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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Ticket sales for the 2012 Olympics are heading into a third round, with many tickets still left for three sports — freestyle wrestling, volleyball and the national game, football. Despite hundreds of thousands of fans missing out during the first round a few months ago, which saw tickets allocated on the basis of lottery [...]
West Ham United have launched legal action against Tottenham Hotspur and the Sunday Times over claims of “secret” payments to a senior Olympic Park Legacy Company executive during the bidding process for the Stratford stadium. The club has confirmed that a senior executive at the OPLC – the body responsible for awarding the stadium [...]
Four of the British crews who hope to win gold medals at the 2012 Olympics recorded stunning wins against world-class opposition at Henley. The pick of the bunch was a record-breaking victory for the men’s four over the USA. But the win of the quadruple scull over Croatia’s world champions was not far behind. [...]
Among the many claims for the legacy of the 2012 London Olympics was the idea that it would bring an economic boost, from the construction jobs needed to build shiny new sports facilities, to the increased tourist revenue, and the marketing benefits of reminding the world that London is still swinging. So at first [...]
Britain’s Olympic champions Andy Hodge and Peter Reed lowered the mark set at Henley Royal Regatta 18 years earlier by those other Olympic champions Steve Redgrave and Matthew Pinsent when they passed the Barrier – roughly a third of the way down the course – in 1min 56sec en route for victory in their [...]
[fivefilters.org: unable to retrieve full-text content] West Ham plan legal action over allegations of corruption during their successful bid to take over the Olympic stadium.
[fivefilters.org: unable to retrieve full-text content] Aaron Cook insists he left GB Taekwondo on good terms after he quit the World-Class Performance programme last month.
[fivefilters.org: unable to retrieve full-text content] West Ham plan legal action over allegations of corruption during their successful bid to take over the Olympic stadium.
[fivefilters.org: unable to retrieve full-text content] British team were on song at Henley Royal Regatta, with all seven national crews claiming places in Sunday’s finals.
[fivefilters.org: unable to retrieve full-text content] Aaron Cook insists he left GB Taekwondo on good terms after he quit the World-Class Performance programme last month.
