McIlroy wins PGA Championship by record 8 strokes

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. (AP) ? Right down to his red shirt, Rory McIlroy looked every bit the part of golf's next star in another command performance at the PGA Championship.

McIlroy validated his record-setting U.S. Open win last year by blowing away the field Sunday at Kiawah Island. One last birdie from 25 feet on the 18th hole gave him a 6-under 66 for an eight-shot victory, breaking the PGA Championship record for margin of victory that Jack Nicklaus set in 1980.

The 23-year-old from Northern Ireland returned to No. 1 in the world, and he became the youngest player since Seve Ballesteros to win two majors. Tiger Woods was about four months older than McIlroy when he won his second major.

Just like the U.S. Open, this one was never seriously in doubt.

McIlroy seized control with back-to-back birdies Sunday morning to complete the storm-delayed third round with a 67 and build a three-shot lead. No one got closer than two shots the rest of the way, and McIlroy closed out a remarkable week by playing bogey-free over the final 23 holes of a demanding Ocean Course.

David Lynn, a 38-year-old from England who was playing in America for the first time, won the B-flight. He closed with a 68 and was the runner-up.

Woods, who shared the 36-hole lead for the second time this year in a major, was never a serious factor. He tossed away his chances Saturday before the storm blew in and never could get closer than four shots. He closed with a 72, failing to break par on the weekend in any of the four majors for the first time in his career.

If there was a signature shot for McIlroy at Kiawah Island, it might have been Saturday when his tee shot lodged into a tree on the third hole. He only found it with help from the TV crew, took his penalty shot and fired a wedge into 6 feet to save par. He was on his way, and he never let up.

McIlroy also won the U.S. Open by eight shots, the kind of dominance that Woods has displayed over so many years.

By winning the PGA Championship, he is halfway home to the career Grand Slam.

"It was a great round of golf. I'm speechless," said McIlroy after hoisting the Wanamaker Trophy, the heaviest of the four majors. "It's just been incredible. I had a good feeling about it at the start. I never imagined to do this."

Winning the final major the year ends what had been a tumultuous season for McIlroy. Despite winning the Honda Classic in early March, he went into a tail spin by missing four cuts over five tournaments, as questions swirled that his romance with tennis star Caroline Wozniacki was hurting his game.

Instead, McIlroy put a big hurt on the strongest field of the year.

"He's very good. We all know the talent he has," Woods said. "He went through a little spell this year, and I think that was good for him. We all go through those spells in our careers. He's got all the talent in the world to do what he's doing. And this is the way that Rory can play. When he gets it going, it's pretty impressive to watch."

McIlroy finished on 13-under 275.

Ian Poulter put up the stiffest challenge, though not for long. Poulter, who started the final round six shots behind, made six birdies through seven holes to get within two shots. He made three straight bogeys on the back nine and had to settle for a 69. He tied for third at 4-under 284, along with Justin Rose (66) and defending champion Keegan Bradley (68).

In the final qualifying event for the U.S. Ryder Cup team, nothing changed.

Phil Mickelson was holding down the eighth and final spot, and he stayed there when neither Bo Van Pelt nor Steve Stricker could make a move on the back nine. Davis Love III will announce four captain's picks in three weeks.

McIlroy was tied for the lead with Vijay Singh when he returned Sunday. Twenty-seven holes later, he had no peer in the final major of the year.

When he won the U.S. Open last year, Padraig Harrington suggested that perhaps McIlroy ? not Woods ? might be the one to challenge the record 18 majors won by Jack Nicklaus. That looked like nothing more than one Irishman boosting another when McIlroy didn't come close in the next five majors.

But now?

"I think winning his second major is going to make things a lot easier for him," Harrington said. "I think last year he proved it, but there's been ups and downs since his last major win because of the pressure and the expectations and the hype. Now he's delivered again. It's going to be a lot easier for him going forward. And he'll get better."

McIlroy went out in 33, saving par with a 10-foot putt on the ninth hole. That's what Woods used to do in the majors.

Poulter's birdie on the par-5 11th hole closed the gap to two shots, but not for long. From the sandy area short of the 10th green, McIlroy blasted out and closed his eyes when the wind blew sand into his face. He never saw the ball check a foot from the cup. And with a 10-foot birdie on the 12th, there was no stopping him.

The win ends a streak of the last 16 majors going to 16 different winners. McIlroy joined Woods, Harrington and Mickelson as the only players to win majors in consecutive years over the last two decades.

