BBC agrees Diamond League deal
BBC Sport will broadcast all 14 events of the new IAAF Diamond League in 2010.
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 [...]
Sainsbury’s signs up as 2012 Paralympics sponsor
The supermarket chain is the first to sign as a Paralympics-only sponsor in the largest deal in the event’s history Sainsbury’s has signed up as the first sole sponsor of the 2012 London Paralympics, in what the organising committee claims is the largest sponsorship of the event in its history. Sainsbury’s, the first partner to [...]
Parties in rural broadband pledge
The three main parties in Dorset agree that faster internet connections are essential for the rural economy.
Triathlete Swallow moves abroad
Reigning long-course triathlon world champion Jodie Swallow decides to relocate to Switzerland as she bids to make the 2012 Olympics.
BBC to screen Commonwealth Games
The BBC announces it has won the rights to broadcast the 2010 Commonwealth Games from Delhi in October.
Olympic Dreams returns for a new series
More athletes under the spotlight as BBC series returns in April to follow more British hopefuls on the road to London 2012.
Seeds sown on Dorset relief road
Grass and wildflower seeding is under way along Dorset’s controversial £87m Weymouth relief road.
Ron Dennis launches McLaren road car
McLaren formally launches its road car division in order to diversify away from being simply a Formula 1 team.
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 [...]
