Entertainment

• Tuesday, July 24th 2012 - 23:30 UTC

  UK deploys more troops to help secure the London Olympics

  

  The UK government will deploy the 1,200 troops who were put on stand-by last week to help secure the London Olympics, a British minister said as security arrangements were tweaked to make up for a private firm's failure to recruit enough guards.

• Monday, July 23rd 2012 - 02:55 UTC

  Olympic Committee “glad” Argentina will avoid politically tainted demonstrations

  

  The head of the International Olympic Committee Jacques Rogge assured he was “glad” that President Cristina Fernández had called the Argentine athletes to avoid demonstrations over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands sovereignty dispute during the Olympic Games of London 2012.

• Saturday, July 21st 2012 - 01:33 UTC

  The Olympic torch at the Tower of London next to the Crown Jewels

  

  Olympic torch arrived in London by Royal Navy helicopter to spend the night in one of Britain's most secure sites ahead of its week-long journey around the capital, culminating in the lighting of the cauldron at the main stadium in a week's time.

• Wednesday, July 18th 2012 - 07:41 UTC

  Spain, Argentina and Brazil the strongest football tournaments in the world

  

  Argentina's First Division is second strongest tournament in the world after Spain, according to the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) July release.

• Monday, July 16th 2012 - 23:42 UTC

  Manchester United retains title as the world’s most valuable sports team, says Forbes

  

  English football club Manchester United retained their title as the world's most valuable sports team, according to an annual top 50 list released by Forbes on Monday that was dominated by National Football League (NFL) franchises.

• Monday, July 16th 2012 - 02:15 UTC

  Cable & Wireless £ 10.000 donation for Falklands Overseas Games association

  

  Cable and Wireless South Atlantic Ltd made a generous donation of £10,000 to the Falkland Islands Overseas Games Association (FIOGA).

• Monday, July 9th 2012 - 18:32 UTC

  Canadian cowboy plans to ride 16.000 kilometres and reach Brazil in 2014

  

  A Canadian cowboy hopes to join the ranks of the long riders as he rode out of Calgary, Alberta on Sunday for an epic journey to his birthplace in Brazil. Filipe Masetti Leite intends to spend the next two years riding his two horses, “Bruiser” and “Frenchie,” through 12 countries in North, Central and South America.

• Tuesday, June 26th 2012 - 09:37 UTC

  HMS Protector sailor/airman wins prestigious photography competition

  

  A crewman aboard the British Royal Navy’s Antarctic patrol ship, HMS Protector, has won a prestigious military photographic competition, the Peregrine Trophy.

• Monday, June 25th 2012 - 17:56 UTC

  Film portraits of Falkland Islanders released on-line

  

  A two-man American and British film-making team is releasing the first of six video portraits of Falkland Islanders on-line today, Monday June 25th.

• Monday, June 25th 2012 - 17:43 UTC

  UK authorities worried about possible Argentine protests at Games

  

  The Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London (FCO) is said to be concerned after receiving intelligence suggesting that Argentine authorities or proxy groups may persuade the country’s athletes to use the high profile Olympics stage to show support for their country’s claim to the Falkland Islands.