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English Premier League 2012-2013 Summer Signings
The transfer window isn’t over yet, but with the 2012-2013 Premier League season beginning on Saturday, most of the teams have already completed their signings, with Manchester United (Van Persie, Kagawa), Chelsea (Hazard, Oscar) and Arsenal (Giroud, Podolski, Cazorla) making most of the news during the summer.
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NBA Players With 2 Olympic Gold Medals
The gold medal won by Team USA after a 8-0 sweep of the competition added Carmelo Anthony, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Chris Paul and Deron Williams to the list of NBA players who have won two Olympic gold medals, joining Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, David Robinson, Gary Payton, Patrick Ewing, Chris Mullin, Charles Barkley, Karl Malone, Jason Kidd and John Stockton.
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Best Photos from the 2012 Olympic Games
The 25 best photos from 302 events in 26 sports spread over 19 days of competition don’t show all 10,500 (more or less) athletes that played a part in the 2012 Olympic games in London, but the two big winners on the track (Usain Bolt) and in the pool (Michael Phelps) remained the same from four years ago.
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Athletics Gold Medal Count of the 2012 Summer Olympics
As with all these Olympics, the Americans come out on top, mostly thanks to the women and Allyson Felix, who took home three gold medals including her first individual gold. Usain Bolt was the big star for the men, winning three gold medals while setting a new Olympic record in the 100 meters and a new world record in the 4×100.
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Dwight Howard – The Lakers Always Get Their Man
It was just a question of time, I guess. Dwight Howard showing up in LA started all the rumors, but eventually, the became true. A four team trade also involving the Denver Nuggets and the Philadelphia 76ers finally moved the best center in the NBA from the Orlando Magic to the Los Angeles Lakers.
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Most Successful Nations in Olympic Football History
Brazil vs Mexico will be the final of the 2012 Olympics football tournament, two nations that have never won gold in their previous visits. Brazil, amazingly, have four medals, two of silver and two of bronze, but still no gold. For Mexico, it’s their first ever final and a promised first ever medal in the football tournament. One of them will join the previous 17 winners on August 11.
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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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Swimming Gold Medal Count of the 2012 Summer Olympics
Complete American domination, and two individual athletes winning four gold medals each. Michael Phelps made it up to 18 gold medals in what were probably his final Olympic games, finishing strong after a disappointing start. Missy Franklin, only 17, was the female star of the American team with four gold medals, one bronze and two world records.
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5 Best Goals of Roberto Carlos’ Career
Probably the best attacking left back of all time, Roberto Carlos will mostly be remembered for his incredible left foot and a set of great, seemingly impossible goals that sometimes defied physics and understanding, none better than his goal against France in a friendly with Brazil.