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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

Olympic Games will NOT cause a boost in UK visitor numbers

Britain is unlikely to enjoy any boost in the number of tourists visiting the country next year – even though 2012 will see the country host two of its biggest events in decades. Both the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations, [...]

Posted On : Dec, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

London 2012 Olympics: Sport England to miss legacy target as...

Eight months from the start of the Olympics, new figures released by Sport England show that just 111,000 more people have become involved in sport since 2007, just 11 per cent of the target they have been pursuing for the last four years [...]

Posted On : Dec, 09 2011 | Comments : 0

London 2012 Olympics: IOC calls on Indian Olympic Associatio...

This comes as the former Minister for Sport and Locog board member Tessa Jowell called for Dow Chemicals to withdraw its £7 million sponsorship of the London Olympic stadium wrap because it "was inappropriate". Telegr [...]

Posted On : Nov, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

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

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: Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney...

Even if the Manchester United striker does emerge from suspension to represent England at Euro 2012, the FA has altered its policy and will allow players to perform at both summer tournaments. Stuart Pearce’s Team GB could have a Un [...]

Posted On : Oct, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

London 2012 Olympics debate: London will be a nightmare duri...

You would think that a simple rule to follow, a guiding principle indicating the possibility of grand projects is that if Athens can do it, anyone can. Unfortunately this now appears not to be the case. London, a city that likes to lay cl [...]

Posted On : Oct, 20 2011 | Comments : 0

Olympic Games: Betting corruption a concern for London 2012 ...

At the high court, the high-profile trial of two alleged Pakistani spot-fixers continues amid staggering claims about the alleged scale of the problem. And before Wayne Rooney's petulant kick managed to knock it off the back pages, th [...]

Posted On : Oct, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Records will fall! Olympic legend Thompson confident London ...

Olympic legend Daley Thompson has backed Britain to host the greatest Games ever, one in which world records will tumble right across the board. The two-time Decathlon gold medal winner is an ambassador for London 2012 and has no fear tha [...]

Posted On : Oct, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

London 2012 Olympics: Dwain Chambers really does epitomise t...

Our former world cruiser- heavyweight champion long insisted he would not box on after his 31st birthday, and when that milestone fell on Thursday he duly called time on an impressive, if ultimately anticlimactic, career. Whether thi [...]

Posted On : Oct, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

London 2012 Olympics: athletes' families to receive support ...

A series of education campaigns to help family and friends cope with the behaviour of the athletes will be rolled out throughout the UK by Olympic sponsor Proctor and Gamble and supported by the British Olympic Association and British Par [...]

Posted On : Oct, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

London 2012 Olympics: first British boxers qualify for Games

Light-welterweight Stalker beat Russia's Alexander Solyanikov 17-9 to book his place in the quarter-finals, automatically qualifying for the Games. It was close after the first round Stalker and Solyanikov level at 3-3, but the Briton [...]

Posted On : Oct, 05 2011 | Comments : 0

London 2012 Olympic watch: Phillips edging closer to spot at...

Zara Phillips is slowly but surely putting herself back in contention for a place in next year’s Games a year after retiring her world title-winning horse Toytown. At the end of a week of media storm over her husband Mike Tinda [...]