"It means an awful lot to look at the names on that trophy, and to put my name alongside them is very special," McIlroy said.

Pettersson tried to put up a good fight, though he suffered a setback on the first hole without even realizing it.

The Swede drove just inside a red hazard line. He checked to make sure his club could touch the grass without grounding the club. That part was fine. However, PGA rules officials determined after scrutinizing a video replay that a small leaf that moved as Pettersson took back the club. That violates Rule 13-4c ? moving a loose impediment while in a hazard ? and three holes later he was informed it was a two-shot penalty. The par became a double bogey.

Pettersson responded with back-to-back birdies. By then, it was too late for Pettersson, really too late for anybody.

McIlroy might have won this major before breakfast.

He was among 26 players who had to return Sunday morning, playing the back nine to finish the storm-delayed third round. Tied with Vijay Singh at 6-under par, McIlroy missed two short birdie chances, and then made bogey on the 13th. He rebounded with birdies on the 15th and 16th, a tough bunker save on the 17th and a closing par for a 67 that gave him a three-shot lead.

Not once during the final round did the kid look like he was going to lose this one.

After going back to his island home for breakfast, a quick nap and a change of clothes ? a bright red shirt, no less ? McIlroy looked solid as ever. After pulling his approach on the par-5 second hole under a tree, he hit wedge off the wood chips to 6 feet for birdie. He came up just short of the green at No. 3, where the tees were moved up to play 293 yards, and hit an even better flip wedge to a tiny target on an elevated green. McIlroy holed a 15-foot birdie putt, and he was on his way.

Woods stepped into a cactus while hitting out of the dunes on the 15th hole in the morning, and his day got even more painful from there. He has gone 14 majors since winning his last one, No. 14, at the 2008 U.S. Open. He looks to be closer, with three PGA Tour wins this year and two 36-hole leads in the majors.

His regret when it was over ? he tied for 11th ? was all about attitude.

"I came out with the probably the wrong attitude yesterday," he said. "And I was too relaxed, and tried to enjoy it, and that's now how I play. I play intense and full systems go. That cost me."

It might not have mattered.

McIlroy said earlier in the week that he only wanted to give himself a chance, to feel that buzz of being in contention in the final round. He wound up putting the buzz back into golf, a sport in which all the talk has been about parity. McIlroy's name on the leaderboard means something.

"Rory is showing that his 'A' game, everybody else is going to struggle to compete with him," Harrington said. "And Tiger needs his 'A' game to come up against Rory. ... If Rory is playing as well as he is, Tiger is not going to pick a major off unless he's got his 'A' game out there."

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/mcilroy-wins-pga-championship-record-8-strokes-234728300--golf.html

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Olympics 2012: Live Report

1532 GMT: And it's another goal for Mexico from Peralta!! Brazil 0-2 Mexico.

1529 GMT: FOOTBALL Brazil are dominating play in the second half but have yet to translate that into goals.

Mexico are raising their game and Oribe Peralta kicks a cross into the net from the right -- but he's offside and it's disallowed.

1523 GMT: HOCKEY: In that men's bronze medal match Great Britain and Australia are locked in a 1-1 draw at half time at the Riverbank Arena.

The Australians were looking the stronger team but Britain's Harry Martin -- the youngest player on the squad at 19 -- brought the scores level with a penalty corner, knocked into the goal by Iain Lewers.

1518 GMT: Tom Williams reported after Kanaeva's last sequence: "Dazzling display for Kanaeva and the gold medal is hers. Huge cheers from the urssians in the crowd, 28.900 the score."

The Russian is the first rhythmic gymnast to win two individual all-around titles.

1512 GMT: RUSSIA'S EVGENIYA KANAEVA RETAINS RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS TITLE.

Three-time world champion Kanaeva successfully defended her title by winning the individual all-around final at London's Wembley Arena ahead of compatriot Daria Dmitrieva, with Liubou Charkashnya of Belarus winning bronze.

1507 GMT: Perhaps attacting fewer viewers, but nevertheless offering medal opportunities, the men's modern pentathlon is also currently under way, today, comprising pistol shooting, fencing, swimming, horse riding and running. It celebrates its 100th birthday at the Games, having been introduced by Baron Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympics, in 1912.

At the top of the standings after the fencing and swimming is Zhongrong Cao of China, both on 2376 points ahead of David Svoboda with 2328 points, and Russia?s Alexsander Lesun on 2312.

