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British handball takes another bold step towards London 2012...

British Handball reaches another staging post on it's difficult journey towards the 2012 London Olympics when the women's team embark on their first full European Championship qualifying campaign with chief executive Paul Goodwin confident [...]

Posted On : Oct, 14 2009 | Comments : 0

Children to compete in annual 'School Olympics' at London 20...

Young athletes would compete in city and county heats to qualify for a finals weekend at the Olympic Stadium, where the title of national schools champion would be up for grabs in 38 sports including fencing, badminton and judo. Disabled ch [...]

Posted On : Oct, 09 2009 | Comments : 0

Birmingham Stopper wins signage contract for London 2012 Oly...

A Birmingham manufacturer has beaten off strong competition to secure a major project for one of the principal contractors of the London 2012 Olympic Park. The Hockley-based Birmingham Stopper Ltd will be crafting tonnes of steel into inno [...]

Posted On : Oct, 06 2009 | Comments : 0

2012 Olympics London - Regeneration Cash Will Have Late Effe...

For a number of years now, the councillors and citizens on London have been looking forward to the effect that the 2012 Olympics will have on the City. Earlier this week, they all got a massive shock when it was announced that the delay in [...]

Posted On : Oct, 05 2009 | Comments : 0

London 2012 An Olympics Progress Report

With all eyes trained on Copenhagen, where Rio de Janeiro was announced as the 2016 Olympic host city on Friday, it's easy to forget there will be a Summer Games between now and then. London is determined to put on a spectacular show in 201 [...]

Posted On : Oct, 03 2009 | Comments : 0

London 2012 Olympic organisers end sponsors stand-off with 1...

Olympic organisers today hailed the signing of a new £10m sponsorship deal with Visa as a major step forward for British sport in constructing a new funding formula that could sustain it beyond 2012. Following nine months of tortuous [...]

Posted On : Oct, 02 2009 | Comments : 0

London 2012 Visa to sponsor Team GB

An announcement on a multi-million deal is expected to see the credit card giant named as the presenting partner for 'Team 2012' in the run-up to the London Games. The money will go towards filling a £50 million shortfall after G [...]

Posted On : Sep, 29 2009 | Comments : 0

London 2012 Wembley Arena lined up for badminton and rhythmi...

Efforts to get boxing to move to Wembley from the ExCel arena have failed and it is understood organisers will now ask badminton and rhythmic gymnastics instead to consider the venue switch and remove the need to build a £40 million t [...]

Posted On : Sep, 28 2009 | Comments : 0

CWG, London 2012 on Rameshs mind

Wrestler Ramesh Kumar, who won a bronze in the World Championships, said that his performance in the meet remained below his expectations as his aim was to win a gold medal. “I won’t say I was disappointed because at least I co [...]

Posted On : Sep, 26 2009 | Comments : 0

London 2012 Olympics Woolwich Barracks to be obscured by 60f...

Instead, the backdrop for the Olympic clay pigeon shooting competition will be a towering, 62ft (19m) high "ballistic screen" that will stretch across the shotgun range to prevent lead from pellets raining down on nearby homes. [...]

Posted On : Sep, 18 2009 | Comments : 0

British crews launch campaign for London 2012 Olympics

Britain's Olympic sailing selectors are in for a tough couple of years after the first day's racing in the Skandia Sail for Gold regatta in Weymouth highlighted the fierce competition among those aiming for places in the 2012 Olympics.Blue [...]

Posted On : Sep, 15 2009 | Comments : 0

Ugandan women boxers for 2012 London Olympics Games

Uganda will field women boxers in 2012 World Olympics Games due to take place in London, United Kingdom. The Secretary of Uganda Amateur Boxing Federation (UABF), Simon Barigo says Uganda has a big potential of fielding women in World [...]

Posted On : Sep, 14 2009 | Comments : 0

Bolt may go for 4 golds at 2012 London Olympics

Usain Bolt may go for four gold medals at the 2012 Olympics in London. However, the world's fastest man won't be making the decision whether to attempt the feat achieved by Jesse Owens and Carl Lewis. "For me, I don't know," Bolt [...]

Posted On : Sep, 07 2009 | Comments : 0

Business Club: London 2012 Olympics plays key part in Buhler...

Far from being disastrous, the compulsory purchase order slapped on Buhler Sortex following London’s successful Olympic bid has played a key part in the ﬁrm’s resurgent fortunes The company, which had been making optical [...]