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A FOUR-DAY mini Olympic Games giving young people the experience of a major sporting tournament is under way in the North-East.

China's Olympic swimming champion Liu Zige will skip November's Asian Games to concentrate on next year's world championships, Chinese swimming officials said.

Delhi's chaotic preparations for next month's Commonwealth Games proved India was not capable of hosting major international events, Games ambassador Saina Nehwal said on Saturday, before retracting the statement hours later.

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Interactive guide to 2012 Olympics

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