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Jul 29, 2012, 10:08 PM

Olympic Wrap Up: Day 2

After losing to Sharapona six times in the past, Shahar Peer was hoping that maybe London2012 would be the time she could record her first success

Jul 28, 2012, 3:02 PM

Lack of Silence Speaks Volumes

By Raffe Gold As the individual copper petals, aflame with the hopes and dreams of the Olympic athletes, began to rise up and form a torch, the opening ceremony for the XXX Olympiad drew to an end, but it was...

Jul 27, 2012, 3:43 PM

Let The Games Begin

And so they start today. Strap yourself in or go hide under a rock because the next two weeks are going to be Olympics, Olympics with a side serving of more Olympics. Let’s be honest, no-one, not even the hardest...

Jul 26, 2012, 11:46 PM

The Moment We’ve All Been Waiting For….

In less than 23 hours, the London 2012 Olympic Games will begin. For those familiar with the Super Bowl half time show, the international appeal and grandiose nature of the opening ceremonies, the glitz and glamour will be on...

Jul 25, 2012, 11:48 AM

Olympic Family Fun

There are just two more sleeps until the XXX London 2012 Olympic Games begin. By then, the kids will have had finished their summer camps and the onus will be on us parents to scramble around to find activities...

Jul 24, 2012, 4:22 PM

Meet Team Israel: Jillian Schwartz

Jillian Schwartz has already competed at the Olympics albeit for a different country. She represented USA in pole vault at the 2004 Olympics. Fast forward four years and she missed qualifying for the Beijing Games. At the crossroads, competing...

Jul 23, 2012, 9:40 AM

Mother Of A Champ – Alla Shatilov

Soon to be-2 time Olympian Alex Shatilov comes from good stock! His mother Alla is a former Uzbekistan champion gymnast and his father a former equestrian and now a coach. Today Alla is busy coaching young gymnasts around Israel,...

Jul 20, 2012, 12:19 PM

The Sounds of Silence

There has been a groundswell of support for a minute’s silence for the Munich 11, from parliamentarians around the world, to celebrities, to regular people expressing their sentiments online. Notwithstanding this, the IOC has still not budged. In their mind,...

Jul 19, 2012, 2:09 PM

Meet Team Israel: Misha Zilberman

As far as sports go, badminton isn’t the most mainstream! Thus it would come as little surprise that Misha Zilberman is the first badminton player to represent Israel at the Olympics. Somewhat of a prodigy, he picked up the...

Jul 18, 2012, 12:34 PM

The Golden Tweet

The 2012 London Olympics promise to be the social games in more ways than one. Twitter is now all encompassing and most of the 10,000+ athletes who are competing at the XXX Olympiad will be tweeting. What this means though...

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