July 25th
North Korea’s Olympic women’s football team walked off the pitch for an hour at their opening London 2012 match after organizers mistakenly introduced the players using South Korea’s flag.
A Greek triple jumper has been expelled from the Olympics after she posted a racist joke on Twitter.
Voula Papachristou was kicked out of her national team for mocking African migrants and expressing support for a far-Right political party.
Her offending message – which was referring to reports of mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus in her home country – read: ‘With so many Africans in Greece, at least the West Nile mosquitoes will eat homemade food!’
July 26th
Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential nominee, has questioned Britain’s preparedness to host the London 2012 Olympics and asked whether the country is genuinely willing to “celebrate” the Games.
He told US television there were “disconcerting” signs about Britain’s readiness. “It’s hard to know just how well it will turn out,” he said. “There are a few things that were disconcerting: the stories about the private security firm not having enough people, supposed strike of the immigration and customs officials, which obviously is not something which is encouraging.”
July 27th
Commenting on the opening ceremony: “It wasn’t Beijing. Not as exotic, not as magical. And not as expensive. This opening ceremony was quirky and fun and loud and British.” Basically it was an unadulterated shambles!
Queen Elizabeth was picking her nails when Great Britain marched into Olympic Stadium. Who can blame her having to sit through several hours of boring drivel?
Aidan Burley, the Conservative MP for Cannock Chase, sparked controversy by claiming that ceremony was “leftie multi-cultural crap.”
A German dignitary at the Olympic Opening Ceremony appeared to greet his country’s athletes with a Nazi salute. the elderly man was caught on video repeatedly extending his right arm back and forth prompting a few awkward starres from members of the crowd. Bizarrely he was sitting in front of Boris Johnson and Camilla Parker-Bowles who looked bemused at first before bursting into laughter.
July 28th
Fearing tainted meat, China’s women’s volleyball team has stuck to a strict vegetarian diet for the last three weeks, which the team’s coach is now blaming for his athletes’ abysmal performance.
The mother of all shootouts is in Woolwich as a pregnant Malaysian lady competes a month before due date in the women’s 10m air rifle.
July 29th
Soldiers and students will take empty seats as organizers probe ticket farce.
It was bikinis, beer and Benny Hill at Horse Guards Parade yesterday where the beach volleyball kicked off and is already proving to be the Olympics hottest ticket. As the sun beat down, beautifully built competitors cast the venue’s historic architectural sights in to the shade as they digged, spiked and bumped the ball across the sandpit in the heart of the capital.
Hot favorite to win first gold for Team GB, cyclist Mark Cavendish: I didn’t have a chance. They just all ganged up on me!
Security staff covering the Olympics has been warned they face a £99 fine for poor behavior, including arriving late for work or not wearing the correct uniform.
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