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London 2012 Olympics: All systems go as test events put the ...

The centrepiece venue will receive its biggest and final test before the Olympic opening ceremony this week, with four days of competition in the British University and Colleges Athletics Championship on the track from Friday, and an &ldq [...]

Posted On : May, 03 2012 | Comments : 0

London 2012 Olympics: British athletes told to bite tongue o...

Moynihan vowed on Tuesday to lead the fight for a tougher sanction against drug-takers after the Court of Arbitration for Sport rejected the BOA’s lifetime ban. He believes that those who benefit from performance-enhancing substance [...]

Posted On : May, 02 2012 | Comments : 0

London 2012 Olympics diary: Ken Livingstone cries out agains...

Ken Livingstone has promised a rapid overhaul of the Olympic Route Network if he wins the mayoral election, fuelling fears of some International Olympic Committee members and London 2012 insiders that Games preparations may be turned upsi [...]

Posted On : Apr, 13 2012 | Comments : 0

London 2012 Olympics: The companies that will lose out durin...

That is according to an analysis of stock market announcements so far this year. The Telegraph has found that 80 companies have stated in 2012 that the Olympics could have an impact on their business, with 72 forecasting a positive effect [...]

Posted On : Apr, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

London 2012 Olympics: TfL makes apology after omitting Fanny...

The map, which is being sold as a poster by TfL to celebrate the 2012 Olympics, is a modified version of the iconic London Underground map in which the names of 361 Tube and railway stations have been replaced by the names of famous Olymp [...]

Posted On : Apr, 05 2012 | Comments : 0

London 2012 Olympics: sale of remaining tickets delayed as o...

London organising committee chief executive Paul Deighton said the sales of around one million Olympic tickets, 1.5 million football tickets and 1.5 million Paralympic tickets would now be delayed until after the release of the Olympic fo [...]

Posted On : Mar, 31 2012 | Comments : 0

London 2012 Olympics: Ellen Gandy suffers butterflies but ha...

"My nerves took my out really fast and I paid for it in the last 50m. I made the team and swam the best I could under the pressure. “I’ll go back and analyse what happened and hopefully make sure it doesn’t happen a [...]

Posted On : Mar, 08 2012 | Comments : 0

London 2012 Olympics: GB rhythmic gymnasts win appeal

The seven-strong squad had previously been excluded from this summer’s Olympics by their governing body, British Gymnastics, after they failed to meet their agreed selection target — a score of 45.233 points – on the sec [...]

Posted On : Mar, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

London 2012 Olympics: Rebecca Adlington dominates 400 metres...

If there was a moment of nervous hesitation, it was a fleeting one. Rebecca Adlington stood on the block, with eight lengths of the pool separating her from an ambition she has nurtured since London won the privilege to host the Olympics [...]

Posted On : Mar, 05 2012 | Comments : 0

London 2012 Olympics: David Beckham set for summer friendly ...

The British Olympic Association and the Football Association are planning a high-profile double header of men’s and women’s friendlies on the weekend before the Olympics opens. The Riverside Stadium has been identified as a po [...]

Posted On : Mar, 02 2012 | Comments : 0

London 2012 Olympics: GB cycling champion Joanna Rowsell rev...

The 23 year-old stepped onto the podium in the Olympic Velodrome on Saturday, having just won gold in the Individual Pursuit and the Women's Team Pursuit, without her favourite brown wig. The athlete, from Sutton, Surrey, has suffered [...]

Posted On : Feb, 21 2012 | Comments : 0

London 2012 Olympics diary: road cycling spectators at Box H...

Locog is seriously considering charging spectators to watch the road cycling events – an event previously billed as being free – after getting council permission to extend the spectator numbers at Box Hill to 15,000. It is und [...]

Posted On : Feb, 17 2012 | Comments : 0

London 2012 Olympics: LOCOG 'damaging trust over ticket sale...

A committee at the London Assembly said that the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG) has withheld key information about how it has priced tickets to this summer’s games and has refused to share details of sales [...]

Posted On : Feb, 16 2012 | Comments : 0