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ahem... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotlan...-west-18995657 as usual...

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The tit for tat between Cameron and Mitt Romney, have been pretty funny :D

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From the BBC Sport website:

"Nothing says 'Olympic spirit' like Katy B, Dizzee Rascal and The Wanted."

[beyond parody]

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Mittens is just pointing out to Americans that Socialism does not work:p

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UAE lost 2-1............. the commentator was making a great deal of the fact that, as the UAE players faded away badly in the second half, it must have been due to their Ramadan fasting ("I haven't seen a single UAE player take so much as a sip of water").

Could be true, I suppose - they play GB next, who looked utterly utterly average last night............ that should be riveting.

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Football is game of two halves! - If it had gone in the Net it would have been a goal! Jumpers for Goal-Posts, now there's an endering image! - Highlights on 'Match of the Day?'

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And now we have two world records being set - in archery - with no spectators present............. :blink:

Spectators trying to get in to watch the archery were turned away amid confusion over ticketing.

The London 2012 website advertised the event's preliminary rounds as "unticketed", which some members of the public interpreted as open to the public.

But Olympic organiser Locog said it had not advertised or sold tickets for the ranking event and had always made it clear preliminary rounds were not open to spectators.

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Sneaky look inside the gymnasium stadium at Millwall

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And speculation about who will light the cauldron reaches fever pitch........ one of the bookies has reportedly taken a bet of GBP 100 at 50,000/1 on Emile Heskey........ :huh:

[Jack Taylor, our finest football referee, who had the balls to award a penalty in the first minute of the 1974 World Cup Final, has died at 82. Avatar to follow]

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Some stories simply transcend mere sport............. the Holocaust survivor who came to Britain and became an Olympic weightlifter for GB............

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/oly...Zoe-Smith.html

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FANTASTIC! :thumbsup:

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disgraceful behaviour from the german official
https://twitter.com/HylandIan/status...018561/photo/1

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Don't be silly....... he's just waving........... and Nazi salutes are always done with the right arm........

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The picture in the tweet was obviously accidentally reversed.

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dean- you'll know this- why is everything being said in french before english?

Great show though:D

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French and English are the official language of the Olympic movement. Things have to be said in three languages, English, French and the host language (though obviously the third language is skipped as English is spoken in Britain)

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The Olympics were the idea of Baron Pierre de Coubertin (sp?) who spoke fluent Froggie....... because he was one.............

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I have to admit to having shed a little tear at Abide With Me............ a truly moving moment (and judging by what I'm reading on Twitter, I wasn't the only one).

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Wonderful, touching gestures everywhere.......... one of the flag bearers of the Olympic flag is the mother of Steven Lawrence.............

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and tracksuits inspired by SIr Jimmy Saville- its beautiful- Go team GB!

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loving the latest tweet by Stella MacCartney( if it could be said with a panic tone I think it would);


thanks for the support! To clarify, Stella designed the Team GB performance kit, podium suit & villagewear, not the Olympic ceremony suits.

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It was fantastic. Real emotional stuff.

Bring on the road race......CAV

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Danny Boyle - take a bow, son

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nailed it didn't he ? understood what the people like and want instead of pandering to the establishment ( apart from Macca but I'll forgive them both that )

must have been just about right judging by the response from this nazi tory mp

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2...?newsfeed=true

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Absolutely amazing. Classy, Spectacular, Showed Britain to be one of the top nations in the world and exactly the right choice for an Olympics at this difficult economic time. Well Done Mr Boyle and everyone else involved - You nailed it

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Twas top stuff, lets hope the rest of the tournament is just as entertaining :)

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What a bloody waste of money. Bah humbug.

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First time I've ever laughed at a Mr Bean routine...

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Likewise.

I missed the first 20 minutes (but plan to watch it all again later) but I loved it. The ceremony was warm, witty and very British in its eccentricity and the breadth of things covered. Glad there was so much music as that's one of our major exports to the world these days. Ditto literature, especially the wonderful children's books that were featured. As a nation we are rather quirky and so was the show.

:thumbsup:

Adrian Burley is an utter twat. He wrote his own resignation letter with those bigoted tweets last night.

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Big big day underway...come on Cav, Wiggo, Stannard, Froome and DM.

Deliver Cav down the mall and its a gold.

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It's a given matey, Wiggo said that it's payback time for what Cav di for him on the tour.

Trying to find it on the telly is a nightmare though.

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They have to get Cav up box hill 9 times. Sure they will deliver him..

Its on OSN sports if you have that?

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Its on Al Jazeera +9 with English (Australian) commentary

& Al Jazeera +3

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It's everywhere - with everything else.

As I write, the coverage (all in English commentary) is:
AD Sports:
3 - Football (live)
4 - Rowing (live)
5 - (not Olympics, old footy)
6 - (not Olympics, Hungarian F1 Qualifying)
7 - Cycling (live)
8 - Equestrian (live)
Dubai Sports:
1 - Women's Handball (live)
2 - Women's Table Tennis (live)
Sharjah Sports:
Women's Shooting (live, but Arabic)
OSN Sports:
1 - Cycling (live)
2 - Women's Table Tennis (live)
3 - Mixed Doubles Badminton (live)
4 - Women's Beach Volleyball (live, in brilliant central location on Horse Guards Parade)
OSN Olympics:
1 - Handball (as above)
2 - Women's Fencing (live, though nothing happening at the moment)
OSN Sports 3D:
Men's Gymnastics
OSN Sports Extra:
Men's Beach Volleyball
Al Jazeera Sports:
Various, as above

No idea what to watch, so.............. it will have to be women's beach volleyball..........

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Which is great, but I'm in Germany at the moment, so it don'y help me much.

Anyway, Wiggie and Cav need to get a move on, leaders are 6 mins ahead...

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Massive controversy!!! At Eton Dorney (rowing venue) a hot dog vendor has run out of bread!!! (Sky Sports' Chris Skudder, Twitter).

More seriously, nobody is allowed to take drinks in (they have to buy the sponsors' drinks at presumably "sponsors' prices"). :frown:

There are 25,000 people in already apparently........... Brendan Gallagher of the Nazigraf reporting that his train to London was packed this morning - at 5.46am!!

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Or take an empty bottle in and fill it with free drinking water...

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I suppose so - how do you know the drinking water is free? "I'm sorry, Sir, but you cannot fill that bottle from our sponsored taps......"

The NHS segment last night is stirring up some reaction, including this in the Daily M***...............

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/ar...glorified.html

Blimey........... 'people have died at the hands of the NHS so we shouldn't glorify them'..... or something...........

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:rofl:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15110730

"But Locog said free water would be available across the venues... people would be allowed to keep their bottles to fill up once through security"

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God that piece sounded like it was written by a teabagger. I did laugh knowing Romney was there, and the NHS bit was about as close as you'll ever see the Brits sticking two fingers up at Tea Party activists after last year's insults.