probably by Banksy." So I shot straight over it.

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Time to listen to call for Munich silence

By Jonathan Freedland, July 5, 2012

It is hard to remember now, amid all the talk of expensive tickets, congested roads and corporate sponsors, but the Olympic Games was always meant to be about an ideal. Those behind the Olympic revival at the end of the 19th century did not merely want to create a new fixture on the international sporting calendar.

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Lords honour Paralympic pioneer Ludwig Guttman

By Jessica Elgot, July 5, 2012

A German-Jewish refugee who went on to found the Paralympics was celebrated at the House of Lords this week, with Paralympian medallists gathering to pay tribute.

Sir Ludwig Guttman was a pioneering neuroscientist who established the Stoke Mandeville games at the spinal injuries unit he founded, which went on to become the Paralympic Games.

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Olympic family goes extra mile for 2012

By Jessica Elgot, July 5, 2012

Five relatives are all playing their part in the "Olympic family" over the coming weeks, volunteering in different roles at the Games, from making props, to giving massages, escorting officials and directing tourists.

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Israel hopes London is paved with gold

By Simon Griver, June 28, 2012

The 2012 London Olympic Games start exactly five weeks today. In the first of a series of dedicated features, we profile five leading men from the Israel squad.

● Shahar Zubari
Sport: Windsurfing
Date of birth: September 1, 1986
Born: Eilat
Honours: Olympic bronze medallist, World Championship bronze medallist, several titles at junior world level

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Hunt: Olympic silence none of my business

By Jessica Elgot, June 28, 2012

Jeremy Hunt, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, has refused to back calls from the US Senate and the Australian, Canadian and German governments for a minute's silence at the 2012 London Olympics to remember the 11 Israelis murdered in Munich in 1972.

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Jeremy Hunt: Olympic silence is none of my business

By Jessica Elgot, June 28, 2012

Jeremy Hunt, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, has refused to back calls from the US Senate and the Australian, Canadian and German governments for a minute’s silence at the 2012 London Olympics to remember the 11 Israelis murdered in Munich in 1972.

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Israel names 36-man squad for London Olympics

By Simon Griver, June 25, 2012

Zvi Varshaviak has described the 36-man squad for the London Olympics as the best quality squad Israel has sent to a Games.

The squad falls short of the 43 Israelis who represented the country in Israel in Beijing four years ago.

IOC President Varshaviak said: "We've had larger squads but this is the best quality squad we have ever had and we expect to win more than two medals."

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Hypocrisy: a key Olympic sport

By Geoffrey Alderman, June 21, 2012

I first became aware of the hypocrisy that lies at the heart of the world-wide athletics fraternity when researching the role of drugs in sport with special reference to the case of the British sprinter Dwain Chambers.

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