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London 2012 track stance is no political game: Bubka

Sergei Bubka hit back at a British government minister Tuesday for suggesting his outspoken comments about the fate of the London 2012 Olympic track were motivated by personal political aspirations. The Ukrainian, senior vice president o [...]

Posted On : Nov, 24 2010 | Comments : 0

London 2012 Olympic games can restore winning feeling to fragile UK economy

London 2012 Olympic games can restore winning feeling to fra...

"They are a global shop window, which we can use to showcase the very best that this country has to offer."That was the message about the 2012 Olympics from Mark Prisk, the Business Minister, this week as he spoke at a summit o [...]

Posted On : Nov, 05 2010 | Comments : 0

London 2012 Olympics: Gemma Spofforth eyes gold after Commonwealth Games silver

London 2012 Olympics: Gemma Spofforth eyes gold after Common...

And Gemma Spofforth means it. For her, last week in New Delhi was a blow. Going into the Commonwealth Games as the world champion backstroke swimmer, the woman who, in Rome last August, swam 100 metres faster than anyone has before, she [...]

Posted On : Oct, 17 2010 | Comments : 0

London 2012 Olympics: do you have what it takes to be a volunteer for the Games?

London 2012 Olympics: do you have what it takes to be a volu...

Not that watching the Olympics is something volunteers can necessarily count on being able to do. A job as an Olympics volunteer is not merely a trackside ticket to the 100m final, or a licence to carry Andy Murray’s bags; more lik [...]

Posted On : Jul, 26 2010 | Comments : 0

2012 Olympic Games to get Danny Boyle touch?

2012 Olympic Games to get Danny Boyle touch?

When celebrated Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou organised and directed the inaugural ceremony of the. 2008 Beijing  Olympics, the results were extraordinary, and redefined what the world has come to expect from opening ceremonies [...]

Posted On : Jun, 07 2010 | Comments : 0

London 2012 Olympics -  Daniel Keatings aiming for a British one-two at home Games

London 2012 Olympics - Daniel Keatings aiming for a British...

Apart from that, until last month it was reckoned something that could be found gathering dust in the corner of a school gym, an arcane piece of equipment largely mastered by foreigners. Then, at the European Gymnastics Championship [...]

Posted On : May, 04 2010 | Comments : 0

Countdown to London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games

There will be three Olympic and Para Olympic Villages and five sites for the football venues (spread around Great Britain). The 26 sports will compete in 34 venues at the Olympic Games and 21 venues at the Para Olympic Games. There w [...]

Posted On : Apr, 15 2010 | Comments : 0

Olympic pillage - 369 crimes already carried out inside 2012 Games site

Olympic pillage - 369 crimes already carried out inside 2012...

The 2012 Olympic site in London has been hit by a catalogue of serious crimes.Offences at the village include sex attacks, robberies, violent assaults, criminal damage and drug offences. Alarmingly, more than half the incidents against s [...]

Posted On : Apr, 12 2010 | Comments : 0

Record number of drug tests planned at London Games

 A record 5,000 drugs tests will be carried out at the 2012 London Olympics, Games organizers said on Wednesday. The London Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) said a further 1,200 tests would be conduct [...]

Posted On : Apr, 10 2010 | Comments : 0

Record number of drug tests planned at London Games

A record 5,000 drugs tests will be carried out at the 2012 London Olympics, Games organizers said on Wednesday. The London Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) said a further 1,200 tests would be conducted at [...]

Posted On : Apr, 08 2010 | Comments : 0

2012 Olympic festival to be at centre of cultural celebratio...

A 12-week "once-in-a-lifetime" arts festival will form the heart of cultural celebrations surrounding the Olympics, with commissions from some of the world's finest artists, according to the new regime in charge of the UK&# [...]

Posted On : Mar, 18 2010 | Comments : 0

Olympic Park must provide employment for locals after 2012 G...

Construction of the park and venues is currently being managed by the Olympic Delivery Authority, but targets for employing local people are low, the economic development, culture, sport and tourism committee warned. The Games will deliv [...]

Posted On : Feb, 18 2010 | Comments : 0

London 2012 Games venues to be finalised soon

The 2012 London Olympics venues will be finalised soon after rhythmic gymnastics and badminton reluctantly agreed to move to Wembley Arena, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Thursday. "We have pushed London organiser [...]

Posted On : Feb, 13 2010 | Comments : 0

UK tourism agency turns to social media in run up to 2012 Ol...

VisitBritain, the U.K.'s national tourism agency, has announced plans to boost the number of visitors in the years running up to the 2012 Olympic Games by employing social media tools and focusing on five "themes". Tho [...]

Posted On : Feb, 01 2010 | Comments : 0