US men beat Australia!! Ply semifinals with Argentina!! - London Olympic 2012

In London Olympic 2012, U.S. men's basketball team defeated Australia 119-86 Wednesday and advanced to the semifinals with fierce rival Argentina. Russia & Spain will play in the other semifinal Friday and the winners play Sunday for gold. KevinDurant (14 points), LeBronJames ( 11 points), DeronWilliams(18 points), (Anthony 17 points), and Kevin Love(10 points) were the key player to win the match against Australia.

Whatever Carmelo Anthony said to Kobe Bryant at halftime of the game and Anthony won't repeat it Bryant. Anthony referring to Bryant's nickname, "Black Mamba". He was a little sleepy out there. And "I was talking to him at halftime and in the third quarter. I guess I pushed the button, and he woke up."

U.S. men's basketball team defeated Australia 119-86 Wednesday and advanced to the semifinals with fierce rival Argentina. Bryant missing all four of his attempts from the field in the first half hit six of 10 shots and scored 20 points, 18 on three-pointers, in the second half.

Russia & Spain will play in the other semifinal Friday, and the winners play Sunday for gold.

Bryant scored 12 points on four three-pointers in a 64-second span in the fourth quarter. It turning a 15-point lead into a 25-point edge and ensuring another large margin of victory despite a close game at times.

Bryant said, “I just found my rhythm & it is my best game of the Olympics after slumbering through portions of 5½ games.” And "I started shooting the ball, and it went in for me."

KevinDurant finished with 14 points & LeBronJames had a triple-double with 11 points, 14 rebounds and 11 assists, DeronWilliams scoring 18, Anthony adding 17 and KevinLove posting 10 points and 11 rebounds.

Now,  US Basketball team face on Argentina for semifinal.

Anthony also said, “We’re ready for them & excited about this matchup”. After the game, in the group, we said we have to prepare for them mentally."

Team of Argentina of this Olympics’ Basketball has four the key players from Argentina's 2004 gold medal team, featuring Manu Ginobili (35 years old), Luis Scola (32), Carlos Delfino (29) and Andres Nocioni (32).

Argentina took gold in Athens’ Olympic with a bronze in the 2008 Beijing Games, and now wants one more shot at gold. They would like nothing more than to beat the USA in the semifinals.

These two teams have played twice in the last three weeks, once in an exhibition match and once in Olympic group play this week.

The USA defeated Argentina by 86-80 July 22 in Barcelona and led by double digits until a late Argentina run made it a four-point game with 2:50 remaining in the fourth quarter. Then again the USA won 126-97 Monday, blowing open a 60-59 halftime lead with a 42-17 third quarter.

With the risk higher, can Argentina make it a closer game or not? Argentina knows it can score against the USA. But can the Argentines limit the USA's dangerous offense, which can score points in dizzying spells & run away with the game?

James said that we are playing some good ball right now & going up against a team that we know & that we're used to know how to play with them. They're going to be excited to play us. We're going to be excited to play them as well.”

Andy Murray wining moments photo on london olympics 2012 men's single tennis events

Net gains: Murray looks to he heavens after beating Federer 6-2, 61, 6-4 on Sunday afternoon

Home Crowd for Andy Murray

Murray provided the Wimbledon crowd with some exhibition celebrating

Contrasting fortunes: Murray was on another level compared to Federer as the British ace turned in one of the best displays of his career

Olympic Gold Medelist shows his power yesterday afternoon

What a difference 28 days makes: Murray stormed to victory at Wimbledon after turning in a fine display

Team Murray: Andy made his way into the stands to celebrate his straight-sets victory over Federer

In the stands: Andy Murray's girlfriend Kim Sears assumes her position on Centre Court to cheer on her partner

Tennis Olympic Gold Medelist 2012 Andy Murray 

London Olympics 2012: Andy Murray crushes Roger Federer to win gold

Just four weeks ago from today, Andy Murray fell his tears on Centre Court when he become the first British man to win Wimbledon since 1936 ended in a straight four-set defeat to Roger Federer.

Sunday, on the same weather with grass court, Murray won the greatest prize of his career. He shared with all of Britain by defeating Swiss champion to win Olympic gold in men’s singles at the England Club court.

Murray wept again, but this time with joy and suspicion, upon seals the 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 victory that was superb in its unbalanced doubt, over in 1 hour 56 minutes of time.
The 25-year-old Scot said this interview with NBC in a post-match on-court. “I was expecting it to be a tough match.” He also said, “No way did I expect a score line like that in the final.”

Murray was brilliant in all facets of the final match of the game — his serve, his service return, his defense, his offense, his tactics and his resolve as well.