1458 GMT: Steven Griffiths brings us this assessment from Wembley: "It's half-time in the men's football final and Mexico are 45 minutes away from a shock win over five-time world champions Brazil.

"The Mexicans took the lead after just 30 seconds through Oribe Peralta's clever low shot after a mistake by Brazil's Manchester United defender Rafael da Silva.

"Brazil have come back into the game after a slow start, but they will need to improve significantly to secure their first ever men's football gold medal."

1445 GMT: Half-time in the FOOTBALL. Brazil 0 Mexico 1. Brazil have had a few chances but the match certainly hasn't gone the way most people expected.

1445 GMT: No goals yet in the men's HOCKEY bronze medal match. Team GB are probably relieved at that after their experience against Netherlands.

1444 GMT: GYMNASTICS: AFP man Tom Williams is bowled over by those Russians at the rhythmic gymnastics. He tweets: ?Difficult to convey quite how extraordinarily elegant Kanaeva is. Stunning flexibility and control in her movements. The gold medal awaits.?

He says Kanaeva leads Dmitrieva by 2.600 points after a faultless clubs display, with just the ribbon rotation to come.

1440 GMT: Porto striker Hulk, brought on to replace Alex Sandro, almost gets on the score sheet but his attempt is narrowly tipped out for a corner.

In SAILING, the Women?s Elliott 6m gold medal race is in full flow in Weymouth. Australia are on a level with Spain after winning the second race in the best-of-five. But one of the Australians has just dramatically fallen off the back of the boat into the sea, giving Spain the chance to take the lead in race three.

1435 GMT: Back at Wembley in the FOOTBALL, Brazil get another scare when Mexico's Marco Fabian scrapes the bar with a fierce shot.

1433 GMT: In SAILING, the Women?s Elliott 6m gold medal race is in full flow in Weymouth. Australia are on a level with Spain after winning the second race in the best-of-five.

But one of the Australians has just dramatically fallen off the back of the boat into the sea, giving Spain the chance to take the lead in race three.

1430 GMT: Still plenty of other Olympic action going on. Team GB are about to take on Australia at the Riverbank Stadium for the men's HOCKEY bronze medal.

Australia were pre-tournament favourites and after losing to Germany at the semi-final stage will have high hopes of salavging the bronze, as Netherlands thrashed Britain 9-2 in the other semi-final.

1422 GMT: BBC football analyst Mark Lawrenson is impressed by how the Olympic FOOTBALL tournament has caught on in Britain, packing out Wembley both for men's and women's matches.

"It's a real family occasion. It is a chance for youngsters from across Britain to come to Wembley," he says.

1404 GMT: Mexican fans chant "Ooooole, ooooole, ooooole", according to Mariano Rolando, as the 28 year-old Santos Laguna striker catches Brazil completely unawares.

1402 GMT: Mexico's number 9, Oribe Peralta, stuns Brazil with a first minute goal in the men's FOOTBALL final.

1401 GMT: GOAL! MEXICO GO 1-0 UP AGAINST BRAZIL

1359 GMT: AFP's Ruth Holmes tells me Julie Bresset has dedicated her MOUNTAIN BIKING win to her family.

"I'm very happy. It's amazing to win today. I hoped to win a medal and a gold medal is unbelievable. I started well, I took the front of the race and I managed it well. When I had a gap I told myself: 'Now, I should go'. I led until the finish and I'm very content," Bresset says.

1353 GMT: Brazil coach Mano Menezes believes his players will be inspired by the chance to write their names in Wembley's legendary history.

The five-time world champions are within touching distance of delivering their country's first ever gold in the men's Olympic football event.

"If you had the chance to write a plot for a film about winning a gold medal, you could not choose a better place for it than here (at Wembley)," Menezes says.

1350 GMT: In the Brazilian team, all eyes are on Oscar, recruited by Premier League team Chelsea in the close season.

Oscar dos Santos Emboaba Junior, to give him his full name, spent last season with Internacional of Porto Alegre, having started out with Sao Paulo

1349 GMT: Mexico have brought in midfielder Hector Herrera del Pachuca for the injured Giovani dos Santos.

1342 GMT: AFP's Mariano Rolando is at Wembley "The teams run out to warm up. Golden shirts for Brazil, green for Mexico. Lovely afternoon sunshine."

