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London 2012 Olympics: GB's medallists may be barefooted on p...

Leading agents of top-line competitors sponsored by footwear giant Nike have told the BOA their athletes would be in breach of contracts if they are forced to wear Team GB’s official ”presentation outfit” which is sponso [...]

Posted On : Feb, 08 2012 | Comments : 0

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

London 2012 Olympics: Holly Bleasdale jumps into fourth plac...

Her jump, which added a huge 16cm to her previous lifetime best to catapult her to the top of the 2012 world rankings, was all the more remarkable because it was achieved off a shortened, 14-stride run-up, raising the prospect of even fur [...]

Posted On : Jan, 23 2012 | Comments : 0

Norfolk urged not to miss out on 2012 London Olympics opport...

Norfolk’s tourism bosses have been urged by the culture secretary not to miss out on the “once-in-a-generation” to put the county on the map which will be created by the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Jeremy Hunt, [...]

Posted On : Jan, 21 2012 | Comments : 0

London 2012 Olympics: Britain’s No 1 archer Larry Godfrey's ...

“It’d be awesome, wouldn’t it?” he enthuses. “Take a couple of targets over, let them have a go. I’d be out there with the guys, taking photographs, having the media around. I don’t know if it&rsq [...]

Posted On : Dec, 15 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: Locog under the spotlight as doubts ab...

Thanks to the National Audit Office, which this week predicted a very real risk that more public money will be required, we know just how hard. The NAO is paid to be pessimistic about public spending. Even allowing for a glass-half-e [...]

Posted On : Dec, 07 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

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 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

Phelps back in pool, training for 2012 Olympics

It's still September, and Michael Phelps has already been training for six weeks. He couldn't say that in any of the last three years since his record-setting Beijing Olympics. The 16-time medalist is swimming more yards per week [...]

Posted On : Sep, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

London 2012 Olympics - a once in a lifetime opportunity for ...

The London 2012 Olympics will be a prime opportunity for travel, hospitality and retail companies to engage with a variety of new customers from all over the world. London is a central and more accessible location for the Olympic Games an [...]

Posted On : Sep, 20 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 [...]

Posted On : Sep, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Gordon the tramp's bid to carry the Olympic flame gets surge...

The bid to get a popular tramp to carry the Olympic torch is on track after a staggering 18,000 members joined the campaign - and even had T-shirts printed. Supertramp Gordon Roberts, 82, from Bournemouth, Dorset, has been nominated as an [...]