As Canadian women became the first to grab a medal, after they won the bronze beating France, in the football events at the London Olympics 2012, Google also comes up with a playful version celebrating the most popular game on earth.
Except for 1896 and 1932, Olympics have always featured men's football tournament at the every-four-years extravaganza. Women's football was introduced in 1996.
Although football did feature in the 1900 Paris and 1904 St. Louis Olympics, there were no medals awarded back then and only demonstration matches were held.
It were the 1908 London Olympics when officially the game made an entry into the Games. Great Britain won the Gold, Denmark the Silver and Netherlands the Bronze.
Argentina men, who won the Gold in 2004 Athens Olympics and the 2008 Beijing Games, did not qualify for the London Olympics 2012. Actually neither did the Argentine women.
Brazil men's football team are looking for their first Olympic Gold and face Mexico in the final on Saturday.
Brazilian women, two time Olympic runner-ups in 2004 and 2008, on the other hand were knocked out in the quarter-final by eventual finalists Japan.
It is the United States team that dominates in the women's section though. They have won the Gold three times in the four Olympics since the inception of the women's football at the Games. They have won the last two Olympic .
As Canadian women became the first to grab a medal, after they won the bronze beating France, in the football events at the London Olympics 2012, Google also comes up with a playful version celebrating the most popular game on earth.
Except for 1896 and 1932, Olympics have always featured men's football tournament at the every-four-years extravaganza. Women's football was introduced in 1996.
Although football did feature in the 1900 Paris and 1904 St. Louis Olympics, there were no medals awarded back then and only demonstration matches were held.
It were the 1908 London Olympics when officially the game made an entry into the Games. Great Britain won the Gold, Denmark the Silver and Netherlands the Bronze.
Argentina men, who won the Gold in 2004 Athens Olympics and the 2008 Beijing Games, did not qualify for the London Olympics 2012. Actually neither did the Argentine women.
Brazil men's football team are looking for their first Olympic Gold and face Mexico in the final on Saturday.
Brazilian women, two time Olympic runner-ups in 2004 and 2008, on the other hand were knocked out in the quarter-final by eventual finalists Japan.
It is the United States team that dominates in the women's section though. They have won the Gold three times in the four Olympics since the inception of the women's football at the Games. They have won the last two Olympic
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In the virtual Olympics that is also parallely underway on Google's home page, Friday's scheduled event is football.
After a wrist-wrecking paddling in slalom canoe on Thursday, Google now wants to test your goalkeeping skills in with its interactive London 2012 football doodle.
Football is the fourth sport in Google's armchair Olympics. After 11 static doodles, Google debuted an interactive hurdles doodle on Tuesday, followed by basketball, then slalom canoe and now followed by football.
The controls to be used in the London 2012 football Google doodle are quite similar to the previous three playable doodles. You can either use the keyboard, the mouse or even a combination of both.
You can use the left and right arrow keys to move the goalkeeper in the corresponding directions and press the spacebar key to make him jump to save goals. Alternately you can make use of the mouse to move the goalkeeper and press the left or right mouse button to make the goalkeeper jump.
You could also use the keyboard to perform one action and the mouse for another. For example use the mouse for movement and the spacebar for jumps.
The object of the London 2012 football Google doodle is to prevent your opponent striker from scoring goals against you. There is no time limit and the gane gets over when three goals are conceded. Points are collected on the basis of the number of goals saved - one each for each save.
The scores can als
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Google, on Friday, displayed yet another animated and interactive London Olympics 2012 doodle on its homepage.
The animated London 2012 Football is the 15th doodle since the opening ceremony of London Olympics, an endeavour of the search giant to extend its support to the thrilling sporting extravaganza.
Google has made the London 2012 Football doodle interactive allowing users to play by pressing the spacebar, left and right cursor movement keys or arrow keys on the computer keyboard.
It features a goalkeeper and a player, the latter controlled by the user. The game starts as soon as the blue button, displayed in the doodle, is clicked.
Once the button is clicked, the goalkeeper runs to take position in front of the goalpost to save the shots by the striker on goal.
On pressing the cursor the goalkeeper moves right and left to defend. The spacebar also allows the goalkeeper to jump to catch the ball.
There is no limitation of time and the game continues till three goals are scored, following which the score is displayed on the board.
The score can also be shared on Google's social networking service Google Plus.
In the doodle, the letters of the logo of Google are seen divided.
The first three letters of the logo are seen on the left side of the goalpost and the rest on the right side.
The London Olympics 2012, officially the Game
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London 2012 slalom canoe (Google Doodle)
Google's keyboard onslaught continues for the third consecutive day with a game of London 2012 slalom canoe as its 14th daily doodle during the ongoing Olympic Games.
Curiously, this is the first doodle this Olympics by Google that has been posted after the featured event was over. Also playing the game can leave users with a pain in their hands.
This interactive doodle features a paddler in a yellow canoe trying to paddle his/her down a water course with 10 downstream gates marked with green striped poles.
To play the London 2012 slalom canoe users have to use the left and right arrow keys to accelerate (paddle faster) the speed of their canoes and the up and down keys to navigate.
The speed slows down, and time is added to the score when the canoe hits the banks, water animals or sedimentary rocks. Guiding the canoe through the green striped gates seem to get the canoe to move faster.
The faster a user reaches the finish line, the better the chances of Google bestowing the user with an additional star (the maximum is three) that can then be flaunted on Google's social networking service Google Plus.
Slalom canoeing involves athletes negotiating a 250 metre white water course that flows at a rate of 13 cubic metres per second, and drops 5.5 metres from start to finish.