1337 GMT: Excitement is mounting ahead of the Olympic FOOTBALL final between Mexico and Brazil, kicking off at the world famous Wembley stadium in north London at 3pm local time, the regular Saturday afternoon start time for English Premier league matches. That is 1400 GMT, ie twenty minutes' from now.

1334 GMT: Britain's DIVING hope Tom Daley tweets that he is taking it easy before tonight's platform final:

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"Nap time before the finals! China seem unstoppable at the moment! But anything can happen! See you on the other side!"

1332 GMT: More details from Justin Davis of Julie Bresset's gold medal race in MOUNTAIN BIKING:

Bresset was among an early group of pace-setters on the Hadleigh Farm course and their pace steadily thinned out the field over the first two of the race's six laps.

By the end of the third lap the 23-year-old Frenchwoman had opened up a slight lead on Spitz and the rest, and a lap further on she had increased her advantage to 33secs.

She avoided the potential dangers in the 'Rock Garden', 'Dean's Drop', 'Snake Hill' and the 'Rabbit Hole' to leave her rivals playing a desperate game of catch-up.

Bresset went on to finish the race in just under 90 minutes, with Spitz coming over the finish line at 1min 01sec and Gould crossing several seconds later.

1329 GMT: AFP's Nick Reeves says al-Geziry's time lowered his own men's MODERN PENTATHLON Olympic swimming record.

Al-Geziry posted a time of 1min 55.70sec in the 200m freestyle, beating the previous benchmark he set of 1:55.86 in Beijing four years ago.

Earlier, the Czech Republic's David Svoboda set a new Olympic record of 26 wins to nine defeats in the fencing competition.

1322 GMT: If you think that sounds difficult, the challengers must finish the day with the tough "Combined Event".

They must run to a shooting range, hit five targets in a 70 sec time period, followed by a 1,000m run; three times over.

1320 GMT: The MODERN PENTATHLON competitors now jump into a coach to head across London to Greenwich for the equestrian leg of their demanding day.

1316 GMT: Zhongrong Cao of China leads the MODERN PENTATHLON after the five swimming heats at the Aquatics Centre in the Olmypic Park.

Egypt's Amro al-Geziry wins the swimming section, lifting him to fifth in the overall standings. Britain's Nick Woodbridge places second in swimming, boosting his overall position to eighth.

1308 GMT: Japan have won the women's VOLLEYBALL bronze medal by beating South Korea 3-0 (25-22, 26-24, 25-21) at Earls Court.

Brazil and the United States meet at 1730 GMT to play for the gold and silver medals.

1302 GMT: Sabine Spitz of Germany snatches silver despite that nasty fall, keeping ahead of American Georgia Gould, the bronze medallist.

1301 GMT: Bresset, a minute ahead of her rivals, collects a French flag from a spectator as she rides round the finishing arena and waves it as she crosses the line to clinch her victory.

1259 GMT: GOLD MEDAL FOR JULIE BRESSET OF FRANCE IN WOMEN'S MOUNTAIN BIKING

1247 GMT: Australian Matthew Mitcham, who broke the Chinese DIVING stranglehold at the Beijing Games, has mixed feelings about failing to defend his Olympic platform crown after missing out on the London final.

Mitcham, 24, missed the top-12 cut with a disappointing back two and a half somersault with two and a half twists proving his undoing on his final dive.

"Coming 13th and missing out by one spot is really hard. If I'd come 18th it would have been easy to say 'oh well, I didn't have a chance'," he said.

Mitcham's preparations were affected by injuries including a severe tear to an abdominal muscle which forced him to pull out of last year's world championships in Shanghai.

"It was always going to be a massive struggle for me," he says. "This is product of my preparation. I didn't have enough time to get them consistent."

1246 GMT: Last lap in the women's MOUNTAIN BIKING

1238 GMT: Justin Davis tells me that Germany's Sabine Spitz, the 2008 Olympic champion, is 40 years and 228 days old Saturday, and is hoping to become the oldest medal winner in an individual cycling event since Jeannie Longo won time trial bronze in Sydney 2000 at the age of 41.

1231 GMT: In the MOUNTAIN BIKING, Bresset is more than 30 seconds ahead of Spitz after four laps, following the German's tumble.

Next come Georgia Gould of the US, Irena Kalentieva of Russia and Britain's Annie Last.

