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Olympics 2012 Get Set
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Get Set is the official London 2012 education programme. Launched in September 2008, Get Set is the official London 2012 education programme for children and young people in thousands of schools and colleges across the UK.
Using the major milestones leading up to the London 2012 Games, Olympic Values (friendship, excellence and respect) and the Paralympic Values (inspiration, determination, courage and equality), Get Set aims to spark young people’s imaginations and enthusiasm for learning, helping them to realise their potential.
Get Set is a flexible cross-curricular programme for three-19 year olds, offering materials and resources for teachers to use in the classroom, in assembly and in wider activities. More than 80% per cent of the UK’s schools and colleges are registered with the programme and have access to these resources.
The programme also provides opportunities for reward and recognition through the Get Set network, with visits from athletes, tours of the Olympic Park and tickets to the Games among the opportunities available to schools that demonstrate their commitment to the Games and the Values.
Visit the Get Set website to find out more.
Get Set goes global
Get Set goes global is a strand of Get Set that encourages young people to consider how sport can bring the world together.
Get Set goes global contains three elements:
Get Set for the Olympic Truce
This strand complements and highlights the UN Resolution on the Olympic Truce, which was presented to the UN General Assembly by Lord Coe, on behalf of the UK Government, and adopted by all UN nations in October 2011.
Get Set for the Olympic Truce is a comprehensive learning resource to introduce the concept of the Olympic Truce to young people. It is designed to encourage them to debate and discuss how sport and the Olympic and Paralympic Games can bring people together from different backgrounds, cultures and countries.
Support a Team
This initiative encourages schools across the UK to become a supporter of one Olympic and one Paralympic competing team from around the world, in the lead-up to and during the London 2012 Games. This element is designed to increase young people’s inter-cultural understanding and promote community cohesion and awareness of global issues. The Get Set goes global LINK website provides information on each team, films focusing on athletes’ preparations for the Games and a map identifying where the various teams are training.
London 2012 World Sport Day
Monday 25 June 2012 is a chance for schools and communities across the UK to celebrate the athletes and cultures of the teams competing in the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Schools will be encouraged to use the day to:
- host their own World Sport Day opening ceremony, using inspiration from the London 2012 Opening and Closing Ceremonies;
- stage a Global Showcase, highlighting the sports, music, dance, languages and food of the world; and
- celebrate and create the flags of teams they’re supporting in creative ways.
London 2012 World Sport Day is presented by Lloyds TSB in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and Bank of Scotland in Scotland.
London 2012 World Sport Day is delivered by the Youth Sport Trust across the UK.
Major football stadium disasters
List of Major football stadium disasters
- May 1964: 318 people killed in riots during a Peru-Argentina match at the National Stadium in Lima
- June 68: More than 70 people die in a gate stampede after a River Plate-Boca Juniors match in Buenos Aires
- Jan 71: 66 people killed in a crush after a Rangers-Celtic derby in Glasgow, Scotland
- Feb 74: 49 people trampled to death at a match in Cairo
- Oct 82: More than 300 reportedly killed in a stampede on a narrow, icy staircase at a Spartak-Haarlem match in Moscow
- May 85: 56 people die in a terrace fire during a Bradford City-Lincoln City match in Bradford, England
- May 85: 39 people are killed when a separation wall collapses at a Liverpool-Juventus European Champions Cup final at Heysel Stadium in Brussels
- March 88: 93 people die in a stampede after fleeing a hailstorm at the national stadium in Kathmandu, Nepal
- Apr 89: 96 people are crushed to death at a Liverpool-Nottingham Forest cup match in Sheffield
- Jan 91: At least 40 people die in a stampede after riots at a friendly match in Orkney, South Africa
- Oct 96: About 80 people are killed in a stampede before a Guatemala-Costa Rica World Cup qualifying match in Guatemala City
- Apr 01: More than 40 people killed in a crush at the overcrowded Ellis Park stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa
Egypt football fans violence leaves many dead in Port Said
in Sports, Sports News, World News
At least 74 people have been killed in clashes between rival fans following a football match in the Egyptian city of Port Said.
Scores were injured as fans - reportedly armed with knives - invaded the pitch after a match between top-tier clubs al-Masry and al-Ahly.
Officials fear the death toll could rise further.
It is the biggest disaster in the country's football history, said the Egyptian deputy health minister.
"This is unfortunate and deeply saddening," Hesham Sheiha told state television.
Some of the dead were security officers, the Associated Press news agency quoted a morgue official as saying.
Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, the head of Egypt's ruling army council, went to a airbase near Cairo to welcome back al-Ahly players who were flown back from Port Said on a military aircraft.
"This will not bring Egypt down... These incidents happen anywhere in the world. We will not let those behind it go," he said, AP reports.
A statement posted on the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces' Facebook page announced three days of national mourning, beginning on Thursday.
The statement also promised a full investigation into the incident.
'Black day'The BBC's Jon Leyne in Cairo says it appears some fans had taken knives into the stadium.
Our correspondent says the lack of the usual level of security in the stadium might have contributed to the clashes.
Police in Egypt have been keeping a much lower profile since last year's popular protests that ousted President Hosni Mubarak from power.
Egyptian fans are notoriously violent, says our correspondent, particularly supporters of al-Ahly known as the Ultras.
They have been heavily implicated in confronting the police during recent political protests, our correspondent adds. There is speculation that the security forces may have had an interest in taking on al-Ahly supporters.
Wednesday's violence broke out at the end of the match, which, unusually, Port Said side al-Masry won 3-1.
"This will not bring Egypt down... These incidents happen anywhere in the world. We will not let those behind it go," he said, AP reports.
A statement posted on the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces' Facebook page announced three days of national mourning, beginning on Thursday.
The statement also promised a full investigation into the incident.
'Black day'
The BBC's Jon Leyne in Cairo says it appears some fans had taken knives into the stadium.
Our correspondent says the lack of the usual level of security in the stadium might have contributed to the clashes.
Police in Egypt have been keeping a much lower profile since last year's popular protests that ousted President Hosni Mubarak from power.
Egyptian fans are notoriously violent, says our correspondent, particularly supporters of al-Ahly known as the Ultras.
They have been heavily implicated in confronting the police during recent political protests, our correspondent adds. There is speculation that the security forces may have had an interest in taking on al-Ahly supporters.
Wednesday's violence broke out at the end of the match, which, unusually, Port Said side al-Masry won 3-1.
Hani Seddik, former al-Ahly player: "I think it's more like some people were planning it"
In Cairo, another match was halted by the referee after news of the Port Said violence. It prompted fans to set parts of the stadium on fire.
All premier-league matches have been cancelled and the newly-elected Egyptian parliament is to hold an emergency session on Thursday.
Fifa President Sepp Blatter issued a statement, expressing his shock over the incident.
"This is a black day for football. Such a catastrophic situation is unimaginable and should not happen," he said.
Source --http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-16845841
Port Said Stadium clashes
in Football, Sports, Sports News, World News
Reports claim the deaths happened after “hundreds” of supporters invaded the pitch following a match between top-tier clubs Masry and Ahly.
The fans chased the players and threw stones and bottles, according to a security official reported by the Associated Press.
Egypt's health ministry said at least 40 were killed while Reuters put the death toll at 50. At least another 20 people were also said to be injured in the violence.
The causes of the deaths were not immediately known.
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