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London 2012: marginal sports' 7m sponsorship to boost govern...

The review is expected to see around £7 million of commercial income raised by Visa's sponsorship of the Team 2012 programme used to help bolster the prospects of Team GB's marginal sports. The Visa sponsorship, worth £10 mil [...]

Posted On : Dec, 10 2009 | Comments : 0

Local aims for 2012 Olympic spot

The aggressive fighting yell of tae kwon do Olympic-hopeful Jacquelyn "Jackie" Lauricella of Port Orange is getting louder.Lauricella a Spruce Creek High School senior, who was previously on the Junior Olympic Team -- placed first [...]

Posted On : Dec, 01 2009 | Comments : 0

Olympics David Morley bags water polo venue for London 2012

The 5,000-seat arena is the firm’s first job on the East London site and one of the last architecture contracts to be awarded by the Olympic Delivery Authority through its design services framework. The auditorium will sit just to th [...]

Posted On : Nov, 26 2009 | Comments : 0

London 2012 On Time On Budget Report

New government and ODA figures show that the London 2012 Games will be delivered on time and on budget.According to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games Quarterly Economic Report, the London 2012 Summer Olympic Games has seen a 7 mi [...]

Posted On : Nov, 24 2009 | Comments : 0

Uganda Sports News: Uganda to field women boxers for 2012 Lo...

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 Olympi [...]

Posted On : Nov, 21 2009 | Comments : 0

Londons New Era of Air Pollution Threatens Olympics in 2012

London, which has some of Europe’s worst air pollution, may have to ban cars and reschedule events during the 2012 Olympics to ensure optimum conditions for athletes, a leading air-quality scientist said. The U.K. capital is in a &ldq [...]

Posted On : Nov, 16 2009 | Comments : 0

What will become of the Olympic venues post-2012?

A new London Assembly investigation will review the role of the new Olympic Park Legacy Company, the organisation at the heart of discussions about the long-term future of the Olympic Park and venues. Earlier this year it was announced tha [...]

Posted On : Oct, 10 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

2012 Olympics organisers expect to beat sponsorship targets

London 2012 organisers have said they would hit the top end of their sponsorship target of between £600m and £700m, insisting that the global economic slump had not dampened the corporate appetite for involvement in the Olympics [...]

Posted On : Oct, 01 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

RM16mil to help potential 2012 Olympic medal winners

A total of RM16mil will be allocated to the Road to London programme for athletes identified as potential medal winners at the 2012 Olympics. A total of 19 athletes from four sports archery, badminton, track cycling and diving will com [...]

Posted On : Sep, 09 2009 | Comments : 0

London 2012 organizers appoint head of Paralympics

London 2012 organizers appointed former Paralympic swimmer Chris Holmes as head of the city's Paralympics. Holmes was given the title of director of Paralympic integration and organizers said on Friday he will be in charge of all aspects o [...]

Posted On : Aug, 28 2009 | Comments : 0

London 2012 Olympic hopeful misses out on podium

YEOVIL’S Nicola Morgan narrowly missed out on the podium at the British Junior Triathlon Championships in Hyde Park on Sunday – then immediately set about claiming gold next year (writes Richard Anderson). The 18-year-old was [...]