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.
Olympics: Kazakhstan sportsmen freezing in London
The team is complaining about lack of warm clothes in their gear.
Olympics: London prostitutes 'cleaned from the streets'
The London Olympics are not big business for everyone -- sex workers say they are being cleared from the streets around the stadium to make the area more presentable for the Games.
Canoe of Kazakhstan Olympic sportsman found
The luggage of Kazakhstan canoe slalom team was found the same day.
Olympics: London cracks down on unofficial souvenirs
The London Olympics pop up on teapots, bunting and a one-eyed mascot -- but strict branding laws are in place to ensure that official products are the only ones in the race.
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.
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.
Turkish Airlines lost Kazakhstan Olympic team's canoe
Turkish Airlines have lost a part of Kazakhstan canoe slalom sportsmen's luggage on the way to London.
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.
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.
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.
Cost of outfits of Kazakhstan Olympics team unveiled
The formal outfits of Kazakhstan Olympics team could have been cheaper: magazine.
Kazakhstan athletes will not fast during Olympics
Kazakhstan athletes will observe the sawm (keep a fast) straight after London Olympic Games.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Astana sportsmen lead by number of Olympic licenses
Sportsmen from Astana won more Olympic licenses than Kazakhstan athletes from other cities.
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.
