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A group of young people from east London will help decide the future of the 2012 Olympic site, the Olympic Park Legacy Company (OLPC) has said.Aged between 13 and 21 and from the five host boroughs, they will visit the site over the next five months.OLPC Chief Executive Andrew Altman said the idea was to give young people "a sense of ownership" of the site.

The panel's 22 members come from Newham, Waltham Forest, Hackney, Greenwich and Tower Hamlets.The group will make several visits to the Olympic Park site, which straddles parts of the five boroughs.'Have our say' The different areas will benefit from regeneration as a result of the Games.The youth panel will also visit local schools and make suggestions as to what events they would like to see in the Olympic Park site after 2012.

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The 2010 Winter Olympics, which have just ended in Vancouver, were the most successful in history for the Czech Republic, whose athletes are bringing home six medals. Czechoslovakia took the same number in Sarajevo in 1984, but the crucial difference is that this time the tally includes gold. In fact, speed skater Martina Sáblíková took two gold medals, becoming the first ever Czech to top the podium twice at one Winter Olympics.

She also earned a bronze medal, as did cross-country skier Lukáš Bauer, the men’s cross country relay team (which included Bauer), and downhill skier Šárka Záhrobská. Záhrobská was the last Czech medallist after the 25-year-old came third in the slalom on Friday to reach the podium at the Olympics for the first time.

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Melina has begun tweeting and noted that she is four months away from being able to return to the ring from the ACL tear she suffered in late December. This would put her on schedule for a July comeback. Melina tweeted… My knee is doing well. Still in pain. Still can't do certain things but I am so happy to walk around. Still have 4 mos till I can wrestle – WWE Monday Night RAW on June 28th, 2010 will be held at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Tickets go on sale March 20th, 2010 at 10 a.m. (Thanks to Devin Cutting)

Last week's episode of WWE Superstars on WGN America scored a 0.94 cable rating with 965,000 viewers. The midnight replay did a 0.18 rating and 162,000 viewers.Here are tonight's confirmed ROH on HDNet matches

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PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma of South Africa dropped by the 2012 Olympics site as part of his State visit to BritainHe was given a tour of the building site and was given an update on the progress being made in preparations for the Games.He met with Organising Committee chairman Seb Coe, Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell, London Mayor Boris Johnson and Olympic Delivery Authority Chairman John Armitt.

President Zuma said: "Through our preparations for the 2010 World Cup we can appreciate the hard work needed to stage such an event. We wish the people of London and Britain well for hosting the 2012 Games."The President met workers and schoolchildren from the five host boroughs.

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LAREDO, Texas  – The University of Oklahoma men's golf squad heads to Saturday's final round in second place at the Border Olympics in Laredo, Texas, after rounds of 293 (+5)  and 287 (-1) on Friday.Bolstered by its second under par team tally in its last three rounds, the Sooners are just seven shots off the lead of Lamar's two-round cumulative score of 3-under-par 573.

OU's 36-hole team score of 580 (+4) marked a season low for the Sooners, eclipsing the nine-over total set at last week's Puerto Rico Classic."This is something that we have been waiting for all year," said head coach Ryan Hybl.  "An opportunity to finish the job and win a respectable golf tournament.  We are gaining more confidence each week and our guys need to believe in the process in which we lay out.  Even more importantly, believe in themselves."

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Even though Vancouver is still hanging on to the 2010 Winter Olympics, its not too early to start planning for the next Olympics in London 2012. It's not only time to start looking for hotel deals, but it's also time to start planning which events you want to attend and be ready to get tickets as soon as they go on sale.

There will be 7.7 million tickets available for the Olympic Games, with another 1.5m for the Paralympics. Tickets for both events will go on sale from 2011 and will remain on sale until the start of every event, if they don't sell out sooner. Each ticket will include free travel on public transport in London for the day of the event. London2012.com has a list of all the events, dates, times and venues so you can start planning. You can also register now to receive newsletters from London 2012 and stay on top of any ticketing updates.

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Hockey is a game of battles. In the course of a game, there are hundreds of battles that take place in the corners, in front of the net, along the blue lines, and in the minds of the combatants. Most of these battles result in a benign stalemate as the opposing players both do their jobs and play continues. Sometimes a goaltender bails out a defenseman that was pantsed  on the blue line.

More often than not, a lapse in focus or effort signals a lost battle and the puck winds up in the back of your net as the host country’s syrup suckers toast Molson and blast Brian Adams.

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While the division will be around for months to come, it’s demise will be the fact that it will be WWE Divas-lite. Traci Brooks has often been considered “The Original Knockout,” and with her gone, goes the historic significance of her 7 years in the company, where she wrestled the majority to the women wrestlers that have graced the promotion. Her release comes at a time where we have lost Alissa Flash, the knockouts television time being significantly reduced since January 4, an overdose of The Beautiful People, and Awesome Kong’s future in TNA unconfirmed. It should be noted that while Kong posted a questionable tweet this week on her status (Awesome Kong TNA status update), her profile remains in TNAwrestling.com, while Traci’s has been removed.

The TNA Knockouts Division has always been a place to see diversity, as opposed to the competition, where the image of WWE Divas have been to the specifications of Vince McMahon. The hiring of models, and female wrestlers that can fit that description, excluded the chance to see women like Awesome Kong, ODB, Alissa Flash, Traci Brooks, Daffney, Sojo Bolt, Roxxi, and many others. The Knockouts division was also defined by multiple women’s matches on Impact and pay-per-views, something rare in the WWE. This is slowly, or rather… rapidly becoming something of the past.

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The 2010 Winter Olympics are finally over. For some those two weeks went by in a flash but for others they seemed like an eternity. The 21st Olympiad was one of numerous highs and numerous lows and a good portion of America watched those games every day … giving it some of the highest ratings of any Winter Olympics ever. Covering the games for both NewJerseyNewsroom.com and working with a top notch crew at NBCOlympics.com has been a career high point for this reporter. So after two sleepless weeks and countless hours spent in front of a television watching everything that could be watched, my Best and Worst Moments List is finally ready.

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The belief among many WWE sources is that additional cuts will be made in the coming days, particularly within the Diva ranks. According to the Pro Wrestling Torch, one name that keeps coming up is Katie Lea Burchill due to the departure of her storyline brother Paul Burchill last week.

Vladimir Kozlov’s name has also come up as a possible cut casualty. While nothing is official, it seems unlikely simply because he’s been cast as a character in the Santino Marella sitcom, which is said to be a pet project of Raw head writer Brian Gewirtz.

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