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London 2012 – Event Finals, Previews & Predictions on Day 12 of the Olympics
An All-American final in the Beach Volleyball competition will help the American medal count, falling behind China yesterday, while another American – Jamaican battle ensues in the women’s 200 meters, and Dayron Robles of Jamaica will try to hold off Jason Richardson and defend his Olympic title in the men’s 100 meters hurdles race.
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London 2012 – Gold Medal Winners on Day 11 of the Olympic Games
Sally Pearson of Australia continued her rise over the last four years by taking the gold medal in the women’s 100 meters hurdles, leaving two Americans with silver and bronze, while Chris Hoy, with another Cycling gold medal going to Chris Hoy, becoming Great Britain’s all time leader in the Olympic games.
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London 2012 – Dream Team Can’t & Won’t Lose
After seeing Team USA make a laughing stock of Argentina, usually one of their tougher, in their 126-97 win, completing the group stage with a perfect 5-0 record, it’s pretty safe to say that the 2012 version of the Dream Team, with LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant and Carmelo Anthony won’t have any more problems on their way to the gold medal.
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4 Best Tennis Players Without a Grand Slam Title
There are six players in the current ATP rankings, last updated on August 6, 2012, without a Grand slam title – Andy Murray, David Ferrer, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Tomas Berdych, Janko Tipsarevic and Juan Moncao. With beating Roger Federer to win the Olympic gold medal, we take a closer look at four of these players, who probably deserve and have a bit more of a shot to win a major at some point in their career.
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8 Biggest Olympic Games Controversies
We’ve had our share of controversies so far in the 2012 Olympic games, but these things have been happening for over a century – From a marathon runner trying to cut some distance by hitching a ride or the never ending chase between dopers and Olympic testing, here are the greatest controversies in the history of the Olympic games.
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Santi Cazrola – Finally an Arsenal Player
It took a while, but eventually, the financial problems of his Spanish club led him and them to agree and strike a deal with Arsenal, sending Spanish international Santi Cazrola to the Premier League from struggling Malaga CF for £15 million.
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Juventus – From Robin van Persie to Luis Suarez
Robin van Persie has done the unthinkable. He decided he’ll stay with Arsenal and probably step away from his transfer demands, which changed a lot of projections for a few big clubs in Europe, including Juventus who now turn away their attention from the Dutch striker towards Luis Suarez of Liverpool.
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Usain Bolt – The New Manchester United Star?
Everyone who’s been following Usain Bolt over the years and not just his performances on the track knows that he has quite a lot of love for the game of football. From time to time he likes to speak about it, like a day after his win in the 100 meters finals, saying that he wouldn’t mind trying out and playing for Manchester United.
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2012 Olympic Games Day 11 – Event Finals Previews & Predictions
Day 11 of the 2012 Olympics is a day without huge stars in finals, but a chance for Nick Willis of New Zealand to beat Asbel Kiprop of Kenya in the 1500 meters race and Jesse Williams of the United States to add the Olympic title to his world championship gold medal in the men’s high jump competition.
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Gold Medal Winners on Day 10 of the 2012 Summer Olympics
Kirani James stood out on the track with a fantastic 43.94 and a gold medal in the 400 meters at the age of 19, while Felix Sanchez brought on the dramatics and the tears while taking gold in the 400 meters hurdles and Yelena Isinbayeva finished with bronze and probably, with the Olympic games.