Athletes’ Village takes shape on second anniversary
The new homes and community facilities in the Athletes’ Village are taking shape two years after construction work began.
The pitiful Olympic mascots sum up this sorry affair | Catherine Bennett
It seems all that counts in 2012 is getting gold medals. So forget any proper investment in sport
Weirdly, it was then thought, Tony Blair chose to launch his 2001 manifesto in a school: St Saviour’s and St Olave’s, Southwark. Perhaps forgetting the traditional affinity between deranged leaders and parties of dumbstruck children, Clare Short said [...]
Firearms laws could cause chaos at 2012 Olympics
• Europeans miss Dorset clay pigeon event over permits • London organisers want accreditation to double as permit London 2012’s shooting event is heading for chaos because of Britain’s draconian firearms legislation for athletes from European countries. Some European teams have been unable to compete at a clay pigeon World Cup event in Dorset this [...]
Sainsbury’s signs up as 2012 Paralympics sponsor
The supermarket chain is the first to sign as a Paralympics-only sponsor in the largest deal in the event’s history
Sainsbury’s has signed up as the first sole sponsor of the 2012 London Paralympics, in what the organising committee claims is the largest sponsorship of the event in its history.
Sainsbury’s, the first partner to sign as [...]
New base for Olympic GB athletes
The GB Olympic team will now be based at Loughborough University ahead of the London 2012 Olympics, the BBC learns.
Olympic Dreams returns for a new series
More athletes under the spotlight as BBC series returns in April to follow more British hopefuls on the road to London 2012.
Olympic Dreams returns for a new series
More athletes under the spotlight as BBC series returns in April to follow more British hopefuls on the road to London 2012.
Team GB Ranks Swell For 2012 Olympics
Over 500 athletes are set to represent Great Britain at the 2012 Olympics, according to the National Olympic Committee. The number represents a significant increase on the Beijing cohort, which numbered 311 (a total the Mayor would doubtless call Thermopylaeic). That would average out to around 10 men and 10 women in every sport, of [...]
GB to select 500-strong 2012 team
At least 500 athletes will represent Great Britain at the London 2012 Olympics, an increase on the 311 sent to the Beijing games in 2008.
GB athletes get 2012 track boost
Replicas of the 2012 Olympic Stadium running track are to be laid at two Team GB national performance centres.
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