Yorkshire pupil wins London 2012 coin design competition

A 16-year-old pupil from Yorkshire has won the competition to design a London 2012 Olympic Games 50p coin featuring the sport of Cycling.

Boy’s design chosen for 50p coin

A picture of a cyclist by 16-year-old Theo Crutchley-Mack is chosen for a 50p coin to commemorate the 2012 Olympic Games.

John Lewis to sponsor 2012 Olympics (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Sport)

Retailer John Lewis will sponsor the 2012 Olympic Games in London, sell official merchandise, and provide furniture, warehousing and staff for the event, it said on Monday.

Police tackle Olympic fraudsters

A squad of specialist detectives will tackle ticket fraudsters trying to cash in on the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Channel 4 to show 2012 Paralympics

Broadcaster pledges that Paralympics will ‘take over Channel 4 for their duration’ after snapping up rights
Channel 4 has won the rights to broadcast the 2012 Paralympics games.
Although the BBC has the rights for the 2012 Olympics, the Paralympic broadcast rights were put out to tender.
Channel 4 announced today that it had been awarded the rights [...]

Met recycling guns for 2012 site

Guns and knives seized by the Metropolitan Police are being melted down for reuse on the 2012 Olympic Games site in Stratford, east London.

Super-fast broadband for Olympics

BT’s super-fast broadband network will be completed in time for the 2012 Olympic Games, the firm says.

Sporting village foundations laid

The foundations are laid for a £38m sports village in Essex earmarked as a training camp for the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Olympic hopeful found by police

A runner who could represent Great Britain in the 2012 Olympic Games is found after going missing from his home in Essex.

Olympic hopeful found by police

A runner who could represent Great Britain in the 2012 Olympic Games is found after going missing from his home in Essex.