With an all out of attack, Murray broke Federer in four of the Swiss champion’s first six games. And Federer, who was seeking to become the third man in tennis history & fifth player overall to claim a Golden Slam by winning 2012 London Olympic gold & all four majors, he failed to win in this Olympic. He finished with 31 unforced errors & only 24 winners.

After getting in the first two sets, Federer had to go through three consecutive sets to win Olympic singles gold and complete the Golden Slam he desires. And he steadied himself reasonably well while at least for three games.

While the third set on serve at 2-2, Federer’s uncharacteristic error costs him. He hit balls into the net; sailed long and wide. He summoned power when touch was in order & it seemed as if Federer had lost track of where the court’s lines were.

Though Murray, who had never beaten Federer on Center Court’s grass, kept the pressure on like a constant veteran, the quality of his play never hesitate in the face of the Swiss meltdown.

Within 10 minutes, Murray was up 4-2 in the third set. With another break of serve, the Scot would claim another Olympic gold for Britain. Federer seemed Murray’s best ally, miss-hitting ball one after another.

But Federer was graceful in defeat, congratulating Murray with a broad smile as well as a hug at Centre Court & quickly exited the stage. After beating Murray at Wimbledon, Federer was highly complementary of Murray & restated his belief which would eventually win a major.

The Olympics may not be one of the Tennis’s sport four Grand Slams, but for the man to carry the burden of the British Island on his back each time he takes the court at Wimbledon, Sunday’s victory was truly grand.

According to Murray, he said, “I’ve had a lot of tough losses in my career, but this is the best way to come back from the Wimbledon final,” I’ll never forget it.

Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro, a marathon semifinal Friday, knocked off world ranking No. 2 Novak Djokovic, 7-5, 6-4, to claim bronze. This medal was the first for an Argentine athlete at the London Olympics 2012.

London Olympics 2012: Usain Bolt Reaches 100 Meters Final, Joining Yohan Blake, Justin Gatlin, Tyson Gay, Ryan Bailey (PHOTOS)

Wining Moment: Usain Bolt reaches men's 100 meters final.

A chance for Usain Bolt is still alive to repeat as the gold medalist in the men's 100 meters after qualifying for the final at the London Summer Olympics. 


The 25 year old Jamaican sprinter completed semifinal 9.87 seconds of time, running in the second of three semifinal heats. 

Bolt finished in first place in his Second heat, even after starting slow but recovered after end of time. Ryan Bailey of the United States finished second to Bolt in the Second heat with a time of 9.96seconds. 

Justin Gatlin of the United States reached first in his first heat with a time of 9.82 seconds. Another countryman of Bolt, Yohan Blake, finished his third heat, in 9.85seconds with Tyson Gay coming in 9.90 seconds.

Blake previously defeated Bolt in the 100 and 200 meters at the Jamaican Olympic Trials.
The two fastest runners from each of the three semifinal heats moves to the final along with the next two fastest losers, as per as the competition format. 

Men's 100-Meter Final Qualifiers

Justin Gatlin (USA) 9.82
Yohan Blake (JAM) 9.85
Usain Bolt (JAM) 9.87
Tyson Gay (USA) 9.90
Churandy Martina (NET) 9.91
Asafa Powell (JAM) 9.94
Ryan Bailey (USA) 9.96
Richard Thompson (T&T) 10.02


Bolt reached the semifinal by running a10.09 second of time in the qualifying heat, after overcoming a slow start out of the blocks. 

The 100 meters final is set for next Sunday night. Bolt will try to repeat as the gold medalist as well. He currently owns both the world record & Olympic record of performing 100 meter event with less time of its history.

London 2012 Olympic events will be the ecstasy for Social Media!!

2012 Olympic events

The 2012 Olympic events is going to be held in London, United Kingdom at July 27. It is considered as the world’s “first social Games ever.” You might ask some question, how social media actually is, there’s no doubt that social media networks such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube will play an huge role what never done before. We must wait to see how information is spread from London to all over the world, and how the global sports conversation is driven during July and August. 

What do you think about the big shift? It’s simple: After the last Summer Olympics in 2008 social media has exploded tremendously. Will you need 2012 Olympics Social Media Guide?

The use of Web has grown rapidly at the end of 2008. According to the report of International TelecommunicationsUnion, in 2008, there were about 1.5 billion Internet users globally & making up about 23% of the world’s total population. By this summer’s games, the number will have increased to about 2.3 billion users which making up about a one- third of the world’s total population. 

