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The Standard View: Celebrate the Olympics Games, 10 years on

Rarely has a secret been kept so well. The cast of the 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony, comprised of 7,500 professional performers and volunteers, practised for months to deliver one of the great cultural moments in our recent history. The Games had truly begun.

Evening Standard

Germany offers money to families of Olympics attack victims

The German government has indicated it's willing to pay further compensation to the families of 11 Israeli athletes who were killed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich by members of a Palestinian group

The Independent UK

London 2012: 10 years on, what is the true legacy of the Olympic Games?

It is often forgotten in the euphoria which followed that Team GB were slow starters at London 2012, day five producing the first gold medal, from rowers Helen Glover and Heather Stanning.

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Imagine the culture war the 2012 Olympic opening ceremony would spark now

Danny Boyle’s extravaganza burnished what was best about the UK, but the myth it forged has been crumbling ever since, says Charlotte Higgins, the Guardian’s chief culture writer

The Guardian - UK

Ten years since London 2012: who are the real winners and losers of the Olympics regeneration game?

Hosting the games was slated to improve the fortunes of this corner of London but, while the cost of buying is certainly higher, price growth is not the legacy London actually needs.

Evening Standard

In pictures: The images that capture a special Olympics, 10 years on

Team GB claimed three gold medals in one athletics session for the first time in Olympic history on ‘Super Saturday’.

The Independent UK

Hockeyroos and Kookaburras using Commonwealth Games to get back on top — led by Katrina Powell and Eddie Ockenden

The Kookaburras move on from their Tokyo heartbreak while the Hockeyroos are on the rise, as they both eye off gold medals in Birmingham.

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Sir Alex Ferguson ‘very close’ to Team GB job at 2012 Olympics, reveals Lord Coe

Stuart Pearce eventually took the role.

The Independent UK

Defiant Sebastian Coe flies flag for London Olympics with a murky legacy

Lord Coe maintains pride in what the 2012 Games gave UK sport and reveals Sir Alex Ferguson almost managed Team GB

The Guardian - UK

Sir Alex Ferguson agreed to manage Team GB at 2012 Olympics - before dramatic U-turn

Sir Alex Ferguson was the top pick to manage Team GB at their home Olympics a decade ago but the former Man Utd boss never ended up in charge despite accepting the offer

Daily Mirror

Commonwealth Games 2022: Belfast siblings Aidan and Michaela Walsh target top prize

The brother and sister duo both left Australia's Gold Coast games in 2018 with silver medals

Belfast Live

Ten to watch: Australian medal hopes at the Commonwealth Games

History favours the Australians as the team seeks to top the Games medal count in Birmingham for a 14th time in history

The Guardian - AU

London 2012 Olympics: how it boosted medal winning but failed to inspire a generation

Ten years ago, London hosted the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Hosting the Games had been sold to the British public on the slogan that it would “inspire a generation”.

The Conversation

I have no injuries and I am 100% fit: Lalrinnunga

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Sports Illustrated

SI:AM | Kyler Murray Has Homework

His new contract has a very unusual clause.

The Hindu

Lovlina’s coach gets accreditation

KOLKATA: Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist boxer Lovlina Borgohain’s coach Sandhya Gurung got her Co

Radio France Internationale

Macron seeks to quell security and budgetary concerns over Paris Olympics

French President Emmanuel Macron met senior ministers on Monday to address conerns over preparations for the Paris 2024 Olympics almost two years to the day before the event opens.

Irish Mirror

Beatriz Ferreira signs with Katie Taylor's team almost a year after Kellie Harrington loss

The 29-year-old lost to Kellie Harrington in the lightweight final at the Tokyo Olympics

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Manchester Evening News

A North of England Olympic Games? Why not argues Sir Howard Bernstein

Twenty years ago this week, athletes from 72 nations competed over 11 days in Manchester's Commonwealth Games

The Guardian - AU

Bluey creators offer to design ‘unique’ Brisbane Olympics mascot

TV cartoon producers call chance to design something to join pantheon of Australian mascots ‘an amazing opportunity’

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tokyo Olympic Board Member Under Investigation

Prosecutors searched the home of former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee executive board member Haruyuki Takahashi on Tuesday in connection with payments made to him by an Olympic sponsor of the Tokyo Games, the Japanese news agency Kyodo reported. Kyodo said Takahashi is thought to have received around 45 million yen…

The Independent UK

Report: Tokyo Olympic board member under investigation

Prosecutors have searched the home of former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee executive board member Haruyuki Takahashi in connection with payments made to him by an Olympic sponsor of the Tokyo Games

Dynamite News

Would like to fill Olympics void at CWG, says Indian boxer Ashish Kumar Chaudhary

The Indian Boxing contingent comprising 12 boxers which includes four women and eight men arrived here at Birmingham to compete in Commonwealth Games 2022. Read more on Dynamite News:

The Hindu

Golden arm: on Neeraj Chopra’s win as one India’s greatest sporting successes

Neeraj Chopra is an unlikely hero for India’s sports fans

Sports Illustrated

The First World Championships in the U.S. Went Perfectly. But Was It Enough?

With the Los Angeles Games just six years away, the world championships were a chance to attract new track and field fans. But did it vault the sport into the mainstream as officials intended?

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