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London 2012 Olympics: Rebecca Adlington dominates 400 metres...

If there was a moment of nervous hesitation, it was a fleeting one. Rebecca Adlington stood on the block, with eight lengths of the pool separating her from an ambition she has nurtured since London won the privilege to host the Olympics [...]

Posted On : Mar, 05 2012 | Comments : 0

London 2012 Olympics: David Beckham set for summer friendly ...

The British Olympic Association and the Football Association are planning a high-profile double header of men’s and women’s friendlies on the weekend before the Olympics opens. The Riverside Stadium has been identified as a po [...]

Posted On : Mar, 02 2012 | Comments : 0

London Olympics 2012 seek a distinct look with pink, purple ...

LONDON: For athletes, the Olympics are about the gold. For London organizers, the Olympics are about the pink, the purple and the orange -colors that will give the 2012 games an immediately recognizable look. Cities, towns and hamlets [...]

Posted On : Feb, 29 2012 | Comments : 0

London Olympics 2012: Ethiopia's former world marathan recor...

The former world record holder had entered the Japanese race to achieve the required Olympic qualifying standard of 2hr 15min and to run quickly enough to secure his place in the three-man Ethiopian team for London. But his time of 2 [...]

Posted On : Feb, 27 2012 | Comments : 0

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 Olympics 2012: my platform synchro diving dreams have...

In her absence, I was paired with Becky Gallantree for two World Series events in Sheffield and Mexico and we immediately clicked by taking fourth place in both events against the world’s top pairs. But bad luck struck again in J [...]

Posted On : Feb, 20 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: Olympic legends talk of ‘historic moment for ca...

On a snow-bound Sunday morning in the heart of London, five such individuals—all of them founding members of the Laureus Academy—gathered ahead of one of the most prestigious sporting events of the year. What makes the occa [...]