London 2012 Olympic Games-The Paralympics begin, opening ceremony on now!

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Anyway, time for the news roundup:

-The Olympics start today with the Women's Football in Cardiff (for whatever reason), with who else what Team GB against New Zealand.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18978628

-David Beckham, who missed out on the Team GB's football team, will have a place at the olympic opening ceremony. The opening ceremony has also been granted a late-night noise permit, so it could last until 1:30AM BST. Weather suggests it should be dry, but the clouds which they're making will cause it to rain anyway...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18977404

From around the world:

-The US Men's basketball team HAVE to win, says coach. And I'd have to agree with him:

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/06/05/sport/olympics-gold-olajuwon-scola-leslie/index.html?hpt=iol_bn2

-The Spanish Flag, which was to be carried in the opening ceremony by Rafael Nadal before he pulld out due to injury, will now be carried by Pau Gasol, of basketball fame (no, I don't know either). The USA's flag has yet to be confirmed. But, I wouldn't bet against Micheal Phelps carrying it:

http://www.abc.es/20120720/deportes/abci-gasol-abanderado-201207201049.html



So yeah, things are still a touch slow, but we'll have the first results tonight!