1228 GMT: More about tonight's exciting ATHLETICS schedule.

Mo Farah, going for a second gold in the 5,000m, has admitted he struggled to make it through his semi-final following his superb display in the 10,000m.

"My body was a bit tired and I was not as fresh for the 5km as some of the other runners," says the Somalia-born Briton. "I think it showed out there. It wasn't easy out there but I managed to qualify and I'm looking forward to the final."

In the women's 800m final, Caster Semenya will be looking to add the Olympic title to her controversial 2009 world crown.

The race will feature Semenya, defending champion Pamela Jelimo of Kenya and Russia's Mariya Savinova, looking to add Olympic gold to her world title from last year in Daegu.

Jelimo, just 18 when she won gold in Beijing, came to London looking to become the first woman to win the event twice at the Olympics.

Semenya had to undergo drug tests followed by gender tests following her magnificent victory in Berlin at the 2009 worlds, with the athlete complaining of "unwarranted and invasive scrutiny".

1219 GMT: Sabine Spitz of Germany has a bad crash in the MOUNTAIN BIKING. Ouch. She has lost a lot of time on the leaders. Does this mean her Olympic bid is "on the rocks"?

1214 GMT: Si Tianfeng's 50 km WALK bronze medal was China's first at the longer distance, completing a great Games for China's male walkers, whose first Olympic medals included gold in the 20km.

1205 GMT: Latest from Justin Davis at the MOUNTAIN BIKING:

"Let's see how thinned out the field has become as we approach the end of the second lap of six. Pendrel, Besset, Spitz so far look the strongest. Crowds have turned up in their thousands here and it's no surprise. Perfect mountain biking conditions.

"Bresset leads with a small advantage to Spitz and Pendrel. Last comes through with Russia's Irina Kalentieva, with American Georgia Gould stuck in the middle."

1202 GMT: Here's today's quiz: Jamaican star sprinters Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake and Asafa Powell each have one unique attribute that team-mate and 200m bronze medallist Warren Weir lacks. What is it? Answer below, ie back at the beginning of the Live Report.

1158 GMT: Much more action still to come today, not least Usain Bolt's bid to cement his ATHLETICS 'Legend' status when he runs for Jamaica in the four by 100m relay final at 200 GMT.

The Jamaicans may even notch a world record.

"It could be a world record but you can never say because it's a relay and it's a baton so you never know," Bolt said.

"But for me, we're just going to go out there and enjoy ourselves and run as fast as possible and it will be a good race to close the show again."

Bolt didn't run in Friday's heats, but Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, double sprint silver medallist Yohan Blake and Kemar Bailey-Cole paved the way for him by dominating their heat.

1155 GMT: More about the men's 50km WALK results:

Kirdyapkin timed 3hrs 35min 59sec to push Tallent, 54 sec behind into a second successive silver medal position. Si Tianfeng was 1min 17sec adrift.

The 32 year-old Russian succeeds Italy's disgraced defending champion Alex Schwazer, who was withdrawn from the Italian team before the Olympics for failing a drugs test.

1154 GMT: "We're only on to lap two and already getting a good idea of the medal winners: Spitz (GER), Bresset (FRA), Last (GBR) and Pendrel (CAN)," says Justin.

1151 GMT: AFP's Justin Davis says conditions are beautiful at the Hadleigh Farm course, where the women's MOUNTAIN BIKING competitors are racing six laps of the rugged course. "We can see the Thames estuary in the distance," he tells me.

1142 GMT: Australia's Jared Tallent takes the silver and the bronze goes to Si Tianfeng of China.

1141 GMT: GOLD MEDAL FOR RUSSIA'S SERGEY KIRDYAPKIN IN MEN'S 50KM WALK

1140 GMT: The circuit is very rough, much of it grit and gravel with a large number of sizeable rocks, apparently shipped in from Derbyshire in the English Midlands.

1138 GMT: After the first lap of the 2.8km MOUNTAIN BIKING course, Julie Bresset of France is in the lead on 7 minutes 16 seconds, hotly pursued by Britain's Annie Last, clocked at 7 mins 17 sec for the lap.

1136 GMT: The MOUNTAIN BIKING competitors have now got to a stretch with spectator access and it is good to see that the people of Essex have turned out in force to see their local Olympic event.

1133 GMT: No-one is lining the route so far for the mountain biking, but that's hardly surprising as this part of the route is through woods and through fields - genuine farmland.

