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London 2012 report record-breaking sales of Paralympic tickets

  • London 2012 Paralympics

By David GoldAugust 9 - London 2012 has set a record by selling 2.1 million tickets for this summer's Paralympic Games, beating the previous record set by Beijing four years' ago.

Tim Hollingsworth added: "We want everyone to get behind ParalympicsGB in the way they have behind Team

GB – it will make a difference."

"I can promise exhilarating sport in stunning venues with all our GB athletes ready to put it all on


Top-flight footballers can learn from Olympians, say Townsend and Southgate

  • Football

By Andrew Warshaw at the Main Press Centre on the Olympic Park in LondonAugust 9 - Football at the highest level can learn from the Olympics in terms of harnessing the feel good factor that has pervaded London 2012, according to two of Britain's most respected voices.

Sometimes football can be a bit insular and it would have been very instructive for Team GB, especially



Alan Hubbard: What a difference an Olympics makes

  • Inside the Blogs

several venues, the one legacy he never wanted.But otherwise it has been gold all the way, not only for Team

GB but for those behind the athletes and those in Coe's team who have masterminded such a brilliant

Katherine Copeland ecstatically celebrate after adding a women’s lightweight double sculls gold to Team

Certainly up there with Sydney as the best of the dozen I have attended, and amid the rainstorm of GB

is unlikely he will be lining up at the Job Centre alongside the lesser mortals in the London 2012 team



Brazil to face Mexico in London 2012 gold medal football match

  • Football

By David GoldAugust 7 - Favourites Brazil will face Mexico as they moved to within 90 minutes of winning their first ever Olympic football gold medal.

by ending the run of the impressive Japanese, who were aiming to replicate the feat of their women's team

Espinoza's efforts in vain as Honduras exits Olympic football event along with hostsAugust 2012: Team

GB knock favourites Uruguay out of London 2012July 2012: World and European football champions

London 2012 men's football tournament with defeat over SpainJuly 2012: Late Senegal goal denies Team

GB glory at their first London 2012 match


Peerless Pearson lives up to favourite billing in 100m hurdles as Hadadi takes first Iran athletics medal

  • Athletics

By Mike Rowbottom at the Olympic Stadium in LondonAugust 7 - Sally Pearson secured Australia's first track and field gold of London 2012 tonight with a 100 metres hurdles performance that was as technically perfect as we have come to expect of her over the last two sensational years of victories.

Britain's head coach Charles van Commenee must be wishing this talent could have been roped into his team

Athletics' head coach Van Commenee had said his medal chances would suffer after he "went missing" from the Team

GB training camp in Portugal – he arrived in the stadium without a background of competitive practice


Sir Chris Hoy becomes Britain's most successful Olympian with another gold at London 2012

  • Cycling

By Andrew Warshaw at the Velodrome on Olympic Park in LondonAugust 7 - Sir Chris Hoy powered his way into the history books of sport today as he became the greatest British Olympian of all time at the age of 36 on a thrilling, dramatic and controversial final session of track cycling at London 2012.

rowing in what was surely his final appearance on the biggest stage of all.Ten days after carrying the Team

GB flag at the Opening Ceremony, Sir Chris, who was competing in his fourth Olympics, burst into tears

track cycling event to a close after the most memorable of all memorable moments for a British cycling team

omnium after being two points behind going into the final 500-metre time trial.Already having won the team

GB cycling another day in sun


Brownlee brothers write history as they take first and third in Olympic triathlon

  • Triathlon

By Duncan Mackay at Hyde Park in LondonAugust 7 - Alistair Brownlee strolled across the finish line here today to win the Olympic gold medal in the triathlon and then greeted brother Jonathan as he clinched the bronze.

confirmedJune 2012: Highest number of countries ever qualify for Olympic triathlonJune 2012: Team

GB ignores top-ranked triathletes to pick domestiques for London 2012


No bad blood between us and Argentina, says GB women's hockey star Richardson

  • Hockey

Britain's women's hockey star Helen Richardson insists there is no bad blood between the home side's hockey team

the London 2012 test event in MayThe competition was held in Argentina, and Britain's women's team

lost to South Africa and Germany, both outsiders, at the recent Investec Cup in London, although the team

surprised the Chinese with a 1-0 win at the Riverbank Arena to ensure Britain's progression.But Kerry's team

They are not just a one man [sic] team, they have talent throughout the ranks.Georgie Twigg (right) of

Georgie Twigg (pictured above, right), one of the younger members of the team, added that the home advantage


Morgan's late strike sees United States in London 2012 football final against World Cup foes Japan

  • Football

struck the winner as the United States set up a rematch with Japan, a year after losing to the same team

US, the reigning Olympic champions, had to dig deep throughout a game in which John Herdman's Canada team

nbsp;Tatical draw sees Japan through to play Brazil in women's football quarter-finalsJuly 2012: Team

GB women raise home spirits by reaching Olympic football quarter-finals 


King Kenny proves British selectors right with Olympic gold

  • Cycling

By Tom Degun at the Velodrome in LondonAugust 6 - Britain's Jason Kenny produced a stunning display to claim the Olympic men's individual sprint title here as he beat arch-rival and reigning world champion Grégory Baugé 2-0 in the final to justify his controversial selection ahead of Sir Chris Hoy.

form to beat the Frenchman and claim his second gold medal of London 2012 after his victory in the team

ruling, introduced after Beijing 2008 to stop Britain dominating the sport, means that only one rider or team

Victoria Pendleton will be hoping to emulate Team GB colleague Kenny in the sprint tomorrowThe win continues

sprint.Following Kenny's success, Team GB will hope to add more golds to its medal tally tomorrow when

GB cycling another day in sunJuly 2012: British Cycling pick Kenny over Sir Chris for London 2012



BMW has played a crucial role in making London 2012 the most sustainable Olympics and Paralympics ever

  • Sustainability

By Tom DegunIn the Olympic and Paralympic world, the battle for a prestigious sponsorship contract to become the Official Automotive Partner of an Organising Committee is one of the most competitive around.

IOC photographers, official rights holders and technical delegates.BMW is also supporting members of Team

GB and ParalympicsGB, with more than 140 individuals around the country receiving back up in the form


This is a London I recognise again says Coe

  • London 2012

By Tom Degun at the Main Press Centre on the Olympic Park in LondonAugust 6 - London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe has admitted he is delighted to see how much the city is getting behind the Olympic Games, which he admitted was a stark contrast to a year ago when the capital was swarmed with rioters.

communities, neighbourhoods, in pursuit of where we are now.A young fans shows her dedication to get behind Team

GB"It is particularly uplifting because so much of this is now impacting on young people."