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London 2012 Olympics: GB cycling champion Joanna Rowsell rev...

The 23 year-old stepped onto the podium in the Olympic Velodrome on Saturday, having just won gold in the Individual Pursuit and the Women's Team Pursuit, without her favourite brown wig. The athlete, from Sutton, Surrey, has suffered [...]

Posted On : Feb, 21 2012 | Comments : 0

London 2012 Olympics diary: road cycling spectators at Box H...

Locog is seriously considering charging spectators to watch the road cycling events – an event previously billed as being free – after getting council permission to extend the spectator numbers at Box Hill to 15,000. It is und [...]

Posted On : Feb, 17 2012 | Comments : 0

London 2012 Olympics: LOCOG 'damaging trust over ticket sale...

A committee at the London Assembly said that the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG) has withheld key information about how it has priced tickets to this summer’s games and has refused to share details of sales [...]

Posted On : Feb, 16 2012 | Comments : 0

London 2012 Olympics: Athletes banned from selling Great Bri...

The British Olympic Association will tell each of the 560 athletes hoping to represent the host nation this summer they must sign a confidential 34-page rule book, titled the ‘Team Member’s Agreement’, or they will not b [...]

Posted On : Feb, 15 2012 | Comments : 0

4000 SCHOOL CHILDREN TO RECEIVE FREE LONDON OLYMPICS 2012 TI...

Free tickets for the London 2012 Olympic Games have been allotted to a total of 4000 school children of the Bromley so that they get the opportunity to experience the international sporting event in the capital of England. The alloca [...]

Posted On : Feb, 13 2012 | Comments : 0

London Olympics 2012: Time to stop moaning

Well its time to change that. Typical moans include, its not fair I didn't get any tickets, its costing too much, there will be too much traffic on London's roads, and I live too far away. Well let's take those one by one. [...]

Posted On : Feb, 09 2012 | Comments : 0

London 2012 Olympics: GB's medallists may be barefooted on p...

Leading agents of top-line competitors sponsored by footwear giant Nike have told the BOA their athletes would be in breach of contracts if they are forced to wear Team GB’s official ”presentation outfit” which is sponso [...]

Posted On : Feb, 08 2012 | Comments : 0

London 2012 Olympics: hunt begins for Games venue sponsors

Valuable naming rights and other sponsorship deals for the Olympic Stadium, Aquatics Centre and the multi-use arena, where the 2012 handball competition will be held, are up for grabs in the Olympic Park Legacy Company's (OPLC) tender [...]

Posted On : Feb, 07 2012 | Comments : 0

London 2012 Olympics: Holly Bleasdale jumps into fourth plac...

Her jump, which added a huge 16cm to her previous lifetime best to catapult her to the top of the 2012 world rankings, was all the more remarkable because it was achieved off a shortened, 14-stride run-up, raising the prospect of even fur [...]

Posted On : Jan, 23 2012 | Comments : 0

London 2012 Olympics: security rehearsal begins on River Tha...

Scotland Yard and the Royal Marines are joining forces for a string of "familiarisation exercises" to avoid catastrophe in London this summer. The Metropolitan Police's Marine Policing Unit and army members will provide a ra [...]

Posted On : Jan, 19 2012 | Comments : 0

London 2012: LeBron James and Kobe Bryant in US Olympic bask...

The US have picked eight players who won gold in Beijing in 2008 - their 13th men's Olympic title. Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh, Dwight Howard, Chris Paul, Dwyane Wade and Deron Williams also return having played in the 2008 squad. The [...]

Posted On : Jan, 17 2012 | Comments : 0