The Olympic Games Thread
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But seriously, wow.
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First major surprise of the football.............. Japan have just beaten Spain 7-0.
Actually the scoreboard says 1-0 but that must be wrong because I saw about six open goals and/or easy chances that Japan cannot possibly have missed....... stupid scoreboard operator.........
Actually the scoreboard says 1-0 but that must be wrong because I saw about six open goals and/or easy chances that Japan cannot possibly have missed....... stupid scoreboard operator.........
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First major surprise of the football.............. Japan have just beaten Spain 7-0.
Actually the scoreboard says 1-0 but that must be wrong because I saw about six open goals and/or easy chances that Japan cannot possibly have missed....... stupid scoreboard operator.........
Actually the scoreboard says 1-0 but that must be wrong because I saw about six open goals and/or easy chances that Japan cannot possibly have missed....... stupid scoreboard operator.........
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.......... UAE are 1-0 up............. commentator seems to think Saudi and the UAE are part of the same country.........
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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
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From the BBC Sport website:
"Nothing says 'Olympic spirit' like Katy B, Dizzee Rascal and The Wanted."
[beyond parody]
"Nothing says 'Olympic spirit' like Katy B, Dizzee Rascal and The Wanted."
[beyond parody]
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Could be true, I suppose - they play GB next, who looked utterly utterly average last night............ that should be riveting.
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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.
Could be true, I suppose - they play GB next, who looked utterly utterly average last night............ that should be riveting.
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And now we have two world records being set - in archery - with no spectators present.............
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.
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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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........
[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]
[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
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/oly...Zoe-Smith.html