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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He can run 100m in 9.58 seconds, but says he’s lazy. He’s the best sprinter on the planet, but fancies turning his hand to professional football. And as for settling down? Forget that. Usain Bolt is a freak of nature. There’s the size, for starters: 6ft 5in with size 13 feet (ideal sprinters are thought [...]
IIHF chief Rene Fasel trotted out his well-worn sales pitch to a who’s who of the ice hockey world on Tuesday in his ongoing effort to get the NHL to commit to the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
Four-time Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy has visited the students of Cheshire’s Hartford High School to encourage them in their involvement in International Inspiration, London 2012’s international legacy programme.
A Commons Committee is to stage several hearings probing delays and cost over-runs affecting FiReControl, the controversial £350m programme replacing 46 individual fire brigade control centres with nine regional ones.
With a £150m move to Salford prompting staffing and financial turmoil, the BBC faces a tricky 2010 A BBC presenter with a £16.9m contract may have dominated headlines over the past few days but the corporation also starts the new year with a project costing upwards of £150m increasingly mired in political controversy. Tonight marks [...]
World Twenty20 cricket matches staged at Trent Bridge bring millions to the East Midlands economy, researchers find.
