Imagine posing with a friend inside a mall photo booth when suddenly a super metrosexual-looking David Beckham pops his head inside and goes, “can I join you?” That is exactly what happened over the weekend at Westfield Shopping Centre in Stratford City – just a stone’s throw from the Olympic Park.
It’s a sad day when someone pushes their personal agenda above the Olympic hopes and dreams of an entire nation, which is exactly what two of SA’s top-ranked tennis players have done. Kevin Anderson and Chanelle Scheepers have made themselves unavailable to compete in this year’s Olympics as a result of what at best can be called petty spite.
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Over the coming weeks the Thames in London will literally be transformed into a floating village of luxury and excess. Up to 100 superyachts are due to arrive for the Olympic Games.
The 400-metre world record holder, Michael Johnson, says he believes disabled athletes who use prosthetic limbs should NOT be allowed to compete in able-bodied races. This after news broke of Oscar Pistorius’ qualification for this year’s Olympics. Johnson argues that as it has not been disproved whether or not it provides such athletes with an unfair advantage.
Michael Johnson, a four-time Olympic gold medalist sprinter, has been quoted as saying that he believes slave descendants make better athletes and that the controversial topic should not be avoided, but rather discussed openly.
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Less than a minute into a speech to mark the month-to-go countdown to the start of the Olympics yesterday, Britain’s prime minister got heckled by a protester. The guy shouted: “Shame on you, David Cameron – you are crippling the poor in London. Shame on you!” Cameron’s response? “Don’t spoil it, sir!”
Renowned sportswriter Mark Keohane resigned from his position as spokesperson for the South African Olympic team and stepped down as director of Highbury Safika Media (HSM) following sexual harassment and drug abuse claims.
This past Saturday the official Olympic torch relay began, with 8 000 lucky torchbearers chosen to be a part of history. However, a number of them have chosen short-lived wealth over Olympic legacy as they headed for e-Bay to sell off their unique pieces of history, for exorbitant amounts of cash.
Because nothing happens in Merrie England without Banksy offering some sort of comment on it, a new piece has been spotted near Poundland showing a child laborer at work sewing Union Jacks. Apparently this has something to do with Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee. Take a look! It’ll be a postcard soon.
Oh awesome, this makes total sense. The UK’s Ministry of Defense is planning to install surface-to-air missiles on top of residential flats in east London for the duration of the Olympic Games. The bulk of the missile array is intended for the Lexington Building Water Tower, which has about 700 people living in and around it.
South African long distance runner, Hendrick Ramaala, made history this morning by becoming the first South African to qualify for five consecutive Olympic Games.
Philip Hammond, Liam Fox’s replacement as the UK’s Defence Secretary, announced to MPs that ground-to-air missiles would be deployed “to protect” the 2012 Olympic Games in London if deemed operationally necessary. This follows shortly after America announced intentions to send up to 1 000 security agents to provide protection for US contestants and diplomats.
In preparation for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics, Rio de Janeiro has established a huge state-of-the-art surveillance space, boasting 80 interchangeable digital panels, 450 cameras, 80 square metres of surveillance screen space, and an awesome Batcave-esque name: the Control Room. I don’t know how they paid for it either.
This is just the start. Soon we’ll be giving them the vote. A three-foot-tall robot called the iCub has been nominated to participate in the Olympic Torch Relay for the 2012 London Games, partially to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Alan Turing’s birth, and partially to creep people out with three-foot-tall, fire-wielding robots.
“Ti amiamo, Armani” means (roughly): “We love you Armani, and your timeless style – and we need you to design our tracksuits for London 2012”. That’s what Italy’s Olympic Committee has arranged for the Azzurri for the Summer Olympics next year.
Well here’s some sport’s news from those kooky guys in fun-lovin’ Iran. The world’s craziest government has now decided that the 2012 London Olympic Games logo is racist.