The 2012,London:Summer Olympic events feature some of the most popular international sports  which including Tennis, soccer, basketball, swimming, and track and field  & many more which expected one of the biggest Olympics in the history— it is clear to all it would be huge global buzz as well. In this article we try to share some context on just how and why social media will get new look this year’s Olympics in relation to 2008, we thought it’d be the interesting as of the world’s most popular networks.

Facebook

In 2008: A tweet by Facebook executive and co-founder Dave Morin said, “We were gleefully celebrated Facebook for breaking the 100 million-user” in August of 2008 which passing MySpace in popularity. This social network debuted its constantly encountered chat feature that year as well. 

At Present: Now, Facebook claims more than 900 million users on their platform, is only fast becoming a portal to the web at large for many and is a publicly traded company. Its founder Mark Zuckerberg is now a global celebrity.

Twitter

In 2008: A statistics claimed that in year 2008 is a explosive growth for Twitter & finished the year with about 6 million registered users who sent about 300,000 tweets per day. Then the social network &  its users were still finding their way, by this official blog post explaining@replies. 

In Year 2009: Minnesota Timberwolves forward Kevin Love tweeted that their team’s coach had been let go. It was breaking the story and causing some impact in the sports world to speculate their service could change how news was delivered and consumed. 

At present: Twitter currently claims more than 500 million users who send more than 400 million tweets each and every day. Sports & celebrity news regularly breaks on this network, it’s become a prime marketing channel for athletes % celebrities and much of the London 2012 Olympic.

YouTube

In 2008: Since, fall of 2008, YouTube users were uploading 10 hours of video to YouTube per minute. The site had emerged as something special for web video. It also launched its mobile site, pre-roll ads and 720p HD option as well in 2008 and had been acquired by Google two years prior.

At present: The company claims it receives over 800 million unique visits per month where visitors watch more than 3 billion hours of video per month and upload 72 hours of new video content per minute. A Five hundred years’ worth of YouTube video are watched on Facebook every day and more than 700 YouTube videos get shared on Twitter each minute. This Olympic is considered as Iconic Olympic which become immortalized on YouTube as they happen this summer.

What It All Means

Just looking at the three most Present social networks make easy to others with a sporting scene by social media which can contrast  to the last Summer Olympics. Moreover, it doesn’t take into account services like Pinterest, Foursquare and Google+ none of which even existed in 2008. This summer, we expect news to break, social sharing records might never possible in previous Olympics. And have to see what’s going on this 2012 Olympic events.

How will you use your Social media to watch 2012 Olympic? Share with us in the comments.

London Olympics 2012 Social Media Guide

Social Media guide on london olympics 2012

This year London Olympics 2012 is considered one of the world’s most spectacular event as some are calling as “Socialympics.” The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has improved the structure of  its social media policies, as well as those strict rules also apply to not only Twitter or Facebook, but also any of the broadcasting Company. You can follow a sort of journalistic approach to sharing content about the Olympics which seems to be the safest way that marketers can still participate in the conversation.

The arrangement of Olympic community isn’t same what it was during the Beijing Olympics, 2008. This year’s summer Olympic is considered one of the greatest event that was not ever happen before & some are calling the first “Socialympics.”

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has improved the structure of  its social media policies, as well as those strict rules also apply to not only Twitter or Facebook, but also any of the broadcasting Company. If you have a company on online basis or you are a social media manager, you need to know about Social Media Guide on London Olympics 2012 before sharing:

• Any Brands cannot associate themselves with the Olympics.
• You must follow the standard of the Olympic Association Right (OAR) and London Olympic Association Right (LOAR)
• Provide the facts with taking journalistic approach to avoid violating restrictions.
• Avoid all types of marketing campaigns during the Olympics.

According to Rachel Boothroyd, general counsel of eModeration.com said that with so many restrictions, everyone have to take a journalistic approach to sharing content about the Olympics which seems to be the safest way that marketers can still participate in the conversation. He also said that you can Retweet, post, like, tag etc. the information that news outlets and other users are already shared.

There will be plenty of opportunities to participate with the social channels in use during the Olympic. Here are seven of the most popular social channels you can use to keep the news and join the conversations for your own journalistic efforts.

1. Online Olympic Communities

Several websites are available to keep your eye up-to-date on the Olympic events & activities before, during and after the events. These are the official websites:

• http://www.london2012.com/
• http://www.olympic.org
• http://hub.olympic.org
• http://www.nbcolympics.com/
• http://www.teamusa.org/

With more than 1,000 athletes participating online during Olympic, the Olympic Athletes Hub, is the online community sports enthusiasts really should know about. Always try to connect with athletes in real-time chats & get updates about your favorite names and participate in the Hub community to earn points and badges.

