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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With almost two years to go until the London 2012 Games, the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) today announced plans to recruit up to 70,000 volunteers for the London 2012 Games. The volunteers will be known as Games Makers.
Teenagers from Aberdeen, Hull, east London (Greenwich, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets & Waltham Forest), west London (Hillingdon, Hounslow and Wandsworth) and Surrey (Spelthorne) have been selected to take part in a major new personal development programme which will, with guidance from BP employees, give the young people the chance to make a positive and significant [...]
Lincolnshire athlete Andy Skinner says he is targeting a place in the Paralympic Games in London in 2012.
The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) today confirmed that CBS Outdoor has become a Tier Three provider to London 2012. CBS Outdoor will exclusively supply LOCOG with outdoor media space to support major marketing campaigns between now and 2012, in its role as official Outdoor Advertising Supplier to London [...]
The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) has announced that it will be issuing a series of pin badges to celebrate its six strands of diversity and inclusion and engage all communities to support London 2012.
Young film-makers can win a chance to get their work showcased at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games by entering Film Nation: Shorts – a short film competition for 14-25 years olds which opens for submissions today.
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.
Sebastian Coe, Chair of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG), today visited Expo 2010 in Shanghai, China to celebrate the promotion of UK and London at the world’s biggest Expo event.
The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG), the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG) have agreed that Wembley Arena in north London will be the location for Badminton and Rhythmic Gymnastics at the Olympic Games in 2012. Detailed plans for the venue will now be [...]
The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) today announced that the Olympic Flame will arrive in the UK on Friday 18 May 2012 and will travel around the UK for 70 days, arriving in London the weekend before the 2012 Games begin.
