LONDON (Reuters) – The Olympic torch arrives in London on Friday a week before the Games begin, and organizers hope the media’s focus will shift from security fiascos, travel disruptions, strike threats and poor weather to the thrill of the sporting contest.

Sebastian Coe, chairman of the London Olympic organizing committee (LOCOG) and a gold medal winner, said people were “overwhelmingly positive” about the buildup to the greatest show on earth, while London Mayor Boris Johnson told critics to “put a sock in it, fast”.

LONDON, July 20 (Reuters) – The Olympic torch arrives in
London on Friday a week before the Games begin, and organisers
hope the media’s focus will shift from security fiascos, travel
disruptions, strike threats and poor weather to the thrill of
the sporting contest.

Sebastian Coe, chairman of the London Olympic organising
committee (LOCOG) and a gold medal winner, said people were
“overwhelmingly positive” about the buildup to the greatest show
on earth, while London Mayor Boris Johnson told critics to “put
a sock in it, fast”.

LONDON (Reuters) – The Olympic village can be a hotbed of romance and raucous behavior, but for Australia’s Hayley Chapman there will be a watchful eye to keep her on the straight and narrow.

The shooter will be competing alongside her dad at the London Games and 47-year-old dad is staying in the room next door.

LONDON (Reuters) – The Olympic village can be a hotbed of romance and raucous behaviour, but for Australia’s Hayley Chapman there will be a watchful eye to keep her on the straight and narrow.

The shooter will be competing alongside her dad at the London Games and 47-year-old dad is staying in the room next door.

LONDON, July 20 (Reuters) – The Olympic village can be a
hotbed of romance and raucous behaviour, but for Australia’s
Hayley Chapman there will be a watchful eye to keep her on the
straight and narrow.

The shooter will be competing alongside her dad at the
London Games and 47-year-old dad is staying in the room next
door.

LONDON (Reuters) – “Smell that,” says Tim Smit, clutching a handful of earth scooped up from the ground at London’s Olympic Park.

Smit is one of the sustainability ambassadors who have been involved in transforming the East London site from an under-developed, contaminated and polluted expanse of brownfield to a green wonderland.

LONDON, July 18 (Reuters) – “Smell that,” says Tim Smit,
clutching a handful of earth scooped up from the ground at
London’s Olympic Park.

Smit is one of the sustainability ambassadors who have been
involved in transforming the East London site from an
under-developed, contaminated and polluted expanse of brownfield
to a green wonderland.

LONDON (Reuters) – Half a million tickets for Olympic football matches have been withdrawn and stadium capacities reduced due to a lack of take-up, Games organisers said on Tuesday.

Organisers will reduce capacities across venues by closing tiers of stadiums or whole sections of a ground.

LONDON, July 17 (Reuters) – Half a million tickets for
Olympic soccer matches have been withdrawn and stadium
capacities reduced due to a lack of take-up, Games organisers
said on Tuesday.

Organisers will reduce capacities across venues by closing
tiers of stadiums or whole sections of a ground.

LONDON (Reuters) – The modern pentathlon has been the source of some of the Olympics’ greatest tales and the sport will provide the platform for Andrey Moiseev to soar into a pantheon of sporting greats should he win a third successive gold medal in London.

After triumphs in Athens and Beijing, the 33-year-old Russian comes into the Games among the favourites to complete an unprecedented treble.