London 2012 – Van Commenee: GB need to get use to winning
UKA head coach Charles van Commenee insists Great Britain’s track and field athletes must get used to the winning feeling.
London Olympics 2012: two years to go
Today marks two years until the start of London 2012. A breathtaking series of events are planned to mark the milestone, including the launch of a volunteering programme and the opening of the first official shop. Follow the thrills and spills here 3.54pm: Right, that’s it. Most of the activities celebrating the fact the games [...]
London 2012 – Government ask businesses to back athletes
Small and medium businesses have been urged to give their financial support to Great Britain’s athletes for the London 2012 Olympics.
Stella McCartney to design British Olympic kit
Fashion designer Stella McCartney will oversee the design of the athletes’ clothing for the British team at the 2012 London Olympics it was announced on Wednesday.
UK Athletics calls for tax change after Bolt blow
Britain’s tax laws should be changed to stop the world’s top athletes staying away UK Athletics said on Wednesday in the wake of Usain Bolt’s decision not to run at London’s Diamond League meeting.
McCartney to lend style to Olympians
Brits will be competing at the 2012 Olympics in style – fashion designer Stella Mccartney has been selected to outfit the athletes at the international event.
London 2012 signs Technogym as fitness equipment supplier
The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) today confirmed that Technogym has become the latest Tier Three supplier to London 2012. Technogym will supply and install fitness equipment for athletes in the Athletes’ Village and other training venues, becoming Official Fitness Equipment Supplier.
York to host The Gambia in run up to the Games
York was celebrating yesterday after officials put the finishing touches to an agreement that will see Gambia athletes use the city as a training base for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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 [...]
