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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

Olympics: Tajik 'million dollar baby' punches way to London Tajikistan is for the first time sending a female boxer to the London Olympics who is on a mission not only to win but to smash gender stereotypes in the religiously conservative ex-Soviet state.

17 July 2012

Cost of outfits of Kazakhstan Olympics team unveiled The formal outfits of Kazakhstan Olympics team could have been cheaper: magazine.

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

Olympic security firm expects $77 million loss British security firm G4S said Friday it expects losses of up to $77 million after the government had to deploy extra troops for the Olympics because the company failed to provide enough guards.

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

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

Kazakhstan 2012 Olympic weight-lifting squad Kazakhstan weight-lifting staff of coaches named the athletes who would participate in 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London.

13 July 2012

Kazakhstan Olympic team officially seen off to London Dinamo Physical Training and Sports Society has arranged an official farewell to the sportsmen going to London Olympics.

12 July 2012

Boxing: Marina Volnova represents Kazakhstan at London Olympic Games Kazakhstan professional boxer Marina Volnova qualified for the London Olympic Games.

12 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

Kazakhstan paralympians to get $50 thousand for gold Seven paralympians will represent Kazakhstan at London Olympics.

11 July 2012

Olympics: Meditating Buddhist monk saddles up for London He'd prefer enlightenment to a medal, but when Japan's horse-riding Buddhist monk Kenki Sato saddles up for London 2012, he'll be representing one of the Olympics' more unusual families.

10 July 2012

Kazakhstan Olympic team will bring horse meat to London Kazakhstan national Olympic team will Kazakh food (horse meat) for wrestlers and weight-lifters to London.

09 July 2012

Olympics: Champions suffer bitter twist of fate Olympic Games medallists don't always live happily ever after.

08 July 2012

'All the Bells' to ring out start of London Olympics Church bells, bicycle bells, handbells, ship's bells, and even mobile phones will sound across Britain in a "cacophonous, amazing sound" to mark the start of the Olympics.

07 July 2012

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