LONDON, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Veteran Olympians reminiscing on Sunday, as London began its countdown as host of the 2012 Games, recalled a very different British Olympics 60 years ago. The 1948 London ...

Joe Birrell, who has died aged 94, was one of the last surviving British athletes to have taken part in the 1948 Olympic Games in London, and was thought to be the youngest male competitor; he later ...

LONDON — It’s been 64 years, but Lionel Price can still smell the newly pumped-up basketballs and hear the squeaky shoes on the court. His basketball uniform is still intact and he’s pretty sure he ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Photography & Video Show 2025 is to publicly display a selection of images of the 1948 Olympic Games for the first time. The ...

The London Olympics come to a close, marking the end to the first Summer Olympic Games since 1936. Both the 1940 and 1944 Games were canceled because of World War II. As a result of the postwar ...

WELLINGTON, Sept 12 (Reuters) - A good old piece of 'number eight fencing wire' helped Ngaire Galloway stay in shape on her trip to the London Olympics in 1948. Just over five weeks on a converted ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shalit: ’Fencing was the first thing I was good at. It gave me confidence’ - Courtesy of family David Shalit, who has died aged 94 ...

How the 1948 Olympic Games came into being, as the world struggled to cope in the aftermath of the Second World War, and the Games were held for the first time in 12 years. With Britain in the midst ...

By Tom Degun at the House of Commons in London<br /><br /><img src=" width="130" height="68" alt="london 2012_polyclinic_11-09-12" style="float: left;" />September 11 - New Health Secretary Jeremy ...

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