Canoe Slalom made its debut at the Munich 1972 Olympic Games, but didn't become a permane
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Olympic Doodle to celebrate 'Archery' (July 28th, 2012). The Archery competition will call for pinpoint precision and nerves of steel. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat while in modern times, its main use is that of a recreational activity. Archery had its debut at the 1900 Summer Olympics. Recurve archery is the only discipline of archery featured at the Olympic Games.
Good luck to all athletes in the Olympic archery competitions.
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Archery had its debut at the 1900 Summer Olympics and has been contested in 14 Olympiads. Eighty three different nations have appeared in the Olympic archery competitions, with France appearing the most often at 11 times. It is governed by the International Archery Federation (FITA). Recurve archery is the only discipline of archery featured at the Olympic Games. Archery is also an event at the Summer Paralympics
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New Delhi: On the sixth day of the biggest sporting event, Google has yet come up with another doodle to celebrate the London 2012 Olympics Hockey.
The doodle features a woman hockey player dribbling the hockey ball in a green turf with the Google logo on the background.
Yesterday, Google celebrated London 2012 artistic gymnastics men's rings with the doodle depicting a male gymnast displaying his craft on rings.
On Monday, Google honoured London 2012 Fencing with the doodle showing two fencers - one in attack mode and the other player in defense mode - with the letter ‘L’ from the Google’s logo shown as one of the bladed weapons being used by the latter.
On Sunday, the doodle was dedicated for the London 2012 diving which showed a female diver taking position to take a back-flip into the pool with Google’s logo forming inside the pool.
On Saturday, Google doodle represented the London 2012 archery. The doodle depicted a girl archer aiming on a green field, reminiscent of the historic Lord’s cricket ground where the archery events of the Summer Games are being held.
The opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics on July 27 was celebrated with the doodle depicting five athletes playing different Olympics sports.
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August 5, 2012
Google’s latest Doodle focuses on “O,†shows off synchronized swimming.
Here’s the latest Google Doodle for the London 2012 Olympics, please welcome, the synchronized swimming.
Apparently, the London 2012 synchronized swimming event will start on August 5, London local time. Clicking the Doodle will initiate a search for the event which includes the synchronized swimming’s very own Knowledge graph containing all the helpful information including the event’s brief history.
According to its Wikipedia entry, the event has been contested at the Summer Olympics since the 1984 Games. The current rules allow competition in duet and team events only but in past games, a solo event was also contested.
The Wikipedia entry added:
The United States, Canada and Japan have traditionally been the strongest nations in the sport, winning every Olympic medal from 1984 through 1996, but Russia has recently dominated, winning every event in 2000, 2004 and 2008.
The Google Doodle features 8 swimmers forming the first letter O of the Google logo. Isn’t it nice?
Here’s the schedule of the London 2012 synchronized swimming event, as reported by the Google Knowledge Graph:
August 5, Duets Preliminary (2/2), 10:00 AM; August 6, Duets Preliminary (1/2), 10:00 AM; August 7 Duets Free Routine – Final, 10:00 AM; August 9, Teams Technical Routine, 1
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London 2012 Slalom Canoe Google Doodle (HD)
Over the last few days Google have launched 3 Olympic Google Doodle Games. These games have been cleverly designed as Google Doodles and each one have their own unique Olympic sport theme. The London 2012 Google Games have been designed using a clever mix of HTML 5, Adobe Flash and JavaScript.
These Google doodles sparked a renewed interest in Google Doodles, the Olympics and the Sport Events happening at the London 2012 Olympics. We here at 3D Car Shows love that Google are pushing the sports and providing massive extra exposure to the Olympics and the featured sports in particular.
If you missed any of the 3 London 2012 Olympic Games they are:
London 2012 Slalom Canoe
London 2012 Basketball
London 2012 Hurdles
The London 2012 Slalom Canoe game was launched on August 9, 2012. The purpose of the game is to kayak as fast as possible down the river. In the river there are beacons that you need to pass trough. If you miss a beacon extra seconds are added to your final time. The game also has obstacles that you need to avoid as these will slow you down. The London 2012 Slalom Canoe Game is by far the game that requires most skills to complete.
The game is fun to play and an excellent way for Google to provide more exposure to the Olympics providing more information on the London 2012 Slalom Canoe Olympic competition.
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Google on Wednesday displayed its sixth Olympics doodle dedicated to hockey, India's national game.
The London 2012 Hockey doodle depicts a female player in action holding a hockey stick and trying to hit the ball.
Google, the search engine giant, has been displaying a new doodle everyday since the opening ceremony of London Olympics 2012 as an endorsement to the sporting extravaganza.
The hockey events are scheduled from July 29 to August 11.
The opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics doodle depicted 5 athletes playing different sports. The first Olympics doodle featured sports like football, basketball, swimming, fencing, running, and javelin throw.
The London Olympics 2012, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiadis, kicked off on 27 July, 2012 and will conclude on August 12, 2012.
About 10,000 athletes from 204 countries are participating in the Games.
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Here at 3D Car Shows we love to follow Google Doodles. It is almost always interesting to find out that Google picked someone’s birthday that we should know but did not know they played such a big part in the invention, art work or event.
This year with the Google London 2012 Google Doodles, we are almost just as surprised when we look at the sports that Google picks for their Google Logo’s. In most cases it looks like Google is picking the less main stream sports to be honored by having a place on their Google Doodles Showcase.
Inspire of going against the steam and picking less known sports, we admire that Google is giving these sports much needed attention and exposure via there Google Doodle and Homepage. It would actually be interesting to get the stats on how Google influenced participation in these sports in years to come.
Today the 10th Google Doodle is showcasing the “London 2012 Synchronized Swimming†event. This is one of two events that do not have males competing. In some other international events men are allowed to compete in synchronized swimming, however in the Olympics they cannot.
The London 2012 synchronised swimming event is taking place in London from the 5th of August 2012 to the 10th of August 2012.
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