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London 2012 Olympics debate: despite £2bn security spend cap...

Yes: America is worried and streets are not safe The Olympic security budget is £2 billion and rising but London still feels far from safe after the revelations of the last two weeks. First came the news that the US plans to send 5 [...]

Posted On : Nov, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

British police say no armed FBI agents allowed at 2012 Londo...

The national security coordinator for the 2012 London Olympics sharply rejected reports that armed FBI agents would be taking part in securing the games, insisting Tuesday that Britain did not need outside help to keep the event safe. [...]

Posted On : Nov, 23 2011 | Comments : 0

London 2012 Olympics: Jessica Ennis insists BOA is wrong to ...

The BOA’s by-law, which prevents Dwain Chambers, David Millar and others from appearing at London 2012, is to be tested in court after the World Anti-Doping Agency declared Britain “non-compliant” with the world code. Ma [...]

Posted On : Nov, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

London 2012 Olympics: life is a balancing act for kayaker Ti...

Nowadays, after winning Olympic gold and bronze at Beijing, his daily training regimes are far more pleasant. Early-morning walkers call out his name in encouragement. One local presented him with a bottle of Champagne and, in the stilted [...]

Posted On : Nov, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

London 2012 Olympics: Dwain Chambers and David Millar hope f...

Instead, they are hoping the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) can clear the legal path that would allow them to compete at next summer’s London Games. The BOA agreed on Wednesday to a request from WADA to submit to the jurisdiction o [...]

Posted On : Nov, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

London 2012 Olympics: Lord Moynihan challenges WADA over lif...

In a dramatic development to the debate over the BOA’s life-bans, chairman Lord Moynihan on Wednesday challenged WADA to go to the Court of Arbitration for Sport to decide whether lifetime bans can be upheld. The decision to challen [...]

Posted On : Nov, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

2012 Olympics: Amid economic uncertainty, London aims for a ...

How do you make people forget a red-glowing bird’s nest as an architectural centerpiece? Endless rows of multicolored lights streaking through a gleaming, decked-out Olympic Park? How do you follow a government-run Olympic Games in [...]

Posted On : Nov, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

London 2012 Olympics: Olympic torch relay to visit Albert Sq...

The torch relay will travel through the show’s Albert Square on July 23, passing well known viewers’ landmarks such as the market, the launderette and the Queen Vic as it makes its way through London to the Olympic Stadium for [...]

Posted On : Nov, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

US officials worried about security at London 2012 Olympics

The US has raised repeated concerns about security at the London Olympics and is preparing to send up to 1,000 of its agents, including 500 from the FBI, to provide protection for America's contestants and diplomats, the Guardian has [...]

Posted On : Nov, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

London 2012 Olympics: capital's taxi fares could increase by...

The Licensed Taxi Drivers’ Association, the largest cab association in the capital with approximately one third of the city’s 25,000 taxi drivers on its books, has suggested the increase is necessary to prevent mass walkouts d [...]

Posted On : Nov, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

London 2012 Olympics: Team GB football fixtures announced

Coached by Stuart Pearce, they will begin their Olympic campaign at Old Trafford on Thursday July 26, followed by fixtures at Wembley Stadium on Sunday July 29 and the Millennium Stadium on Wednesday Aug 1. Hope Powell's women's t [...]

Posted On : Nov, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

London 2012 Olympics: 100 countries sign up to training camp...

But scores of countries have yet to take advantage of the scheme. Locog said more than 100 of the 196 national Olympic committees and 165 Paralympic committees had organised to prepare at the camps throughout the country, most of which ar [...]

Posted On : Nov, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

Posters for London 2012 Olympics unveiled

A nude Paralympic cyclist, an abstract take on Big Ben and two birds kissing. Olympic officials on Friday unveiled the posters for the London 2012 games, which highlight 12 different takes on how to celebrate the Olympic and Paralympic g [...]

Posted On : Nov, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

London 2012 Festival: the programme is revealed

As the finale of the four-year Cultural Olympiad, next summer’s London 2012 Festival is the culmination of a programme that has infused music, theatre, dance, literature and the visual arts. Opening on Midsummer’s Day, Ju [...]