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Olympics closing ceremony to bring samba to Stratford

Organisers of Rio 2016 Games promise their eight-minute segment in Olympic Stadium will feature 'joy and passion' Rio 2016 organisers have promised to bring the spirit of the Sambadrome to Stratford as their contribution to a closing ceremony on Sunday that has been dubbed the ultimate aftershow...

London 2012: seven Cameroonian athletes go missing from Olympics

Team officials say that five boxers, a swimmer and a footballer have disappeared, possibly to claim asylum Seven Olympic athletes have disappeared amid fears they have fled the London 2012 Games to claim asylum, according to team officials. Five boxers, a swimmer and a footballer from Cameroon were...

Cambridge United recruit goalkeeper Craig Ross

Cambridge United sign goalkeeper Craig Ross from Hampton & Richmond Borough on a 12-month contract.

Olympic police ask: 'Where me keys?' – audio slideshow

Police conducting searches at Wembley Stadium before Olympic football matches have lost an internal set of keys, necessitating the locks to be changed. Scotland Yard is not treating the incident as criminal. More one of forgetfulness, it seems. Remind you maybe of a certain catchy tune by Britain's...

Olympic policing own goal after Wembley keys go missing

Locks at one of London 2012's main football venues have had to be changed after Metropolitan police lost set of internal keys An investigation is under way into how police conducting searches at Wembley Stadium before the Olympics last week lost a set of internal keys, forcing security chiefs to...