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6th Olympic Ring

A full moon made for a beautiful sixth Olympic ring on Friday night, when a Reuters photographer snapped a breathtaking picture of the moon positioned between a large set of Olympic rings hanging from the top of London's Tower Bridge.

 The shots were an instant hit on Twitter, with fans retweeting them thousands of times within an hour of posting.

 Photographer Luke MacGregor also snapped photos with the moon positioned between one of the rings and hovering above and below the famed London span.

 The pictures provided an opportunity to crack a few jokes about the IOC and its stringent policies that prohibit illicit use of the rings. In this case, the moon should be expecting a cease and desist letter from the IOC for infringing upon its trademark. Neil Armstrong will also be named in the suit.

Olympic 100 days

April 18, 2012
1-260 Guardsmen from the Grenadier, Coldstream, Scots and Welsh Guards forming a giant "100" at Horse Guards Parade in London to mark 100 days to go until the 2012 London Olympic Games. London marked on April 18, 100 days to go until Queen Elizabeth II declares the 2012 London Olympics open, making the British capital the first city in the modern era to host the Games three times. AFP PHOTO / LONDON 2012

 2-An aerial view of the Olympic Park in London showing the Olympic Stadium (C), the warm up track and Canary Wharf in the background. AFP PHOTO / LONDON 2012 / ANTHONY CHARLTON

3-Australia's Beijing 2008 Olympic diving silver medallist Melissa Wu (L) talks to the Boxing Kangaroo as the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) in Sydney on April 18, 2012 marks 100 days until the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Australian Olympic team chief Nick Green said he remains confident of a top five finish in London despite a renewed threat from Britain, Japan, Germany and France. Green said Australia knows it will struggle to claim a place among the world's elite Olympic nations with the country set to send its smallest Games team in 20 years. AFP PHOTO / William WEST

 4-The London 2012 Olympic countdown clock shows 100 days to go in Trafalgar Square on April 18, 2012 in London, England. The opening ceremony of the games will take place on July 27, 2012. Photo: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

 5-The London 2012 Olympic Stadium (L) seen in the evening next to The Arcelor Mittal Orbit viewing platform at the Olympic Park in Stratford East London on April 12, 2012.. AFP PHOTO / JUSTIN TALLIS

6-Giant Olympic rings made up of over 20,000 flowers are unveiled at Kew Gardens in London on April 18, 2012 to mark 100 days until the London 2012 Olympic Games. London Olympic organisers stressed the importance of creating a legacy from the Games on April 18 as they started the 100-day countdown by unveiling the event's motto: "Inspire a generation". AFP PHOTO / JUSTIN TALLIS

 7-Children play in the sand while sculptor Mark Anderson puts the finishing touches to a giant sandcastle adorned with the Olympic rings and flags built to celebrate 100 days to go to the 2012 London Olympic Games on the beach at Weymouth on April 13, 2012. AFP PHOTO / ADRIAN DENNIS

8-An aerial view of the Olympic Park in London showing the Aquatics Centre. AFP PHOTO / LONDON 2012 / ANTHONY CHARLTON

9-A man with a mohican hair-do – synonymous with the English capital city - walks through Camden in London, England. Camden in North London has been one of the city's cultural centres since the 1960's, and is home to the famous Camden Market. Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

 10-Lord Sebastain Coe (L) prepares to address Olympic officials and the media whilst and London 2012 chief executive Paul Deighton (C) and Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt speak in Kew Gardens on April 18, 2012 in London, England. Kew Gardens unveiled today a Giant Olympic rings installation made up of at least 20,000 plants and flowers to celebrate one hundred days till the opening ceremony of The London 2012 Olympic Games on July 27 and to announce the official motto as 'Inspire a generation.' Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images

 11-An aerial view of the Olympic Park in London showing the Parklands looking south towards the Olympic Stadium and Aquatics Centre. AFP PHOTO / LONDON 2012 / ANTHONY CHARLTON

An explanation: Why Maradona wears two watches

Asking why Maradona does any of the wacky things he does is usually a futile attempt at finding a brick of logic in a hurricane of madness, but when it comes to why Maradona wore two watches while leading Argentina against Nigeria Saturday, there actually is an answer.

Maradona always wears two watches when he travels - one set to local time and one set to the time back in Argentina. Plus, as a man of extravagant taste (he also wears large diamond earrings and, of course, has a special expensive toilet seat installed in his hotel bathroom), Maradona also has a taste for fancy watches. A taste that the Italian tax authorities have enjoyed as a means of recouping a bit of the $39 million in back taxes he owes from when lived there while playing for Napoli. In 2006, they seized a pair of Rolexes from Maradona while he visited Naples for a charity match.

With those Rolexes long gone, Maradona now wears a pair of his own Hublot special edition watches that feature a silhouette of the former No. 10 raising his arms in victory (or perhaps to knock in a goal).

