2012 Summer Olympics

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18 May 2012 Last updated at 16:24 ET By Claire Heald BBC 2012 Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. David Beckham used a London 2012 torch to light a cauldron The Olympic flame has landed in the UK ready for the London 2012 torch relay after being flown from Athens, Greece. David [...]

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17 May 2012 Last updated at 12:57 ET By Michael Hirst BBC 2012 Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The President of the Hellenic Olympic Committee, Spyros Capralos, passes the flame to Princess Anne The Olympic flame has been handed over to organisers of the London Games at a ceremony beneath a [...]

17 May 2012 Last updated at 12:57 ET By Michael Hirst BBC 2012 Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The President of the Hellenic Olympic Committee, Spyros Capralos, passes the flame to Princess Anne The Olympic flame has been handed over to organisers of the London Games at a ceremony beneath a [...]

Ainslie, is the first of 8,000 torchbearers who will carry the Olympic Flame 8,000 miles over 70 days to where it will light the cauldron at the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Games. The 35-year-old, who also has the honour of being the first athlete to formally be selected for Team GB, is aiming [...]

Sailor Ben Ainslie was the first torchbearer as the Olympic flame began its 70-day journey around Britain and Ireland on Saturday ahead of the 2012 London Games. The flame arrived in Britain from Greece on Friday and was flown to Land’s End on Saturday by a Royal Navy helicopter before it was used to light [...]

David Beckham will take the Olympic flame at a ceremony Friday when the flame arrives from Greece. Then, the Olympic flame will go on a 70-day, 8,000-mile  relay around England ahead of the 2012 London Olympics. By Danica Kirka, Associated Press / May 18, 2012 Former England football captain David Beckham, right, and London Mayor Boris [...]

Even the wind cooperated Friday at this normally blustery naval station, remaining calm as David Beckham lit a celebratory cauldron and signaled the start of the 2012 London Olympics torch relay. There was a hushed “oooooh” as the former England national team captain and current star for the Los Angeles Galaxy took center stage as [...]

Even the wind cooperated Friday at this normally blustery naval station, remaining calm as David Beckham lit a celebratory cauldron and signaled the start of the 2012 London Olympics torch relay. There was a hushed “oooooh” as the former England national team captain and current star for the Los Angeles Galaxy took center stage as [...]