Enjoy the NFL Experience at Super Bowl XLVI

The National Football League will produce the 20th NFL Experience at the Indiana Convention Center, beginning Jan. 27, 2012. The NFL Experience is the most exciting continuous event surrounding Super Bowl XLVI -- pro football's interactive theme park offering participatory games, displays, entertainment attractions, kids' football clinics, free autograph sessions and the largest football memorabilia show ever. The NFL Experience ticket includes all games and attractions. $25 for adults and $20 for children under 12. Tickets are available by calling (866) TIX-4NFL (849-4635), visiting Ticketmaster.com beginning Dec. 7 or visiting the NFL Experience box office at the Indiana Convention Center. Tickets will go on sale one hour before opening...

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South Korea Awarded 2018 Winter Olympics

After two consecutive unsuccessful bids, Pyeongchang finally gets its chance to host Olympic games. There were a lot of tense people sitting in Seoul plaza in the South Korean capital on Wednesday night, eyes fixed on a big-screen television, waiting for the decision from the International Olympic Committee assembled in Durban, South Africa. But the anticipation turned to celebration when IOC president Jacques Rogge named Pyeongchang as the site of the 2018 Winter Olympics. After two consecutive unsuccessful bids, Pyeongchang finally got its chance to host the games. Ahn Kyoung An, who was in Seoul plaza, said she’s thrilled South Korea won this time. “We are also very stunned,” she said, “because we tried a lot of times.” Pyeongchang is the center for winter sports in South Korea, but...

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LONDON 2012: Freeland stars again as GB slump to defeat against Croatia

GREAT Britain staged a brave but unsuccessful fightback as they went down to Croatia at the London 2012 basketball test event. KEY ROLE: Joel Freeland was the star man for Chris Finch's GB team - top scoring with 22 points (British Basketball) British coach Chris Finch was delighted as they made a storming start to race into a double digit lead but they were soon pegged back by a team placed 37 places above them in the rankings. Croatia then established control but the hosts' fighting spirit was evident as they rallied from an 18 point deficit to lose by just five points - 75-70 - at the buzzer. Joel Freeland continued to look good for Finch's side, leading the scoring with 22 points, while Mike Lenzly and Andrew Lawrence...

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Park's slam dunk debut! First look at our games as Basketball Invitational tips off

A building site in Stratford, corralled within electric fences and inhabited by muddied men in hard hats, was a bizarre venue for Olympic sport on Tuesday. This time next year the Games will be all memories and archive material but for the first time the place that will become the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park was entered by paying spectators. Up and over: Nicolas Batum of France (No 5) goes for a slam against Great Britain Basketball had the honour of going first of 26 sports, and 3,000 Londoners the thrill of cheering inside an arena sold out for the Games. This was the London International Invitational, featuring six nations, including Great Britain, over four of the next five days. The event is part of London Prepares, the Games'...

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