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People even call me Christine, know me as Christine’s sister, and most don’t even know my name, it’s annoying,” Victoria said on the eve of the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in Singapore, where she will be one of 39 British athletes competing in 16 sports.

“We are completely different people, she is more reserved and quiet, I am loud and messy, she is like a kind of mum to me, kind of bossy.” But Victoria, at 17, acknowledges that big sister and former world champion Christine is an inspiration, even though “I don’t think I realise what she has done is quite big, because she is just my sister”.

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We start this week’s show with some Diva action, it will be Tiffany taking on Layla, a match that was supposed to take place last week.

Yet, this isn’t a title match, so I would suggest WWE owes Tiffany a Women’s Title match.

Okay, maybe not.  Layla wins the match with the Lay-Out, which is her neckbreaker.  Tiffany does show some promise though, but I still can’t wait to see Beth Phoenix make her return to the ring to upgrade the Women’s division.

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Vince McMahon, chairman and CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment, says his wife's political opponents are taking unfair shots at his company using out-of-context footage.

Such as old images of a wrestler committing necrophilia or McMahon demanding that a scantily clad female wrestler bark like a dog – as part of an attempt to discredit her U.S. Senate candidacy.

In an interview with The Associated Press, Vince McMahon said the wrestling empire's detractors have left out the "soap opera elements" leading up to those moments. Also, he said credit hasn't been given to the Stamford-based company's efforts over the years to evolve, step up drug testing and improve its health and wellness program for the wrestlers.

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Lord Coe and his fellow London organisers will use the occasion to push for volunteers to help at their Games, which are just under two years away. "It's a great nod to Sydney that Seb is coming to the anniversary dinner," said Australia's International Olympic Committee member Kevan Gosper.

"And it's even better that they are using the occasion to launch their own volunteer program." Jackie Brock-Doyle, the director of communications for the London Games, said that with two years to go, it was time for the London organisers to inspire volunteers, or "Games makers" as they will be called in 2012.

"We are encouraging everyone in the UK to get involved if they have the time and motivation," she said. "We thought it was perfect to use the 10th anniversary of the Sydney Games to help launch our push. "Everyone remembers what it was like in Sydney and how great the volunteers were."

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Seven-time World Surfing Champion Layne Beachley was on Friday appointed as an Athlete Liaison Officer (ALO) for the London 2012 Australian Olympic Team. Beachley made her debut on the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Women's World Tour as a 16-year-old and became one of Australia's greatest athletes and the most successful female surfer of all time.

Her first world title came in 1998, and she would go on to win the next five years in a row.There are now four ALOs to accompany the Australian team to London in 2012, with Beachley joining basketball legend Andrew Gaze, former Wallabies captain John Eales and cricket captain Steve Waugh.

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Another magnificent triumph, another beaming smile and another coat of varnish on the golden girl image; here was an athlete now really beginning to radiate a bit of an aura both on and off the track. Who did she remind us of? Hearing her bubbly and disarmingly modest reflections on a victory at the European Championships which confirmed her pre-eminence as the world’s finest all-round female athlete here in Barcelona, Ennis’s predecessor irresistibly came to mind.

Yes, she could be as good for her sport as the great Carolina Kluft. Ennis could not help breaking into a laugh when the comparison was made. After all, Kluft was a force of nature, the charismatic Swede who won nine consecutive gold medals in major championships before turning her back on multi-events.

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Kane said that the Undertaker is showing signs of recovery. He revealed to Kane that Rey Mysterio is the one responsible. Kane reminded everyone that Mysterio won a Battle Royal to qualify for the World Championship match at the Fatal Four Way pay-per-view. Kane explained that Mysterio wanted Undertaker out so that he could participate in the championship match. Kane said that Mysterio will cease to exist after he defeats him at Summer Slam.

Kane's delivery of this week’s promo was entertaining, but not as good as the week prior. However, he is on top of his game and the best he has ever been since losing his mask. The only time I’ve seen him with so much momentum was during his crazy feud with Shane McMahon.

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Cadbury is leveraging its sponsorship of the London 2012 Olympic games to launch a £50m marketing push – its biggest ever – that aims to get the nation playing games, but there won't be a chocolate wrapper in sight. Seven years ago when Cadbury last attempted such a major association with sport, the ill-fated Get Active! campaign.

That encouraged children to eat chocolate in order to collect and redeem vouchers for school sports equipment, the company came in for heavy criticism. Reverberations continued more than a year after the push was scrapped, with the then public health minister Melanie Johnson saying: "I hope we do not see similar initiatives again, frankly."

There was some surprise when the company chose to stick its neck out again with a £20m-plus sponsorship of London 2012, as the "official treat". Olympics chief Paul Deighton was forced to defend the sponsorship for an event associated with the battle against childhood obesity.

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While many had been touting the claims of William Sharman as Britain’s big hope in the 110 metres hurdles, it was the less heralded man, another rare British battler, who prevailed after Sharman had been disqualified in his semi-final for a false start.

It was the race of the Nottingham man’s life and his gold-laden team-mates were left thrilled by this ultimate Turner prize. Years of near-misses and frustrations seemed to be packed into his 13.28 sec of immaculate actionIn his semi he had clattered into the eighth hurdle and looked ragged.

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John Cena, Randy Orton, Rey Mysterio, and all your favourite WWE Superstars will battle for WWE gold and glory at SummerSlam, And Sky Box Office will bring you every bone-crunching moment live – and in HD – on Sunday August 15 at 1am (Monday morning).

The Staple Center in Los Angeles is set to witness a stunning bill of bouts and you definitely won't want to miss the highly-anticipated 7-on-7 Tag Team match between the Nexus and the Raw Superstars.

The intense rivalry between The Nexus and the Raw locker room has gotten increasingly heated this summer and now Edge, Chris Jericho, R-Truth, John Morrison, The Great Khali, John Cena and Bret 'Hit Man' Hart will bid to shut up the Nexus in an explosive match.

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