Items related to Olympics

Clearing hurdles: Egyptian Paralympians overcome popular disregard for their talents
Sarah ElMeshad 30 Aug 2012
Broken sidewalks, buildings with high stairs, a lack of ramps or elevators and poor transportation services are not the...
Karam Mohamed Gaber Ebrahim of Egypt competes against Nenad Zugaj of Croatia (in blue) during the 84-kg Greco-Roman wrestling competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 6, 2012, in London.
Update: Gaber takes silver in wrestling
Al-Masry Al-Youm 06 Aug 2012
  Egyptian wrestler Karam Gaber won the silver medal in wrestling after losing to Russia’s Alan Khugaev in...
Saudi woman's historic bow over in 82 seconds
AFP 03 Aug 2012
Judoka Wojdan Shaherkani became the first ever female Saudi athlete to compete at the Olympic Games on Friday, but her...
Egypt joins Brazil in Olympic football quarter-finals
Reuters 01 Aug 2012
CARDIFF — Egypt, who endured a torrid start to the Olympic football competition when they trailed Brazil in their...
Update: Egypt takes silver in fencing
Reuters 31 Jul 2012
LONDON — Egypt's Alaaeldin Abouelkassem took the Olympic silver on Tuesday after losing in the finals to...
Mustafa Saeid is Egypt's first Olympic kayaker.
Egypt’s first Olympic kayaker is out to prove critics wrong
Lindsey Parietti 28 Jul 2012
With water rushing under him, Mustafa Saeid paddles up the Nile, putting stretches of the Manial banks behind him. Arcs...
Brazil survive Egypt fightback
AFP 27 Jul 2012
CARDIFF — Star-studded Brazil survived a second-half fightback by Egypt to win their men's Olympic football...
Tourism Ministry pays to replace Olympic team's fake sportswear
Al-Masry Al-Youm 26 Jul 2012
The Tourism Ministry has paid LE200,000 to replace the fake sportswear of the Egyptian Olympian team with original...
An Egyptian synchronised swimmer says her team were supplied with fake Nike kit. 
Egyptian athletes given fake gear, pay for training kits themselves
Egypt Independent 25 Jul 2012
  Yomna Khallaf, an Egyptian synchronized swimmer in the London 2012 Olympic Games, has said that the Egyptian...
A flag bearing the Olympic rings flutters in front of Big Ben, the clock tower at Britain's parliament in London on July 23. Big Ben, the famed bell belonging to Britain's parliament, will chime non-stop for three minutes on Friday as part of a national event to mark the start of the London Olympics.
UK's Big Ben clock to make historic Olympic ring
AFP 25 Jul 2012
  Big Ben, the famed bell belonging to Britain's Parliament, will chime non-stop for three minutes on Friday...