London 2012: How the world saw the Olympic Games - BBC News.

It reached a climax with the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony on 27 July 2012, starting a 60-day festival of sport and culture across the UK, as the Olympic and Paralympic spirit crosses the world once again. On the obverse, the traditional goddess of victory flies into the Panathinaikos stadium bringing victory to the best athlete.

Winners at the African Liberty 2014 essay competition have been announced. Based on the review of the submitted essays, the highest score is 77 per cent, while the lowest score is 3 per cent. The general assessment shows an increase in the knowledge and spread of liberty in Africa.

The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (French: Jeux olympiques) are leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions.The Olympic Games are considered the world's foremost sports competition with more than 200 nations participating.

The winning essay also addresses the fact that few women have led African countries in modern times, but those who have had the privilege have done quite well: Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf in Liberia.

South Africa did not compete at Olympic Games from 1964 to 1988, as a part of the sporting boycott of South Africa during the apartheid era.The South African National Olympic Committee (NOC) was expelled from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1970. In 1991, as part of the transition to multiracial equality, a new NOC was formed and admitted to the IOC, and the country competed at.

John Baxter Taylor was the first African-American to win an Olympic Gold Medal and the first to represent the United States at an international sporting competition. At 5’11 and 160 pounds, Taylor was a tall, lanky and swift runner.

SIXTEEN-year-old Miss Nneoma Ike-Njoku of Loyola Jesuit College emerged overall winner, with her essay titled 'Impacts, effects and the way forward' in the fourth category: 'The Aviation Industry.

It will be the first African city to host an Olympic competition! By being named as the host city of the 2022 YOG, Dakar will become the first city in Africa to host a competitive Olympic event. With a large youth population, Senegal views the YOG as a catalyst for engaging young people and developing the country’s sport and youth policy.

In summary, the present essay has consisted of a discussion of the upcoming 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil. The essay has provided a history of the Olympic Games in general, described the selection of Brazil for the 2016 Games, considered the potential economic effects of the Games on Brazil, and finally reflected on the controversies that are surrounding the upcoming Games.

The U.S. did not participate in the Olympics that summer, and instead hosted the Liberty Bell Classic in Philadelphia as an alternative competition for athletes of countries supporting the boycott.