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Yes, it's time for another Olympics blog round-up.

GREEKS FINALLY START BUYING TICKETS
Apparently there have been big queues outside Olympic Games ticket kiosks this weekend. Seems people in Athens are finally coming round to the idea of going to the once-in-a-lifetime world class sporting event in their home town.

POPE HOPING FOR PEACEFUL OLYMPICS
Yes, the Pope has announced that he's hoping for a peaceful Olympics. As ever with stories like this, it'd be a bit weird if he wasn't.

OLYMPICS TO HAVE MOST VIEWERS EVER
The IOC reckon 4 billion people will watch the Olympics Games compared to 3.7 who watched Sydney. How on earth did they work this out? And what did the 0.3 people have against the Games in 2000?

APPARENTLY THERE IS NO ALCOHOL IN THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE
So my earlier comments about them all getting hammered may have been unfair. The disco does exist though. Can't be all that much fun being in a disco full of sober people. Then again, maybe it's more fun - can't say I've ever had the chance to compare.

MORE CONDOMS TO BE DISTRIBUTED THAN EVER IN OLYMPIC VILLAGE THIS YEAR
130,000 of them, for the 17,000 folks staying there. So, clearly, the athletes are quite able to enjoy themselves without alcohol.

DRESS REHEARSAL OF OPENING CEREMONY WAS TONIGHT
They were even expecting 35,000 people spectators to rehearse being spectators.

BULGARIAN IOC DUDE SUSPENDED
After a TV show over here which showed alleged impropriety on his part over bribery allegations to do with picking the 2012 host city. "I'm more than disappointed -- I am an angry man," IOC president Jacques Rogge said.

I HAVEN'T STARTED PACKING
And I leave for Athens on Tuesday.