Premier League football matches in the capital, BBC Proms in the Park and the Thames Festival are also expected to heap more pressure on the transport network during the Games.

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In the last five years Afghanistan's premier police training academy in the Afghan capital has restarted its four-year training program for officers.

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Bellamy would be arguably Cardiff's highest-profile signing ever, but Jones did attract former Premier League superstars Robbie Fowler and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink to the Welsh capital a few seasons ago.

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As the movement of capital and talent has been made easier, football -- and especially the Premier League -- has reaped the financial benefits.

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