Million register for 2012 tickets
One million people have registered for tickets to the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, London 2012 announces.
One million people sign up for 2012 Olympic tickets
A MILLION people have signed up for tickets to the London Olympics and Paralympics in the month since registration opened, Games chiefs said today.
Winter sports pledge as Games end
ParalympicsGB says it will not forget winter sports, despite the focus on the 2012 London Paralympics, as the 2010 Games close in Whistler, Canada.
ParalympicsGB go green for London 2012
Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson today gave her backing to a new initiative to turn ParalympicsGB into a truly ‘Green Team’ in their preparations for the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
BBC criticised for scant coverage of Winter Paralympics
TV coverage restricted to single highlights show, with possible extras on red button, due to ‘budget restrictions and time zone’ The BBC has been criticised for scheduling just one hour of TV highlights of the Vancouver Winter Paralympics, despite dedicating 160 broadcast hours to the Winter Olympics on BBC2. Lewis Wiltshire, the editor of the [...]
Paralympic head upbeat on Vancouver Games (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
The Vancouver Paralympics will build on the success of the Winter Olympic Games and show why the two events do not need to be combined for them to succeed, the head of the International Paralympic Committee said Thursday.
Paralympian Reid switches to GB
Canadian Paralympic athlete Stefanie Reid switches allegiances to Great Britain and will target a place on the GB team for the 2012 Paralympics.
Channel 4 lands 2012 Paralympics
Channel 4 has been awarded the UK television rights for the London 2012 Paralympics.
Paralympics deal fires starting gun for Channel 4's post-Big Brother era
Channel 4 will bring the Paralympics enthusiasm and innovation – its coverage should be good for the games and the network Snatching the 2012 London Paralympics from under the noses of the BBC is a real feather in Channel 4′s cap. And should give a tremendous boost to an event which has been gaining significantly [...]
Channel 4 to show 2012 Paralympics
Broadcaster pledges that Paralympics will ‘take over Channel 4 for their duration’ after snapping up rights Channel 4 has won the rights to broadcast the 2012 Paralympics games. Although the BBC has the rights for the 2012 Olympics, the Paralympic broadcast rights were put out to tender. Channel 4 announced today that it had been [...]
