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After scandal over files, London team arrives in Rio to share knowledge with 2016 hosts

London Olympic organizers began arriving in Brazil on Friday to pass on their knowledge to the hosts of the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro.

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Fraudster who sold fake Olympics tickets to be jailed

The biggest seller of fake tickets for the London Olympics has been jailed for four years, British police said Friday.
Dozens of Olympians to attend Olympic Heroes Parade

The Olympic Heroes Parade will run through Toronto's downtown core ahead of a celebration outside Air Canada Centre on Friday. Canada's lone gold medallist is expected to be joined by about 200 Olympic and Paralympic athletes who competed in London.
Triathlete Paula Findlay falls in high risk group for iron deficiency anemia

The image of a sobbing Paula Findlay crossing the finish line in last place will be one of the most enduring of the London Olympics.
Triathlete reveals anemia likely shattered medal hopes

Paula Findlay, the Canadian triathlete whose heartbreaking last-place finish at the London 2012 Games stunned her supporters, has learned she was suffering from iron-deficiency anemia -- a condition that was likely overlooked because so much focus was placed on healing her hip injury.
U.K. retailers see no Olympic bump, sales dip in August

Retail sales in Britain fell in August, disappointing hopes that the Olympic Games in London would provide a boost.
In the Olympic afterglow, London businesses crunch numbers

The formal conclusion to London’s 2012 Olympic Games came and went on Sunday with pageantry, speeches and a veritable ode to British pop music. But as 116,000 some-odd visitors crush into Heathrow Airport for flights home, onlookers can’t help but wonder: Were the 2012 Games worth the $14.5-billion price tag?
Cyclist killed by 2012 Games-affiliated bus

A cyclist is dead after being hit by a double-decker Olympic bus near the Olympic Park in east London, police said Wednesday.
Illness forces Tom Jones to cancel Olympic gig

Tom Jones has apologized to fans after pulling out of an Olympic celebration concert in London after contracting bronchitis.
Romney's trip to the U.K. rife with gaffes, missteps

Republican challenger Mitt Romney's trip abroad has been a veritable public relations disaster.
1,200 additional troops deployed to Olympic venues

An additional 1,200 British troops have been called in to provide security at the London 2012 Olympic Games amid a growing lack of confidence in the private firm hired for the gargantuan task.