London 2012 Olympics – Unofficial News SiteNews and events for the London 2012 Olympics27 July - 12 August 2012 - London, Great Britain |
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The British Olympic Association board has upped the ante in its contractual row with the 2012 organisers, Locog, claiming it would never have signed a contract to host the Games if there was no guarantee of a “significant” share of the operating profit. As the sports minister, Hugh Robertson, said he would not intervene [...]
The designers of the Olympic Stadium in east London have hailed its completion as “the beginning of the end” for the construction phase of the 2012 Games. As International Olympic Committee inspectors arrived in the city for a three-day visit to check on progress, organisers hoped the good news on the completion of the [...]
[fivefilters.org: unable to retrieve full-text content] Last piece of turf to be laid at “on time and under budget” Olympic Stadium this afternoon as IOC inspects London.
Barring some unforeseen misfortune, such as injury, we are going to read and hear a lot about Mo Farah in the run-up to the London Olympics, in which case we should also expect to read and hear a lot of about Alberto Salazar. Farah, the Somalian refugee who is now running in British colours, [...]
[fivefilters.org: unable to retrieve full-text content] Last piece of turf to be laid at “on time and under budget” Olympic Stadium this afternoon as IOC inspects London.
[fivefilters.org: unable to retrieve full-text content] Government considers dropping pledge to get one million adults to play more sport, with focus turning towards school-leavers and young.
[fivefilters.org: unable to retrieve full-text content] Britain’s athletes will be able to draw on the experiences of 27 Olympic greats during the 2012 Games.
How it works There are 10 events with 380 athletes competing, split between 237 men and 143 women. There will be six events for men and four for women across different disciplines from dinghies and keelboats to windsurfing boards. Points are doubled in the final, medal race, and the individual or crew with the [...]
[fivefilters.org: unable to retrieve full-text content] Exclusive: Australian producers of The Games said they believed the BBC had stolen their idea for satirical series Twenty Twelve.
[fivefilters.org: unable to retrieve full-text content] A former governor of Brazil’s central bank has been appointed to take charge of preparations for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
