Funding ends for GB volleyballers
The British women’s indoor and men’s beach volleyball teams face their first days without any public funding, casting a doubt over their involvement in the London 2012 Olympics.
Funding axed for GB volleyballers
Public funding for Great Britain’s women’s volleyball team and men’s beach team will cease from 1 October, leaving their London Olympic hopes in doubt.
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 [...]
Key sports organisations to merge
The Government is to merge UK Sport and Sport England – the two bodies who distribute National Lottery funding.
Campbell fears hefty funding cut
UK Sport chair Sue Campbell believes significantly cutting funding for the London Olympics in 2012 would be a mistake for numerous reasons.
London 2012 funding to be cut by £27 million
Funding for the London 2012 Olympics was reduced by 27 million pounds on Monday as the new government made a round of spending cuts aimed at bringing a record public deficit under control.
Olympics-London 2012 funding to be cut by 27 million pounds
Funding for the London 2012 Olympics was reduced by 27 million pounds ($38.84 million) on Monday as the new British government made a round of spending cuts aimed at bringing a record public deficit under control.
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 [...]
Olympics-London 2012 funding not protected from government cuts
Funding for the London 2012 Olympics will not be protected from government spending cuts needed to bring Britain’s record public deficit under control, Culture and Sport Minister Jeremy Hunt said.
Jeremy Hunt to be new culture and Olympics minister
New government department to combine DCMS with responsibility for London 2012 Olympics Jeremy Hunt has been appointed secretary of state for culture, Olympics, media and sport in a newly created department in the Lib Dem/Conservative coalition government. Hunt’s new brief combines the Department for Culture, Media and Sport with Tessa Jowell’s ministerial responsibility for the [...]