Of course, Maradona's accessories weren't limited to a pair of watches for the Nigeria match. In addition to the timepieces and his Goodfellas suit, he also clutched Rosary beads to help him pray for a fair match. And despite the best efforts of Nigerian goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama, Argentina got the victory.
If these results continue for Maradona, look for two watches to become a globe-sweeping trend. Paris Hilton will be wearing pink ones by July. Now you know who to blame.

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Ten years later, bronze 'special' for U.S. gymnast Dominique Dawes

It may be 10 years since she competed in the Olympics, but gymnast Dominique Dawes is thrilled about the new medal she will soon add to her collection. Dawes and her teammates were given the bronze after China was stripped of their 2000 Olympic bronze medals because they fielded an underage competitor, Dong Fangxiao.

Dawes, who has worked with Yahoo! Sports for the past two Olympics, heard the good news from another reporter.

"I got calls from fellow reporters before receiving an email from the [Gymnastics International] Federation," Dawes told Fourth-Place Medal. "I also got a call by my coach, Kelli Hill, to congratulate me on the medal."

She said that getting the medal puts a positive ending on an Olympics that had been disappointing for Team USA, which had been shut out of medals.

"It was very difficult not just for the gymnasts, but the coaches as well. When we got to Sydney, we didn't have gold medal on our minds, but we knew there was a possibility for us to get on the podium. It is good to know that now, 10 years later, we did achieve the goal that we had set out to do."

In 2000, though there had been whispers about Fangxiao's age, Dawes avoided the gossip to focus on her performances.

"As an athlete, when you're competing, you're not focused on the things you can't control," Dawes said. "Of course, I heard about the speculation of the athletes being underage. However, once I heard it, I quickly forgot about it. It was really something I didn't want to affect my performance in a negative way."

Dawes contacted teammate Elise Ray immediately after hearing about the medal, and though both women are ecstatic, Dawes can't help but find it bittersweet.

"When I look at it, there are two things that bother me. One, my teammates. This is their first medal and they didn't get to stand on the podium and have those medals put around our necks and have America watching on TV and be so proud of them, and number two, it's the Chinese gymnasts. The one thing that everyone's ignoring in this situation is that these gymnasts don't have a voice. They don't have a say. They're told that they're going to compete, and they're supposed to say they're a certain age, and it's sad. They are stripping these athletes, and they don't have a voice."

Still, Dawes said that this win will hold a special place for her among her other accomplishments in gymnastics, which includes an Olympic gold, three Olympic bronzes and three world silver medals.

"It does definitely add something different and special. I had taken a year off prior to those Olympics, and I came back after just training for four months, and I really did it for the fans because they had been such strong supporters of me throughout my Olympic career. It really is a sweet moment for me, because I was 23, I was over-the-hill, I was done, and I was really saying farewell to the fans."

Cricket Is A Religion That Unites India

Cricket in India is more than a sport; it is appropriate to call it the religion of India. Over the years, especially after India's rather unexpected triumph in the 1983 World Cup, cricket has emerged as the de facto national sport of the nation, displacing hockey from its long-held position. The volume of crowd pulled by cricket in India be it a test or one dayer is much higher than anywhere else.

You don't even need to visit the place where India is involved in a cricket match with some other country. The whole country gets into the 'cricket pulse'. Schools, colleges, offices, homes, tea stalls anywhere and everywhere you will find people engrossed in discussing cricket. Everyone seem to have an opinion on whatever happens on the field. If not that then what is India's cricket pulse?

Obviously cricket news draws lot of attention in print or in electronic media . Considering the huge fan following and importance of cricket in India media houses also give lot of emphasis on cricket news. Cricket news is now often treated as a lead item, something almost unimaginable a few years ago. Sachin Tendulkar's latest century does not attract eyeballs if shown as a most important news on TV or newspaper. It just goes to show how deep India's cricket love is.

Cricket fans who fail to make it to the field keep track by following live cricket scores. Nowadays you can check the live cricket scores either on TV or going online . Your TV or computer enables you to catch up on what's happening in the field.

Many cricket lovers miss the action being in office or working late. Keeping such people in mind, many sports channels telecast cricket highlights in which the important portions of the game is shown. Intelligent planning of cricket highlight enables the cricket fans to have a complete idea of the action that happened on the field.

Poor performances by the Indian Hockey team relegated its status to a lesser ranked sports than cricket. Owing to the consistently good performance by Indian cricket team it has become very popular in the country. In ICC rankings India ranks no 1. Till now it 's all hunky dory but what about when they'll perform poor. With the excellent on field performances of the Indian team they have also been ranked the No.1 test team in the world as per the ICC test rankings, this has given another fillip to the cricket frenzy in India.