Tag: 2012 Olympic Games

• Friday, May 4th 2012 - 21:31 UTC

  Y&R holding condemns Falklands-Olympics spot and asks Argentine government to ban the ad

  

  WPP international advertising holding on Friday regretted a controversial TV spot showing an Argentine athlete training for the London Olympic Games in Port Stanley, Falkland Islands.

• Friday, May 4th 2012 - 17:21 UTC

  Falklands spot: Argentina trying to recover from “some diplomatic setbacks”, says Hague

  

  British Foreign Secretary William Hague has branded as a stunt an Olympic TV advert by Argentina featuring a hockey player training on the disputed Falkland Islands, described in the broadcast as “Argentine soil”.

• Friday, May 4th 2012 - 16:52 UTC

  Falklands’ spot: UK regrets Argentina’s attempts to exploit and politicise Olympic Games

  

  The British Foreign Office criticized a controversial spot showing an Argentine athlete training for the London Olympic Games in Port Stanley, in the Falklands as an attempt to exploit and politicise the Games.

• Friday, May 4th 2012 - 06:35 UTC

  The plot behind the Argentine Olympics-Falklands political spot

  

  The controversial Argentine government Olympic spot allegedly in support of the delegation that will competing in the coming London games had everybody on the black: public opinion, the athlete who ignored who really paid for his acting, obviously the Falklands where it was filmed and even the Argentine Olympic Committee.

• Thursday, May 3rd 2012 - 13:38 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Reaction to Argentine Olympic Advert

  

  We were very disappointed this morning to see the advert from the Argentine Presidential Office, attempting to politicise the Olympics in service of their territorial ambitions. This video was filmed without the knowledge of the Falkland Islands authorities.

• Thursday, May 3rd 2012 - 06:38 UTC

  Olympic Games joins Falklands’ dispute: “To compete in English soil, we train in Argentine soil”

  

  As was somehow anticipated by Ambassador in UK Alicia Castro’s attitude, Argentina is determined to take advantage of the London Olympic Games global exposure to press for its claims over the Falklands Islands, as part of a plan allegedly called “Sowing for the Malvinas claim”.

• Saturday, March 10th 2012 - 16:24 UTC

  Rio do Janeiro celebrates Prince Harry’s visit to promote the UK

  

  Samba dancers swathed in orange ostrich feathers welcomed Britain’s Prince Harry to a party on Rio de Janeiro’s Sugarloaf Mountain on Friday. And apparently the fancy footwork was contagious.

• Monday, March 5th 2012 - 20:05 UTC

  Chinese athletes banned from eating beef: fears of the clenbuterol substance

  

  Chinese athletes preparing for the London Olympics have been banned from eating meat over fears they may consume clenbuterol -the prohibited performance-enhancing substance led to Chinese Olympic judo champion Tong Wen's two-year banm, reports China Daily.

• Tuesday, February 28th 2012 - 05:14 UTC

  CFK confirms Argentina will attend London Olympics “with our flag up high”

  

  President Cristina Fernández rejected the possibility that a delegation of Argentine sportsmen may not fly to London to attend the 2012 Olympics as part of an Argentine boycott in response to the United Kingdom’s refusal to discuss the Malvinas Islands sovereignty.

• Saturday, December 17th 2011 - 03:50 UTC

  London Olympics will have support from 13.500 MOD personnel

  

  The extent to which Britain's Armed Forces will support the security effort for next year's Olympic and Paralympic Games in London was announced Friday by the Defence Secretary, Philip Hammond.