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    #31
    Tickets are for the semis so hopefully the Brits will be out

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      #32
      Originally posted by rcasemore View Post
      I am hoping so!
      It is the women event you're going to?

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        #33
        Yes, it mosts certainly is.

        Mrs still thinks it's a joint event, it's not

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          #34
          I take it you have practiced your surprised face

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            #35
            LOL:

            London 2012: Britain's Heather Watson targets Olympic gold

            Heather Watson has set herself an ambitious target of winning the singles gold medal at the London Olympics.
            The British number three, currently 116th in the world, is likely to need a ranking inside the top 70 or hope for a wildcard to compete at the Games.
            "If I'm playing, I'm playing to win," the 19-year-old from Guernsey told BBC Sport. "I'm going for a medal. A gold.
            "An Olympics in your home country is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and it's my priority for the year."


            There's ambition, then there's just being daft

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              #36
              In light of this I would like to make an official announcement to the Est community that I intend to make Olympic 100m Gold my priority for the year

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                #37
                Originally posted by dom9 View Post
                How can you watch a football match from this view?

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                  #38
                  BOA expecting to lose the CAS ruling on their challenge to WADA over the lifetime Olympic ban for cheats
                  Football without Origi is nothing

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                    #39
                    GB Football team's group: GB, Senegal, Uruguay, UAE

                    Pretty tough. Fingers crossed Suarez won't play in this!

                    Stuart Pearce always comes across as an absolute loser, a totally boring uninspiring loser.

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                      #40
                      Argentina mixing politics with sport

                      Football without Origi is nothing

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                        #41
                        Got tickets to the Olympic boxing quarter finals, Excel Arena onday 6th August, 8.30pm to 11.30pm which seems a bit late.

                        Lightweight, Middleweightand super heavyweights. Should a be fun! Olympics are well and truly back on for me now.
                        "Its not about the long ball or the short ball, its about the right ball." Bob Paisley

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                          #42
                          Ennis 'labelled "fat" by UK Athletics'

                          Jessica Ennis's coach has hit out at a senior UK Athletics official whom he alleges said the Olympic hopeful is fat.

                          Toni Minichiello, who has coached the heptathlete since she was 11, claimed an unnamed "high-ranking person" told him: "She's fat and she's got too much weight."

                          Ennis, who won a silver medal at last year's World Championships, is considered one of Britain's leading medal hopes.

                          The 26-year-old's attractive looks have made her a poster girl for London 2012, and was chosen to model the Stella McCartney-designed British Olympic kit.

                          Minichiello dismissed the criticism, saying it was typical of distractions to Ennis's preparations that he was trying to filter out.



                          "I get emails, phone calls, text messages and voicemails giving me advice on what I should be doing with Jessica Ennis that's going to make a difference," he told The Guardian. "It's a lot of background noise that you can get easily distracted by.

                          "I always read it and have a look and think maybe there is something there. Yes, it might be a great idea, but it's not a great idea for today, it's a great idea for next year. I've never had any issue with her weight or shape. There are times I've wished she was taller, but that's it."



                          Minichiello conceded Ennis's celebrity status represented another distraction.

                          "The difference is that she's now a 'personality'," he said. "If she walks into the dining room, people will go 'Ooh, that's Jessica Ennis from athletics.'

                          "Equally, she'd turn round and go 'Wow, that's David Beckham on the Great Britain football team.' So there's lots of distractions."

                          UK Athletics declined to speak to the Guardian on Thursday night.



                          Accusing her of being fat

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                            #43
                            18 year old Thurrock (Conf South) player Adam Gemmil has gone under the 100m qualifying time.

                            Drug cheat Chambers still not done it although he was due to race today in France. Don't suppose anyone knows his time?
                            Football without Origi is nothing

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                              #44
                              Originally posted by ChesterDave View Post
                              18 year old Thurrock (Conf South) player Adam Gemmil has gone under the 100m qualifying time.

                              Drug cheat Chambers still not done it although he was due to race today in France. Don't suppose anyone knows his time?
                              He did two years.
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                              Suppose you have a physicist and a sociologist standing at the side of a field, observing a set of events unfolding on the field. The physicist does [describes] it using the terminology of mass and velocity and frequency of radiation and the rest. And the sociologist does it by describing it as a rugby match.



                              May the Lord bless this post.

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                                #45
                                London 2012: Craig Bellamy set to feature for Team GB

                                Liverpool striker Craig Bellamy says he has been included in the Team GB squad for the Olympics.

                                Coach Stuart Pearce is allowed to name three players over the age of 23 in his 18-man squad - and Wales international Bellamy, 32, has been widely quoted claiming he has been included.

                                "I am in the Olympic squad but I was supposed to keep it quiet," he said.

                                "It's a different challenge. I had a difficult season with Liverpool but the Olympics is a one-off."

                                Pearce is expected to name his squad for the games later in June.

                                Former England captain David Beckham, 37, has made no secret of his desire to be included and Manchester United will allow former Wales skipper Ryan Giggs, 38, to feature.

                                England international Joe Cole, Scotland striker Steven Fletcher and Northern Ireland midfielder Chris Brunt have also been touted as potential over-age players.

                                Team GB's first fixture is against Senegal at Old Trafford on 26 July.

                                Linkage: BBC Sport

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