Many of the sites perform a great job of gathering Facebook and Twitter open graph. For example, when you signing up for the Olympic Hub site, you can sign in using Facebook or Twitter.

2. Twitter

While some are considering that the “Socialympics” to be more than a “Facebook Olympics,” you can find there are several official IOC accounts on Twitter. 

We found in Twitter latest news will be twit as you can follow @IOCMedia (Official Olympic News), @Olympics, @USOlympicTeam, and London 2012. You can also check out IOC’s Twitter Lists on Twitter, which including Olympians Twitter list and automated results for all sports at the Olympics.

3. Facebook

There are several pages will be available online to stay in keep with your favorite athletes or see the most updated activities of your favorite event. The Official Olympics page at Facebook, more than 2.9 million strong supporter, NBC Olympics page and Countdown App are regularly updated accounts will found as “like” Pages. Moreover, the official London.uk.com Olympics and Paralympics page is a great subscription.

You can find out for more Olympic-themed fun photo & status of the sponsors “vying for socialympics supremacy” .The Panasonic Flag Tags app , you can use as tag of your face with patriotic flag-themed photo, and the Visa Cheer app helps you to show your support for your favorite athletes & teams.

4. Google+

The Olympics use Google+ which has shown their meaningful engagement and activity. More than 301,000 users have the London 2012 Google+page in their circles, with many posts receiving more than 100 comments and +1s.

5. YouTube

In this Olympic, a representative of USOC (United States Olympic Committee) shared that their choice to use YouTube as a channel will coverage large part of this event as well as get huge reach/Visibility during the entire Olympic session. They plan to upload five to 10 videos per day during the Olympics, in an effort to grow and effectively use the Team USA YouTube channel.

In addition, you can check out the Official Olympic Channel by the IOC & video galleries on the Olympics website, where you can search and view this event.

6. Tumblr/Pinterest/Flickr

There are Photo galleries on the Olympics website which can be available for search as well as share on Facebook, Twitter, even Google+, but the official Tumblr & Pinterest page doesn’t yet exist. The IOC said, with a Flickr account you can follow for updated photos at London 2012 Flickrgroup.

7. Shazaam

A recent partnership between Shazaam and Comcast’s NBCUniversal will allow Shazaam users to access additional content or information when using the app during broadcasts on five NBC networks. The recent activities of Shazaam with the Grammys proved that it could also a platform of this Olympics event.

What is your opinion about this article? Share your opinion in comments.

London Olympics 2012 - Michael Phelps wins 18th and final Olympic gold in London

Michael Phelps- an American won the 18th & last Olympic gold medal of his career with a win in the (4x100m) medley relay from London Olympics 2012, before declaring his retirement. 

Michael Phelps wining Smile for his 18th Olympics gold

United States past Japan in three minutes 29.35 seconds in the third butterfly leg at London's Aquatics Centre by one of the best performance by Phelps. Australia took the bronze, with Great Britain in fourth position.

Phelps ends his career with 22 medals in total, 18 of them gold, from four Olympic Games. 

Phelps said with emotionally, “It’s tough to put into words right now, but I finished my career how I wanted to do, “Through the ups & downs of my career I've still been able to do everything that I've ever wanted to accomplish”.

"I've been able to things that no-one could ever been able to do and this is one of the amusing ways to finish it with successfully, in a relay." 

Both Backstroker Matt Grevers & breaststroker Brendan Hansen pave the US on their way in the last final of the London 2012 swimming competition, but it took Phelps to take the advantage away from an impressive Japan team.

Nathan Adrian then brought easily the US home in the final freestyle leg as Champion.

Phelps made his debut in Sydney Olympic in 2000 as a 15-year-old & won six golds and two bronze medals in Athens Olympic in 2004, followed by an historic eight gold medals in Beijing Olympic in 2008. 

After his final race swimming's world governing body, Fina, confirming Phelps's status as the 'greatest Olympic athlete of all time.' -the American was awarded with a trophy as well.

The swimmer used the give the thank of his coach of 15-years Bob Bowman.

Phelps said, "Tonight was a very emotional for Bob and me”. 

Phelps also said, “I wouldn't be here today without everything he's done for me & I love him to death, and thankful I have someone who cares so much for me & who has put up with me over the past 15 years, so he's been great & I literally can't thank him enough. 

"I've been able to become the best swimmer of all time and I said we got here together and I thanked him," said Phelps.

With having a slow start, when he finished fourth in the 400m individual medley and second in his favored 200m butterfly event, Phelps ended with more medals than any other swimmer at the Games - four golds and two silvers in London 2012 Olympic.

