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Paralympics: Packed crowds and controversy at the Games Packed crowds on Friday greeted the first day of athletics at the Paralympics but the jubilant mood was overshadowed by a mix-up that saw the wrong athlete awarded a gold.

01 September 2012

Kazakhstan Olympic winners will be honored with fireworks in Astana А fireworks show in honor of Kazakhstan London Olympic athletes will be held today, on August 17, in the city of Astana.

17 August 2012

Almaty erects 300-kilogram medal in honor of 2012 Olympic winners A 300-kilogram 2-meter-tall iron medal is set in front of Baluan Sholak Sports Palace in Almaty in honor of the 2012 Olympic winners.

15 August 2012

Kazakhstan Paralympic athletes depart for London on August 22 Kazakhstan Paralympic winners will get money prizes of $50,000 for gold, $35,000 for silver and $25,000 for bronze medals.

14 August 2012

Winter Sports Center to be constructed in Pavlodar in honor of Prokasheva Yerlan Aryn, Pavlodar oblast’s Akim has promised to construct a new Winter Sports Center in Pavlodar.

13 August 2012

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

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: 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

Olympics: Bolt looks to seal legend status Barring catastrophe in the semi-finals Usain Bolt will face fellow Jamaican Yohan Blake in Thursday's 200 metres final where victory would see him attain legendary status in his own eyes.

08 August 2012

Olympics: Chinese doctor reveals state-sponsored doping Chinese Olympians were subjected to a state-sponsored doping regime in the 1980s and 1990s, a retired chief medical supervisor revealed to Australian media on Friday.

27 July 2012

Seven Kazakhstan athletes to take part in Paralympic Games Seven disabled Kazakhstan athletes have qualified for the Paralympics.

26 July 2012

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: 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

Olympics: China unveils streamlined London team China has announced a team of 396 athletes for the London Olympics, a far smaller delegation than four years ago when it topped the gold medal table on home soil.

12 July 2012

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