London 2012 Olympics – Unofficial News and InformationNews and events for the London 2012 Olympics27 July - 12 August 2012 - London, Great Britain |
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Sepp Blatter should not stand as president of Fifa at Wednesday’s meeting in Zurich, let alone be re-elected. But he will stand and be re-elected. Only those blind to the greed and hysteria of world football could regard awarding the 2022 World Cup to Qatar as definitely clean. Blatter knew this, because he was [...]
Midnight tonight is the deadline for the debiting of bank accounts and credit cards for Olympics tickets. And with more than 20m applications for just over 6m tickets, a quarter of a million people will be disappointed this morning. But if you are one of them, don’t settle for watching from your couch – [...]
[fivefilters.org: unable to retrieve full-text content] London Mayor unsuccessful in Olympic ticket ballot as thousands of disappointed Britons miss out.
[fivefilters.org: unable to retrieve full-text content] MPs will break for their summer holiday earlier than normal next year, using the Olympics in London as an excuse.
[fivefilters.org: unable to retrieve full-text content] Jamaica’s Veronica Campbell-Brown steals the show from Usain Bolt at the Golden Spike meeting in Ostrava, Czech Republic.
[fivefilters.org: unable to retrieve full-text content] London 2012 organisers defend ticketing system and say widespread disappointment is down to “law of numbers”
