BBC unveils sport award shortlist

The top 10 contenders for this year’s Sports Personality of the Year are revealed.

Olympic garden designers chosen

A girl from Wiltshire and a woman from Essex win a contest to design a garden for the London 2012 Olympics site.

Olympic garden designers chosen

A girl from Wiltshire and a woman from Essex win a contest to design a garden for the London 2012 Olympics site.

IOC very positive about London 2012 progress

The two-day session focussed mainly on operational plans for the Games, including venues, infrastructure and plans for the workforce in 2012, including up to 70,000 volunteers.

Designer appointed for London 2012 Water Polo venue

The 5,000 seat Water Polo arena and warm-up pool will form part of the ‘gateway’ to the Olympic Park alongside the permanent Aquatics Centre.

Glaxo to provide labs for 2012 Olympic doping tests (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

British pharmaceuticals company GlaxoSmithKline will provide laboratories and equipment to test athletes competing at the London 2012 Olympics for banned drugs, the company said on Monday.

GlaxoSmithKline and King’s College to help deliver doping control for London 2012

GlaxoSmithKline will was today announced as the Official Laboratory Services Provider for the London 2012 Games.

Winning Olympic Park garden designs announced

Thousands of votes were cast online to choose the winners of the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Olympic Park Great British Garden Competition.

Tories ‘to scrap police watchdog’

The Conservatives say they will scrap London’s police watchdog if they win the next general election.

Bradfield aims for javelin elite

Norfolk youngster Oliver Bradfield hopes to become one of the world’s best