1130 GMT: They're off in the women's MOUNTAIN BIKING competion.

1119 GMT: Sergey Kirdyapkin of Russia, the 2009 world champion, leads after 45km, ahead of Australia's Jared Tallent. Britain's Dominic King is last, meaning he has the embarrassment of having been lapped more than once by the leaders.

1116 GMT: The crowd has swelled a lot around the route of 50km WALK, with two laps of the 2km circuit remaining for the leaders.

1100 GMT: Here's a recap of events so far this morning:

+ Hosts Britain take their gold medal tally to 26 as Ed McKeever wins the men's KAYAK singles 200m

+ The other three golds at Eton Dorney go to Yury Postrigay and Alexander Dyachenko of Russia, Lisa Carrington of New Zealand and Yuri Cheban of Ukraine.

+ David Svoboda of the Czech Republic leads the MODERN PENTATHLON standings after the fencing tournament that opens the gruelling all day event

+ Sergey Kirdyapkin of Russia leads the men's 50km WALK after 40km

+ Qui Bo and Lin Yue of China head the qualifiers for tonight's men's 10km platform DIVING final after this morning's semi-finals, though British medal hope Tom Daley also performs well.

1051 GMT: AFP has sent intrepid reporter Justin Davis into rural Essex to see the Olympic women's MOUNTAIN BIKING competition on the new Hadleigh Farm course.

Did you go by tractor, Justin? Only kidding, though life in Essex has a reputation in Britain for being a major contrast to sophisticated London.

The event starts in half an hour's time.

1044 GMT: Team GB medal hope Tom Daley is safely through to tonight's men's 10m platform DIVING after a strong final jump in this morning's semi-finals gives him an aggregate score of 521.10.

1039 GMT: The route of the ATHLETICS men's 50km walk is lined with spectators all the way, but the crowds are noticeably thinner than the huge numbers who turned out to watch other public Olympic events such as the women's marathon, the CYCLING road races and the TRIATHLON.

Perhaps that's because walking lacks the glamour of those other events. Tomorrow's men's marathon should attract a bigger throng.

1036 GMT: In the DIVING, Britain's Tom Daley moves up to fourth place after five dives, with the top three places unchanged.

1027 GMT: The 50km walkers are doing 25 laps of a 2km circuit along The Mall, round the Queen Victoria Memorial, up Constitution Hill and back again.

They will go past Buckingham Palace 50 times, ie 25 times on the way out and 25 times on the way back, so it will look like Groundhog Day for anyone watching from the Queen's official residence.

1020 GMT: An update from the ATHLETICS men's 50km walk. After 30km of their waddle around London's Green Park and St James's Park, reigning world champion Sergey Bakulin has retained the lead but Russian compatriot and 2009 titleholder Sergey Kirdyapkin has dropped back to sixth place. Erick Barrondo of Guatemala is second with 20km to go.

1013 GMT: In DIVING, Lin Yue and Qui Bo of China head the standings after four of the six dives in the men's 10m platform semi-finals. David Boudia of the US is third and British star Tom Daley in second place.

1004 GMT: In the MODERN PENTATHLON, world number one Aleksander Lesun has started well in the opening fencing phase and is currently leading the standings with 904 points after 21 victories and six defeats,

0950 GMT: Raman Piatrushenka and Vadzim Makhneu of Belarus paddle to the silver and Team GB's Liam Heath and John Schofield collect the bronze.

0949 GMT: GOLD MEDAL FOR YURY POSTRIGAY AND ALEXANDER DYACHENKO OF RUSSIA IN THE MEN'S KAYAK DOUBLE 220M

0939 GMT: London Mayor Boris Johnson tweets to point out that Ed McKeever's victory means Britain's poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy has another name to add to her poem 'Translating the British, 2012', which mentions the host nation's top performers. Britain now has 26 gold medals.

0923 GMT: Ukraine's Inna Osypenko-Radomska took silver with Natasa Douchev-Janics of Hungary winning bronze.

0921 GMT: GOLD MEDAL FOR LISA CARRINGTON OF NEW ZEALAND IN WOMEN'S KAYAK SINGLES 200M

0911 GMT: Men's platform DIVING semi-finals are underway at the Aquatics Centre in London's Olympic Park

0903 GMT: Jevgeni Shulkin of Lithuania and Ivan Shtyl of Russia secure the silver and bronze medals in the men's canoe singles 200m.

0858 GMT: More from Craig Reedie, now an IOC Vice President but chairman of the British Olympic Association when his vision for London 2012 began.

