Eurasia News

By Ava Thomas LONDON — Brian Scott sees every day what it’s like to live with hurdles — he’s had a “hurdler” living in his home for the past few years. “Our foster daughter Rachel, who’s 24, is paralyzed on one side, and she has difficulties from a brain surgery she had when she was [...]

By Ava Thomas LONDON — “We lit the flame and lit up the world.” Doug Shaw had to smile a little when London 2012 chairman Lord Coe closed the Olympics with those words Aug. 12. Because Shaw’s hoping that’s exactly what happened. As part of More Than Gold, a joint effort of Christian churches worldwide, [...]

By Ava Thomas LONDON — Bikes. That’s what Parveen* sells. Not the racing kind that will be flying around the track in the new Olympic Velodrome soon, the ones competing just across the street from where she works in London’s Stratford community. What Parveen would like to sell you from her street stand is the [...]

By Elaine Gaston LONDON — To prepare a city even as sophisticated as London for a concentrated influx of hundreds of thousands international visitors and athletes is a massive undertaking. Because of that, London began planning even before the city won the bid to host the 2012 Summer Olympics. Once the bid was secure, preparations [...]

By Ava Thomas MANCHESTER, England — John Boyers’ gig at the Summer Olympics might seem sensational until you see his normal digs. His “office” — the home of the Manchester United football (soccer) club — is nicknamed the Theatre of Dreams. For 20 years, he’s rubbed shoulders with the thousands who pay $25 a head to [...]