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London Latest - Economic Predictions; Olympic Priorities; Final Licensees

5/16/2012
(ATR) Bank of England chief economist admits difficulty in predicting impact of Olympics ... Top cyclist to skip Tour de France ... AFP to send 180 journalists to London ... LOCOG announces final 2012 licensees ... ...more

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Athens Photodesk - Olympic Flame Heads to Acropolis, 1896 Stadium
Athens gets ready to hand over the Olympic Flame to London 2012 ... and host hundreds of Olympic memorabilia collectors. Here’s an Around the Rings Photodesk of the sunny scene in Athens.
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On-the-Scene Photodesk - Lighting the Olympic Flame
Around the Rings was on the scene in Olympia as the flame for the London 2012 Olympics was lit. All photos by ATR.
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On-the-Scene Photodesk - Walking Around London Olympic Park
Around the Rings was on the scene when London's Olympic Park opened to the public earlier this month. Weather may have been cold and miserable, but the mood was sunny as visitors thronged the park. All photos by ATR.

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On the Scene Photodesk -- World Series of Boxing Final
(ATR) Around the Rings was on the scene for the World Series of Boxing team final in London.
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Olympic Photodesk - London Torch Manufacturing; ANOC Assembly
London 2012 offers an inside look at the manufacturing of its Olympic torches, and Around the Rings looks back at the ANOC General Assembly in Moscow.
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On-the-Scene Photodesk - 100 Days to London 2012
Around the Rings was on the scene in London for events marking 100 days to go until the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympics.
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On-the-Scene Photodesk - ANOC Assembly; World Olympic Sport Convention
Around the Rings was on the scene in Moscow as the ANOC General Assembly gave way to a meeting of the world's sports ministers and a trip to the Kremlin.
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On-the-Scene Photodesk - Moscow Welcomes ANOC Assembly
Around the Rings is on the scene in Moscow for meetings of the Association of National Olympic Committees.
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Olympic Photodesk - Table Tennis, Cycling World Champs; Taekwondo Juniors
Around the Rings is on the scene in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt for the World Junior Taekwondo Championships. Also featured inside are world champs in team table tennis and track cycling.
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Olympic Photodesk - IOC in London; 2012 Qualifiers
IOC inspectors makes their final visit ahead of the 2012 Olympics ... Jacques Rogge meets David Cameron... Qualifications for football, hockey ... More inside.
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Olympic Photodesk for March 22
(ATR) Spring is swinging at Olympic Park ... LOCOG unveils Olympic torch route, relay uniforms ... Historic ice hockey victory ... More inside ...
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Handover of the Olympic Flame
From Greece to London 2012

May 17
Panathenaic Stadium, Athens
Ed Hula reporting
Mark Bisson reporting

On The Scene

USOC Media Summit

May 12 - 15
Dallas
Karen Rosen reporting

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IIHF World Hockey Championships

Helsinki, May 4 - 20
Brian Pinelli reporting

SportAccord 2012
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IIHF World Championships
Finland, Helsinki and Sweden, Stockholm 05/04/2012 - 05/20/2012

18th World Olympic Collectors Fair
Zappeion Megaron, Athens 05/17/2012 - 05/20/2012

SportAccord Convention 2012
Québec City 05/20/2012 - 05/25/2012

FIFA Congress
Budapest 05/24/2012 - 05/25/2012

UEFA EURO 2012
Poland and Ukraine 06/08/2012 - 07/01/2012

List of Olympic Host Cities

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05-16-2012	London Latest - Economic Predictions; Olympic Priorities; Final Licensees
05-16-2012	Blog - Coe, Beckham Limber Up for Olympic Flame Handover
05-16-2012	Athens Photodesk - Olympic Flame Heads to Acropolis, 1896 Stadium
05-16-2012	Olympic Newsdesk - Euro 2020 Bidding; Beijing 2008 Health Impact; 2012 Qualifiers
05-16-2012	Beckham, Coe Head to Athens for Olympic Flame
05-15-2012	On the Scene - USA Basketball Extension; Twitter Lessons; Media Onslaught
05-15-2012	IOC Inspects 2015 Site; German Sports Hall of Fame; 2012 Qualification Update

05-16-2012	FIBA sets up subsidiary, takes commercial activities to next level
05-16-2012	Argentina WSB Franchise launched for 2012-2013 season
05-16-2012	Sportcal exhibiting to celebrate SportAccord's 10th Edition
05-16-2012	"Sportfolio" on Bloomberg TV looks at the business of the Olympics, the Dodgers and Golf Wednesday
05-16-2012	Special AFP coverage of all this summer's major sports events
05-16-2012	Press Release - Flame Handover Ceremony
05-16-2012	1968 USA Olympic gold medal winner Bob Beamon joins Schulte Sports Marketing & Public Relations client roster

London Latest - Economic Predictions; Olympic Priorities; Final Licensees

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