London: The London Olympics blasted off with a highly creative ceremony ever witnessed in the history of the hallowed Games on Friday night. Danny Boyle, one of Britain's most successful filmmakers, who directed "Slumdog Millionaire" and "Trainspotting," had a ball with his favored medium, mixing filmed passages with live action to hypnotic effect, with 15,000 volunteers taking part in the show. Queen Elizabeth II playing along with movie magic from...
09:34 AM, Jul 28, 2012
London: London 2012 organisers say Friday's opening ceremony is a 60,000-strong sell-out. British director Danny Boyle's four-hour extravaganza had only 50 tickets remaining, a matter of hours before the ceremony was to begin, said Jackie Brock-Doyle, the organisers' communications director. "We had this morning, at about 9 a.m., about 200 tickets left. I think as I was coming in here that had been reduced to about 50, so I think...
11:35 PM, Jul 27, 2012
The nine-time gold medallist from America shares his experiences of opening ceremonies at the Olympics. ...
02:38 PM, Jul 27, 2012
New Delhi: The stage is now set and all eyes are on the London Olympics 2012 which is just hours away. In the quadrennial gala event, athletes of many sports of countries world over congregate to show their skills. Also, this time India is expected to break its Olympics medal tally record. People often miss the golden moment of watching athletes making history, because they are unable to sit at...
01:45 PM, Jul 27, 2012
London: London, blow our minds. The world city that needs no introduction but could do with an Olympic-sized pick-me-up in the midst of economic recession launches the 2012 Summer Games with a spectacular opening ceremony on Friday that faces a unique challenge: to be as memorable as Beijing's planet-wowing, money-no-object extravaganza of 2008. The British capital will set itself apart, as it has so often down the centuries, by being...
10:37 AM, Jul 27, 2012
London: The United States may break with a controversial tradition and dip its flag to Britain's leaders at the opening ceremony of the London Olympics, US Olympic Committee (USOC) CEO Scott Blackmun said on Thursday. "We've talked a little bit about that and you never know what is going to happen," said Blackmun. "We have traditions, Britain has traditions, everybody has traditions and we're still talking internally but it is...
10:02 AM, Jul 27, 2012
London: The much-awaited opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics will start from 1:30 a.m. on July 28 IST and will run for no more than three hours. British director Danny Boyle, of Slumdog Millionaire fame, and another famed director Stephen Daldry have conceptualised the opening ceremony. The ceremony, which has been shrouded in secrecy, has been named the "Isle of Wonder". The name has been inspired by William Shakespeare's...
09:19 PM, Jul 26, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday barred Suresh Kalmadi from attending the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games but the sacked CWG Organising Committee chairman claimed that he had sought permission only to attend the IAAF Council meeting in London. Kalmadi said that he had not sought permission for attending the opening ceremony of the Games on July 27. "I was never planning to attend the Opening Ceremony...
11:13 PM, Jul 25, 2012
However, the star England footballer refused to divulge any details in an interview given to CNN. ...
02:57 PM, Jul 25, 2012
London: The 205 teams marching at the London Olympics opening ceremony will be controlled with a "secret device" to ensure they do not delay the parade, the International Olympic Committee said on Tuesday. Several thousand athletes representing 205 nations and the four marching under the Olympic flag will walk at a similar pace with the help of the device, the IOC's Games Executive Director Gilbert Felli said. IOC member Richard...
09:20 AM, Jul 25, 2012
The London Olympics opening ceremony will be a grand spectacle " but will it be a surprise? In a word, no. Director Danny Boyle wants the details to stay secret and games chief Sebastian Coe has pleaded for insiders to stop leaking details of the extravaganza. But in the age of camera phones and social media, with 10,000 performers in the ceremony, thousands of Olympic security and staff and more...
10:27 AM, Jul 24, 2012
London: Chris Hoy, whose four Olympic gold medals and host of world titles earned him a knighthood, will claim another honour on Friday when he will become the first cyclist to carry the British flag at the London Games opening ceremony. Hoy carried the flag at the 2008 Games closing ceremony after his triple-gold medal track cycling haul, and will be competing in his fourth Games having also won gold...
07:11 PM, Jul 23, 2012
London: The Mayor of the Olympic Games Village Sir Charles Allen on Sunday asserted that India was not the lone country, whose request to defer the welcome ceremony, was turned down. "Yes, we do understand why the Indian officials wanted their welcome ceremony at the Olympic Games Village to be put off for a few days to enable more athletes to arrive in London," he said, asserting that all such...
09:45 PM, Jul 22, 2012
Mumbai: The Indian equities on Friday closed on a weak note. Banks, capital goods, power remained the major laggards on the bourses. Banking stocks tumbled further after a Reserve Bank of India committee recommended tightening regulations on loan restructuring, including setting aside higher provisions. Refinery major Reliance closed down 0.70 per cent at Rs 722.65 ahead of its numbers on Friday. It is likely to post a 3 per cent...
09:06 AM, Jul 20, 2012
New Delhi: AR Rahman is set to team up with Hollywood director Danny Boyle again - this time to compose a song for the London Olympics' opening ceremony. The music maestro reveals it will be a Punjabi song celebrating Indian influence in Britain. "Clarifying the report on the Olympics track I am composing... It's a track in Punjabi celebrating the Indian influence in the UK," Rahman, who worked with Boyle...
02:00 PM, Jun 30, 2012
With its box office report being anything but impressive, team 'Shanghai' is trying to attract more audiences by doing some post release promotional activities. ...
05:20 PM, Jun 13, 2012
