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Olympics: 2012 Games a world away from London 1948 The razzmatazz of the London 2012 Olympics is a world away from the last Games held in London in 1948, when athletes had to survive on rations, stitch their own kit and wash it themselves.

11 August 2012

Nazarbayev hopes for a place in Top 10 list of Olympics Nursultan Nazarbayev spoke of the importance of the London Olympics for him personally and for Kazakhstan in general.

10 August 2012

Olympics: Kazakhstan's Gyuzel Manyurova won bronze in wrestling Kazakhstan wrestler Gyuzel Manyurova won the bronze medal in -72kg category of female wrestling at the London Olympics.

10 August 2012

Olympics: Bolt targets double dose of golden glory Usain Bolt can become the first man to claim a second successive 100m-200m Olympic Games double on Thursday with the Jamaican superstar confidently predicting his own 200m world record could fall.

10 August 2012

Olympics: Kazakhstan's Marina Volnova won bronze in boxing Kazakhstan representative in female boxing failed to get into the final of the London Olympics, but won bronze.

09 August 2012

Long-haul travel boosts illness risk for athletes -- study The questions arising from a new probe which says elite athletes who have to travel very long distances are nearly three times likelier to fall ill than when they play at home.

09 August 2012

Olympics: Adilbek Niyazymbetov reached semifinals of boxing tournament Kazakhstan's Adilbek Niyazymbetov has reached the semifinals of the London Olympics boxing tournament by winning over Iran's Ehsan Rouzbahani.

09 August 2012

Olympics: Closing ceremony 'camp and cheesy': music director The London Olympics closing ceremony on Sunday will be a "beautiful, cheeky, cheesy, camp, silly and thrilling" journey through British pop history.

09 August 2012

Olympics: Athletes chill out in alternative village On the other side of London from the frenzy and commotion of the Olympic Park, a hundred competitors are training and relaxing in a more chilled-out, alternative Athletes' Village.

09 August 2012

TENGRI LIFE

TENGRI TRAVEL

Akim of East-Kazakhstan oblast gave a cabriolet to Olga Rypakova The Kazakhstan athlete was met in Ust-Kamenogorsk by hundreds of citizens with flowers and a new cabriolet.

08 August 2012

Olympics: Serik Sapiyev reached semifinals in boxing Kazakhstan boxer Serik Sapiyev has advanced into the semifinals of the tournament and told about his match against Venezuela's Gabriel Perez.

08 August 2012

Winners of London Olympics from Almaty will get apartments Sportsmen from Almaty who are taking part in the London Olympics can count on an apartment for any medal.

08 August 2012

Olympics: Liu, Bolt set to light up track Chinese track idol Liu Xiang returns to Olympic duty on Tuesday, four years after his Beijing dream was shattered, while 100m champion Usain Bolt begins the defence of his 200m title.

08 August 2012

Kazakhstan Olympic team’s success exceeds expectations of over half of Kazakhstan residents 61 percent of the polled Kazakhstan residents believe that Kazakhstan Olympic team shows excellent results.

07 August 2012

Greece and the Olympics: wishing for a ray of hope Eight years after hosting the Olympic Games in the country where they were born, Greeks seem more interested in finding out if there will be light at the end of their dismal economic tunnel.

07 August 2012

Weightlifting: Ilya Ilyin is ready for next weight division Kazakhstan weightlifter two-time Olympic champion Ilya Ilyin shared his plans for the future upon arrival to Kazakhstan.

07 August 2012

Olympics: Kazakhstan's Volnova advanced to semifinals in 75kg boxing Kazakhstan boxer Marina Volnova has reached the semifinal of the London Olympic boxing tournament by winning over Bratain's Savannah Marshall.

07 August 2012

Olympics: No retirement for me, says Isinbayeva Russian pole vault legend Yelena Isinbayeva said Monday that she had postponed plans to retire as she finished with Olympic bronze after an injury-hampered preparation for the London Games.

07 August 2012

Kazakhstan is third among countries with most generous Olympic money prizes Kazakhstan will award its Olympic champions with $250,000, silver prize-winners with $150,000 and bronze prize-winners with $75,000.

07 August 2012