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SINGAPORE-London
was awarded the 2012 Olympics on July 5, defeating European rival
Paris in the final round of voting to take the games back to the
British capital for the first time since 1948. After Moscow, New
York and Madrid were eliminated in the first three rounds, London
beat its cross-Channel opponent 54-50 on the fourth ballot of the
International Olympic Committee vote capping the most glamorous
and hotly contested bid race in Olympic history. |
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- London at last
SINGAPORE-London was awarded the 2012 Olympics on July 5, defeating European rival Paris in the final round of voting to take the games back to the British capital for the first time since 1948. After Moscow, New York and Madrid were eliminated in the first three rounds, London beat its cross-Channel opponent 54-50 on the fourth ballot of the International Olympic Committee vote capping the most glamorous and hotly contested bid race in Olympic history.
- Raikkonen the favourite at Silverstone
LONDON -July
10¡¯s British Grand Prix can revive Kimi Raikkonen¡¯s
title challenge, just as last year¡¯s race showed that McLaren
were back in business.
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