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Thread #145923   Message #3382099
Posted By: ChrisJBrady
27-Jul-12 - 03:54 AM
Thread Name: BS: Olympics - London's Shame
Subject: RE: BS: Olympics - London's Shame
BS = bullsh$t.

Latest reports from the Big Shen:

I've never known an event be over shadowed by such ridiculous brand fascism. A friend of mine who works within the Olympic cordon in a completely unrelated business was stopped by the army in their lunch break and made to throw away a Sainsbury's sandwich as it wasn't "approved Olympic material". What next?

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'Our bags have a Nike logo but the zippers are Adidas': Sports brand is furious after Egyptian Olympic hopeful reveals kit is Chinese knockoff

After one of Egypt's Olympic swimmers admitted that the team was given knockoff Nike gear from China to compete in, the sports brand has issued a severe warning.

Yomna Khallaf, competing for Egypt in synchronized swimming, tweeted that her Olympic bag had a giant Nike logo... and that the zippers were marked Adidas.

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Fury as Welsh and Scots snub National Anthem: Captain Giggs stayed silent for God Save The Queen

Footballer Kim Little and another Scottish player, Ifeoma Dieke, had stood silently before Great Britain women's opening match on Wednesday.

Welsh footballers Ryan Giggs and Craig Bellamy were both criticised for failing to sing at the first British men's football match of the Olympics

Kim Little: Said she made a 'personal choice' not to sing it before her team's matches at the Olympics because she is Scottish.

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Finally Cornish supporters have been warned that the Cornish flag will be banned from all Oly venues.

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