Eaton says the Scot's contribution to the London Olympics began in January 1994 when he chaired an unheralded meeting at the University of East London back which sparked the vision.

"It was effectively a de-brief of why Manchester lost the Olympic bid to Sydney the previous July - without that being in the minutes. So it has been an 18 and a half year project as far as I am concerned," Reedie says.

"Instead of trying to run with a provincial city ? Birmingham once and Manchester twice ? it was decided we would go with London.

0856 GMT: GOLD MEDAL FOR YURI CHEBAN OF UKRAINE IN THE MEN'S CANOE SINGLES 200M

0854 GMT: The London Olympics have been a triumph of the imagination, says Sir Craig Reedie, the main architect behind the city's innovatively successful Games.

"It was a grey December afternoon in a disused greyhound stadium in Hackney when I first looked at the site in East London way back in November 2002," Reedie told AFP correspondent Richard Eaton.

"I thought you need some imagination ? and look at what?s been done! I am absolutely thrilled at the way we have done it."

0847 GMT: After his victory, McKeever's first emotion was relief, he says. "It seems silly but I'm just happy that I could do in front of a home crowd."

0844 GMT: McKeever admits the prospect of competing in the Olympic final made him excited from the time he woke up this morning.

"I was like a kid at Christmas," he tells BBC TV.

0842 GMT: Silver for Saul Craviotto Rivero of Spain with Canada's Mark de Jonge taking the bronze in an event making its Olympic debut in London.

0838 GMT: GOLD MEDAL FOR ED MCKEEVER OF TEAM GB IN MEN'S KAYAK SINGLES 200M

0821 GMT: Men's KAYAK singles 200m final about to start at Eton Dorney

0815 GMT: In ATHLETICS, two Russians have taken an early lead in the men's 50k walk. After the first 5km, reigning world titleholder Sergey Bakulin and 2009 world champion Sergey Kirdyapkin are heading the pack.

0809 GMT: Some of today's many highlights:

+ ATHLETICS: Usain Bolt bids for third gold medal in final of men's 4x100m relay (2000 GMT)

+ 10,000m champion Mo Farah goes for a second gold, in the 5,000m (1830 GMT)

+ Caster Semenya among the contenders in women's 800m final (1900 GMT)

+ The men's 50k walk, already underway (0800 GMT), and the women's 20k walk, this afternoon (1600 GMT), take the Olympics to public London parks.

+ FOOTBALL: Brazil and Mexico face off at Wembley in men's football final (1400 GMT)

+ Five men's BOXING golds to be won tonight (1930 to 2115 GMT)

+ Four CANOE and KAYAK finals this morning (0830 to 0941 GMT)

+ Netherlands face Germany in the men's HOCKEY final after thrashing Team GB by 9-2 in a semi-final (1900 GMT)

+ CYCLING: Women's mountain bike final (1130 GMT)

+ Men's 10m platform DIVING final (1930 GMT)

+ Medals on offer in the gruelling MODERN PENTATHLON (From 0745 GMT. Concluding combined event 1745 GMT).

0805 GMT: Mind you, only 23 gold medals were awarded last Saturday. Today no fewer than 32 of those shiny orbs will be distributed, with live Olympic action scheduled from now until late tonight, when boxing and taekwondo finals are timetabled to continue until well after 10pm (2100 GMT). Medals aplenty!

Keep refreshing this Live Report for all the Olympic action as it happens.

0803 GMT: Last Saturday was "Super Saturday" so let's call today "Sporting Saturday" in honour of the competitors who have done their best at the Olympics but didn't manage to win a medal.

Welcome to AFP's Olympics 2012 Live Report on August 11, as Britain's Somalia-born men's 10,000m winner Mo Farah bids to complete a distance running double by challenging for gold in the 5,000m.

Stand by for a rundown of the key events to look forward to today, when medals galore will be at stake.

Quiz answer: Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake and and Asafa Powell are the only competitors at the London Olympics with their first names, while Weir is one of three "Warrens", according to the official www.london2012.org website. The others are athlete Warren Fraser of the Bahamas and Australian shooter Warren Potent.

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Fear of Driving Hypnosis ? How It Can Get You Back Behind the ...

