The first event of the Olympics is to kick off later, two days before the official opening ceremony.
The Team Great Britain women's football side will get 18 days of sport under way at 16:00 BST (15:00 GMT) against New Zealand at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium.
Designated Games Lanes, covering about 30 miles of roads and off limits to the public, have begun operating in London.
And government lawyers will go to court to try to stop a public sector workers' strike on the eve of the Games.
BBC says Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt will join Welsh Secretary Cheryl Gillan in Cardiff for the first event of the 2012 Games.
The final dress rehearsal for the opening ceremony is due to take place later at the Olympic Stadium, in Stratford, east London
Team GB women's football captain Casey Stoney has skippered England
Team GB coach Hope Powell said opening the Games was a "great honour" and would hopefully give people "a greater appreciation of how good women's football actually is".
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