London: Farewell, London. Good luck matching that, Rio. Coldplay, Rihanna and Jay-Z rocked the Olympic Stadium on Sunday night to give the biggest-ever Paralympic Games a rousing send-off, wrapping up an unforgettable summer of sports in Britain.
The three-hour party at the packed 80,000-seat arena in east London gave the world a chance to celebrate 11 days of Paralympic competition that have shifted perceptions and shattered stereotypes about the disabled.
"In this country, we will never think of sport the same way and we will never think of disability the same way," said Sebastian Coe, chairman of the London organising committee. "The Paralympians have lifted the cloud of limitation."
Central to the closing ceremony " called the "Festival of the Flame" " were the 4,200 Paralympians from 164 nations who encircled the field of play from the start, waving flags and taking in the extraordinary atmosphere. By the end of the extravaganza, they created an international mosh pit in front of the stage as volleys of fireworks rocketed above....
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08:53 AM, Sep 11, 2012
London: With a little British pomp and a lot of British pop, London brought the curtains down on a glorious Olympic Games on Sunday in a spectacular, technicolour pageant of landmarks, light shows and lots of fun. The closing ceremony offered a sensory blast including rock 'n' roll rickshaws, dustbin percussionists, an exploding yellow car and a marching band in red tunics and bearskin hats. There was a show-stopping reunion...
04:34 AM, Aug 13, 2012
New Delhi: To bid farewell to the London 2012 Olympics, Google on Sunday has come up with the London 2012 closing ceremony doodle, which is apparently the last Google doodle this Olympics. Here are the top 10 interesting facts about the doodle and the ceremony that wraps up the so-far spectacularly successful London Games. 1. The doodle features a spate of athletes from different Olympic sports celebrating the last day...
11:53 AM, Aug 12, 2012
London: Usain Bolt made himself a living legend " just ask him. Michael Phelps swam a last lap into history. A man ran on carbon blades. Two track stars and a long jumper produced perhaps the greatest night in British sports history. Take a victory lap, London. The nightmare that was supposed to be the 2012 Olympics " gridlock and chaos Underground and overground, a city locked down by terrorist...
08:42 AM, Aug 12, 2012
New Delhi: With the view to bid farewell to the London 2012 Olympics, Google is going to come up with the London 2012 closing ceremony doodle, which is apparently the last Google doodle this Olympics, on Sunday. It is the seventeenth doodle by Google during the London 2012 Olympic Games. The doodle features a spate of athletes from different Olympic sports celebrating the last day of the world's biggest sporting...
05:31 PM, Aug 11, 2012
London: Pop will take the podium when London bids farewell to the Olympics on Sunday, with a closing ceremony starring the Spice Girls, Annie Lennox, One Direction and a peculiarly British sense of humour. Undeterred by criticism that the opening ceremony two weeks ago was too British for the rest of the world to fully comprehend, organisers are looking for local inspiration once again as they attempt to deliver a...
04:52 PM, Aug 11, 2012
BANGALORE: The Bangalore International Airport (BIA) will be closed for seven hours every day from March 11 to April 3 for runway modernisation. As part of protocol, the airport authorities have confirmed that they have informed all airlines and concerned authorities that the airport would not allow any emergency landing during the time.BIA has issued a NOTAM (Notices To Air Men), which specifies that the airport would not be available...
09:08 AM, Mar 01, 2012
Mumbai: With every passing day, the hope of a pullback rally, which started six trading sessions back for the market, seems to be fading. The petrol price hike coupled with discomforting inflation numbers haunted markets on Monday. The immediate resistance level for the Nifty now appears to be 5600. Crude again dipping below 100 levels was the only positive cue one can take going ahead. The markets opened on a...
08:38 PM, May 16, 2011
The crowds didn't spare Suresh Kalmadi at the Games closing ceremony, booing him especially when he thanked other members of the OC like secretary general Lalit Bhanot. ...
08:13 AM, Oct 15, 2010
New Delhi: The Commonwealth Games celebrations are over and now the inquest will begin. The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) is likely to restart the audit of expenses incurred to host the Games today. It will look into how the balance between the cost and quality was maintained and whether there had been any cost overruns. The Games have been riddled with allegations of corruption, ranging from favouritism in awarding...
07:57 AM, Oct 15, 2010
New Delhi: Swaying to the tunes of "Vande Mataram", 2,010 school children from Delhi entranced the audience as they formed the Ashoka Chakra, the national emblem, at the centre of the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium during the grand closing ceremony here on Thursday. The children, dressed in white outfits with coloured capes and Nehru caps, took positions to form a rangoli pattern on the field. Performers holding coloured powder dispensers sprinkled...
08:09 PM, Oct 14, 2010
New Delhi: Timeline of the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Thursday. 1430: Gates open for the spectators 1730: Pre-show (duration 40 minutes) 1900: Announcement and arrival of dignitaries (2 minutes) 1902: Indian national anthem (1 minute) 1903: Countdown (1 minute) 1904: Agni - the glory of sports (8 minutes) 1912: Martial music (14 minutes) 1926: Tribute to the Motherland - Vande Mataram (6 minutes) 1932:...
06:00 PM, Oct 14, 2010
Take a look at the routes you should avoid to stay away from traffic chaos before the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony on Thursday. ...
10:23 AM, Oct 14, 2010
Shakira will groove to
Waka Waka - This Time For Africa again ...
02:29 PM, Jul 10, 2010
The health ministry cancelled the licenses of the units in January last year. ...
01:33 PM, Feb 20, 2009
The Nifty hit 2700 mark in late trade, but did not reach the same at close. ...
04:15 PM, Nov 21, 2008
The BSE Sensex finished at 9,385.42, down 150.91 points. ...
04:39 PM, Nov 14, 2008
The Beijing Olympic Games drew to a spectacular close on Sunday. ...
07:32 PM, Aug 24, 2008
At the start of the ceremony, athletes from the 204 competing nations, sprinted into the Bird's Nest Stadium. ...
07:29 PM, Aug 24, 2008