What happens to you as you sit consume in arrears the controls, crumple your seat belt, and withdraw out interested in interchange? If it feels resembling you?re having a panic confront ? widespread and shaking, sweating, queasiness, and a beating focal point ? you give birth to a heavy thing about. In selected instances, this heavy worry about is so bad so as to group won?t nudge to a dwelling if not near?s a bus cease near, or they won?t hold a job for the reason that it power necessitate them to coerce selectedwhere.

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Spain modifies sensitive immigrant health law

Spain will modify a controversial plan to deny public healthcare to undocumented immigrants, maintaining care while billing their country of origin where treaties allow, the government said Friday.

Under new legislation, foreigners living in Spain without residency permits were to be denied treatment at public hospitals unless they were under 18, pregnant, or in case of an accident or other medical emergency.

The law tightened the rules for immigrants to get the national health card that entitles them to treatment. Previously they could get the card simply by registering as living in Spain, without a full residency permit.

A health ministry official told AFP Friday that the undocumented migrants would now be treated under the same system used for temporary foreign visitors to Spain.

"Treatment will be billed to their countries," the official said, with the system applying to European countries and in cases "where there are bilateral agreements, as for example with Ecuador and Morocco."

Under pressure to cut Spain's deficit, the conservative government has said restricting free healthcare to undocumented immigrants and curbing "health tourism" by Europeans will save a billion euros ($1.2 billion) a year.

The health reform outraged immigrants' rights groups and hundreds of doctors rebelled, saying they would continue to treat undocumented immigrants after the law comes into force in September.

People not covered by the health system in their countries of origin or whose countries do not have an accord with Spain "will be charged themselves, or their private insurance," the ministry official said.

Media have estimated the number of undocumented immigrants in Spain at about half a million.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/spain-modifies-sensitive-immigrant-health-law-173640732.html

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Infographic: The truth about small business branding

Last week, Alex Harrington-Griffin of printed.com wrote about Five common visual branding errors and how to avoid them. Alex?s post was based on the branding survey printed.com ran with Creativepool to find out how important visual branding is to small businesses in the UK and what they prioritise when creating their visual brand. Alex has kindly let us reproduce the infographic based on the survey, below.

printed.com is an online print company offering small businesses a range of affordable and easy to order print products, from business cards to postcards, stickers to luxury wedding stationery. Check out their website at printed.com, become a fan on Facebook or follow printed.com on Twitter.

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The eldercare directory now available for elder care | US Newsx.com

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For those associated with elder care or want to be associated with senior care there is now good news in the form of the eldercare directory. Published by the Eldercare channel this directory has the most comprehensive list of local elder care services. You can access this directory by visiting the website of Eldercare channel.

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Caring for seniors is not something Americans are averse to. About a fourth of all the American households are associated with senior care. But the number of people requiring elder care and the number of service providers has a huge mismatch. It is estimated that about 7 million Americans are associated with some form of eldercare for about 12.8 million seniors. The problem here is that only about three hundred and a half thousand Americans are employed with elder care services. The others do the job on a voluntary basis.

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The eldercare directory is important because it lists all the in home service providers located in the various cities of the United States. These service providers are specialists in caring for seniors. They have dedicated people that take care of the elderly and some of them are fortunate enough to have a lot of volunteers working for them. You could be one of these volunteers who can care for the elderly and make them have a great time for the remaining years of their lives.

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The senior citizens of the country require many types of elder care services. Easiest is to manage those that just need a place where they can spend time with fellow retirees. For them, an eldercare facility is where they get to socialize with people of their ages and generally spend a great time. But there are people that have just a few days remaining in their life and they are unable to perform their basic functions on their own. These are the people that need the most help and you could be one who joins the list of helpers.

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The eldercare directory lists all the elder care service providers in the country. One needs to visit the eldercare website to see the directory that lists the service providers in all the states of the country. After choosing the state and the city one can find out the care giver nearest to them. The directory also lists the types of services on offer. Some of them provide all the services needed and some are specialist care givers. When contacted these care givers also provide the details.

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Any help that one can provide in elder care is very much welcome. One needs to visit one of these eldercare service homes and see how difficult the employees face dealing with the huge number of seniors that need care. Whether it is help in monetary terms or by doing physical work, one can always contribute.

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Every American citizen should look to contribute to elder care in some way or the other. One can get started by accessing the eldercare directory on their web browser.

Elder care is a huge need in the US. You can contribute by finding your nearest care given listed in the eldercare directory.

Source: http://www.usnewsx.com/the-eldercare-directory-now-available-for-elder-care/

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