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Olympics: London 2012 in numbers From the 10,490 athletes heading to London, to the flock of 70 sheep taking part in the opening ceremony on July 27, AFP takes a look at the 2012 Olympic Games in numbers.

24 July 2012

Olympics: Kazakhstan sportsmen freezing in London The team is complaining about lack of warm clothes in their gear.

24 July 2012

Cycling: History-maker Wiggins wins Tour de France Bradley Wiggins has been crowned Britain's first Tour de France champion, becoming an instant sporting hero at home just ahead of the London Olympics -- in which he hopes to star again.

23 July 2012

Canoe of Kazakhstan Olympic sportsman found The luggage of Kazakhstan canoe slalom team was found the same day.

23 July 2012

Olympics: Kazakhstan students will take part in London-2012 Students of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University will take part in five tournaments at the London Olympics.

20 July 2012

Kazakhstan football player capped for Brazilian Botafogo Young Kazakhstan football player Rauan Sariyev has become a player of Brazilian Botafogo club.

19 July 2012

Olympics: One more sportsman joined Kazakhstan national Olympics team 116 instead of 115 Kazakhstan sportsmen will take part in the London Olympics. Race walk master Vitaliy Anichkin won the last license for the Kazakhstan team.

19 July 2012

Nurkadilova was the only bidder to supply outfits for Kazakhstan Olympics team No other designers bid at the government-run tender to supply outfits for Kazakhstan's Olympics team besides High Fashion House Kuralai: authority.

18 July 2012

Are athletic records reaching their limits? Some scientists say sporting records are starting to flatline and one day will become near impossible to beat without drugs, gene splicing or futuristic technology.

18 July 2012

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16 July 2012

Boxing: Gennady Golovkin set to fight Martirosyan or Proksa Kazakhstan boxer Gennady Golovkin is setting up a fight against Polish Grzegorz Proksa or American Vanes Martirosyan.

16 July 2012

Kazakhstan athletes will not fast during Olympics Kazakhstan athletes will observe the sawm (keep a fast) straight after London Olympic Games.

16 July 2012

Olympics: 21,000 journalists swarm into London With less than two weeks to go before the Olympic Games, hordes of competitors are pouring into London from across the globe and limbering up -- but they're not athletes.

16 July 2012

Designer says future US uniforms to be made in USA It's too late for London, but US Olympians in 2014 will be clad in Ralph Lauren-designed uniforms made in the United States.

15 July 2012

US lawmaker wants China-made Olympic outfits burned The US-China Olympic rivalry heated up in an unfashionable way Thursday when a top US lawmaker suggested burning the US team's outfits for the London opening ceremony because they were made in China.

14 July 2012

Saudi women in 'breakthrough' Olympics Saudi Arabia's decision to allow two female athletes to compete at the Olympic Games overturns a decades-old taboo imposed by the conservative Muslim monarchy which still bars women from sports at home.

13 July 2012

Astana sportsmen lead by number of Olympic licenses Sportsmen from Astana won more Olympic licenses than Kazakhstan athletes from other cities.

13 July 2012

Basketball: Euroleague Champion to be capped for Astana team Kazakhstan Basketball Club Astana has signed a contract with Andreas Glyniadakis, Euroleague champion.

13 July 2012

Security and transport fears dog Olympic preparations Britain's army will have to provide extra troops to police Olympic venues as a private security firm cannot supply enough trained staff, while a watchdog warned Thursday that border staff are under-trained.

13 July 2012