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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Schools, universities, sports clubs and leisure centres in London and throughout the UK can benefit from a major legacy investment opportunity after being designated as Games-time training venues.
With less than three months to go until the BBC crowns the 2010 Sports Personality of the Year, BBC Sport looks at this year’s potential candidates.
Describing the Olympics as the last refuge of family viewing in the United States, Dick Ebersol, the head of NBC Universal Sports, said on Friday the network is ready to battle for American broadcast rights to the 2014 and 2016 Games.
Reuters sports schedule at 1400 GMT on Thursday (times GMT):
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 [...]
Having spearheaded Rio’s successful bid to take the Olympics into South America, Carlos Nuzman wants to modernise the sports at Rio 2016.
Ad urges viewers to visit website and compete in games Cadbury is leveraging its sponsorship of the London 2012 Olympic games to launch a £50m marketing push – its biggest ever – that aims to get the nation playing games, but there won’t be a chocolate wrapper in sight. Seven years ago when Cadbury last [...]
Hugh Robertson, the Sport and Olympics Minister, pledges to make sure British athletes are competitive at London 2012, with two years to go until the Games begin.
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 [...]
The Government is to merge UK Sport and Sport England – the two bodies who distribute National Lottery funding.
