Human vs ant: Animal athletes in action
Olympic weightlifter in action and a leaf-cutter ant carrying a piece of leaf The London 2012 Olympic Games are in full competitive glory and world records in weightlifting, swimming and archery have…
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Double amputee Pistorius makes Olympic history
South Africa’s Oscar Pistorius made history on Saturday when he became the first double amputee to compete in an athletics event at the Olympics. The 25-year-old qualified for the semi-finals of the…
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‘Shock’ as Olympic ticket alert feed is blocked
The man behind an unofficial Olympic ticket alerts feed says he is “shocked” by an effort to block the service. Adam Naisbitt wrote a computer program that checked the official Olympics ticket…
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The story of the Olympics, with a bit of flair
On 27 June 2000, Wendy Craig-Duncan, a marine-biologist on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, carries the Sydney Olympic torch underwater at Agincourt Reef in Australia. (Steve Nutt/ALLSPORT) Olympic Journey: the Story of the…
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Not Made in Britain: How the Olympics got outsourced overseas
Should we care that so much London 2012 work has been outsourced to foreign firms? Has London missed out? In his Budget speech in March, George Osborne told the nation that the…
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Olympic torch: Prime Minister meets torch relay nominee..
David Cameron met torchbearers in Woodstock, West Oxfordshire.The Prime Minister has joined in the Olympic torch relay and met the cancer sufferer whom he nominated to carry the flame. David Cameron met…
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