LONDON, July 27 (Reuters) – Before British sailor Luke
Patience begins his Olympic efforts he will go through a bizarre
ritual he hopes will bring him closer to the ocean — and by his
own admission, it is a little bit “hippy”.

Patience, who is competing in the men’s 470 class with
Stuart Bithell, will head out of the athletes’ accommodation in
Weymouth on the eve of his opening sail and play out a
superstition that might leave many of his fellow competitors
baffled.

LONDON (Reuters) – FIFA president Sepp Blatter was wrong to
suggest Gareth Bale could be banned for playing for his club
Tottenham Hotspur after pulling out of the Olympics, British
Olympic Association chairman Colin Moynihan said.

Welshman Bale withdrew from the Games with a back injury,
but played in a friendly for his club before Britain’s first
match against Senegal on Thursday.

LONDON (Reuters) – FIFA president Sepp Blatter was wrong to suggest Gareth Bale could be banned for playing for his club Tottenham Hotspur after pulling out of the Olympics, British Olympic Association chairman Colin Moynihan.

Welshman Bale withdrew from the Games with a back injury, but played in a friendly for his club before Britain’s first match against Senegal on Thursday.

LONDON (Reuters) – Olympic athletes hoping to leave their mark in the record books in London may find themselves relying on the one thing they cannot control — the British weather.

Whether you are a sprinter, distance runner, shot putter or discus thrower, the science behind athletics says your chances of living up to the Olympic motto of faster, higher, stronger could be decided by the unpredictable elements.

LONDON (Reuters) – Olympic athletes hoping to leave their mark in the record books in London may find themselves relying on the one thing they cannot control — the British weather.

Whether you are a sprinter, distance runner, shot putter or discus thrower, the science behind athletics says your chances of living up to the Olympic motto of faster, higher, stronger could be decided by the unpredictable elements.

LONDON, July 25 (Reuters) – Olympic athletes hoping to leave
their mark in the record books in London may find themselves
relying on the one thing they cannot control — the British
weather.

Whether you are a sprinter, distance runner, shot putter or
discus thrower, the science behind athletics says your chances
of living up to the Olympic motto of faster, higher, stronger
could be decided by the unpredictable elements.

LONDON (Reuters) – Triple jumper Phillips Idowu has been asked to provide British Olympic officials with his medical records, but has yet to do so, the British Olympic Association told Reuters on Tuesday.

Idowu pulled out of Britain’s final Olympic training camp in Portugal which prompted the BOA to invoke a clause in their team member’s agreement that allows them to ask for information from an athlete that “could impact on their performance at the Games”.

LONDON, July 24 (Reuters) – Triple jumper Phillips Idowu has
been asked to provide British Olympic officials with his medical
records, but has yet to do so, the British Olympic Association
told Reuters on Tuesday.

Idowu pulled out of Britain’s final Olympic training camp in
Portugal which prompted the BOA to invoke a clause in their team
member’s agreement that allows them to ask for information from
an athlete that “could impact on their performance at the
Games”.

LONDON (Reuters) – Bradley Wiggins should be prepared for his life to be turned upside down after becoming the first British winner of the Tour de France, said four-time Olympic gold medalist Chris Hoy.

Hoy knows how cycling success can bring overnight celebrity and warned his British Olympic team mate to expect drastic changes now he had ended the country’s hoodoo in the event’s 99th edition.

LONDON, July 23 (Reuters) – Bradley Wiggins should be
prepared for his life to be turned upside down after becoming
the first British winner of the Tour de France, said four-time
Olympic gold medallist Chris Hoy.

Hoy knows how cycling success can bring overnight celebrity
and warned his British Olympic team mate to expect drastic
changes now he had ended the country’s hoodoo in the event’s
99th edition.