Olympic Basketball 2012: US men rout France 98-71

Kevin Durant of United States celebrates with Tyson Chandler and Kobe Bryant after a play against France during their Men's Basketball Game on Day 2 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Basketball Arena on July 29, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

U.S. men rout France 98-71 in London Olympic Basketball opening game.

Kevin Durant, who scored 22 points as well as LeBron James, added eight assists & a most welcome win by U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team with rough-and-ragged 98-71 over France on Sunday. To get Second medal, the Americans expected a tough test from a French team featuring San Antonio guard Tony Parker & five other NBA players. According to Durant,” We knew this game wasn’t going to be easy to us,” & “We know even if we don’t start well we can finish it toughly.”

Kevin Durant, who scored 22 points as well as LeBron James, added eight assists & a most welcome win by U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team with rough-and-ragged 98-71 over France on Sunday.

Carmelo said,” We know everybody else expects us to win by 40 points,” “For us, a win’s a win that we expect every game to be like this one.”

USA tries seeking a second straight gold medal to match as like as they won Beijing Olympic four years ago. To get Second medal, the Americans expected a tough test from a French team featuring San Antonio guard Tony Parker & five other NBA players.

The superstar squad finally put France away in the second half easily, although overcoming some major foul issues and sloppy play in first half.

According to Kobe Bryant, he said that this 2012 team could beat the 1992 Dream Team that changed international hoops forever at the Barcelona Games. This matchup is mythical, but the London Games aren’t more likely than before, U.S. team will have to play much better in upcoming games if it plans to maintain American dominance.

 “They’re going to be very, very tough to beat” & not to want concede anything, but when asked if the Americans can be beat, he took a time before responding, Parker said.

Kevin Love finished with 14 points for the Americans while first lady Michelle Obama on hand to cheer on the U.S., Durant, and Carmelo Anthony & Tyson Chandler added nine rebounds respectively. The Team U.S. will play Tuesday against Tunisia, beaten by Nigeria as score 60-56, in the tournament opener.

While, Parker playing with goggles to protect a surgically repaired his left eye, scored 10 points but France, which trailed by just one point after the first quarter.  Ali Traore led the French with 12 points in Olympic competition against the USA.

With the score as 52-36 , the U.S. leading at halftime, Durant opened the second half with a 3-pointer, Bryant dropped one from long range & after James dunked a pass from Deron Williams, the Americans led by 64-43.

After three quarters the U.S. team led to 78-51. Coach Mike Krzyzewski rested three players named as Bryant, James and Durant in the fourth quarter. When Krzyzewski realized that the game well in hand, then he gave a chance of 19-year-old Anthony Davis, who the top pick in June’s NBA draft, it is his first taste of Olympic play.

After the U.S. started the game, team missed its first six three-point attempts when Bryant, James and Durant started finding the range from beyond the arc. This trio finished the game a combined 6 for 12 from three-point range while the rest of the U.S. went 2 for 13 points.

Parker-30-year-old player nearly missed these Olympics because of underwent surgery after he was hit with broken glass during a nightclub fight in New York. Parker was not involved while the bottle-throwing fight between R&B singer Chris Brown and members of rapper Drake’s entourage.

Parker was able to break down the U.S. defense early but once the Americans forced the ball from his hands, the French had no one else to turn to game back.

Some of France’s players turned to take a cautious look at this trio Bryant, James and Durant when they filed onto the hardwood.

At halftime following a sloppy by the U.S team, foul-filled first half in which the Americans were whistled for 18 personals & complained about some calls. While Anthony and Russell Westbrook spent the final six minutes of the second quarter on the bench after picking up their third fouls.

France’s Ronny Turiaf likened the U.S. team’s ability to play whether big or small to a two-faced beast, he said it few days ago. He also said, “That team is like a Gemini,” who will play with Paul and the Clippers next season as well. “They have two faces, a nightmare-nightmare.”

But the U.S. team was its own worst enemy while first quarter was still running. Too often, the American settled for jump shots rather than driving to beside the basket. The Americans missed all six 3-pointers in the opening period when France’s Yannick Bokolo drained a 3 in the final second quarter; France was within 22-21.

Nicolas Batum, who plays for Portland, considered as the U.S. might “panic.” But James opened the second quarter with a 3, the U.S. quickly went on an 11-0 run and by midway through the third, Bryant and Co. restored order.

So, the U.S. reserves scored on dunk after dunk in the fourth, James & Bryant lounged on the bench as well. They know there will be tougher games ahead to them. The first one though was over.

“We knew this game wasn’t going to be easy to us,” Durant said. “We know even if we don’t start well we can finish it toughly.” After fourth quarter game was finished by scoring 98-71 as France is beaten by USA.