By Tom Degun at the Main Press Centre in the Olympic Park in LondonJuly 27 - International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge has heaped praise on London 2012 ahead of the Olympic Opening Ceremony tonight by claiming that the Games have already "done a lot of good" for the reputation of Great Britain around the world.

is now just hours away following seven long years of preparation from London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe

The only downpour that matters will be shower of praise when London pulls it off – as Lord Coe has

through the London borough of Barking and DagenhamOf late, some have said the wheels are coming off the Coe

Thatcher had ordered GB to stay away from Moscow over the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan but Sebastian Coe

that "Chariots of Ire" duel with bitter rival Steve Ovett having lost out in his specialist 800m.Seb Coe

beats bitter rival Steve Ovett (vest 279) to 1,500 metres gold at Moscow 1980I had interviewed Coe for

By Tom Degun at the Olympic ParkJuly 26 - Prime Minister David Cameron has urged Britain to put its best foot forward for the London 2012 Games which begin tomorrow with the Opening Ceremony at the Olympic Stadium in Stratford.

Cameron was today led by London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe (pictured top, Cameron in centre) on a final

By Tom Degun at McDonald's Flagship Restaurant at World Square on the Olympic Park in LondonJuly 26 - McDonald's has today officially unveiled its biggest ever restaurant here on the Olympic Park which is expected to serve around 50,000 Big Macs, 100,000 portions of fries and 30,000 milkshakes during London 2012.

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By David Owen at Forman's Fish Island in LondonJuly 25 - Two widows today stood in the shadow of London's Olympic Stadium and turned up the pressure on the most powerful man in world sport.

Black September reminds us that the £1 billion London 2012 security budget is worthwhileJuly 2012: Coe

By Andrew WarshawJuly 25 - David Beckham, controversially left out of the Team GB squad at London 2012, is to be given a cameo role at Friday's Opening Ceremony – but he will not be lighting the cauldron.

be involved.Ever since Beckham was omitted from the football squad, London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe

the Games from the very beginning and is keen to continue his enthusiastic support right to the end," Coe

By Mike Rowbottom at the Olympic Village in LondonJuly 24 - Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister, denied that concerns over possible strikes and transport difficulties would affect the overall impression of the London Olympics as a successful Games and a lure to future foreign investors.

Mayor of London Boris Johnson, Sports Minister Hugh Robertson and chairman of London 2012 Sebastian Coe

Seb Coe, Alan Pascoe, Barbara Cassani and I, under the direction of Sir Keith Mills, landed the 2012

By Tom Degun at the Main Press Centre on the Olympic Park in LondonJuly 24 - Justine Greening, the Secretary of State for Transport, has promised that travel disruption during the London 2012 Olympics will be kept down to "the lowest possible level" for commuters.

Cabbie Games Lanes protest brings central London to a standstillJuly 2012: M4 reopening boosts Coe

By Russ SwanWhen London made its bid for the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, it included a bold statement about environmental impacts right at the start of its documents: not only would the city host the greatest sporting event in the world, it would host the first truly sustainable Olympiad in history.

There, you've been told.In his introduction to the report, chair of London 2012 Sebastian Coe (pictured

Both Coe and Paul Deighton (pictured below, left), chief executive of London 2012, place great emphasis

has twice won gold, the first all of 28 years ago, at the same Los Angeles Games where one Sebastian Coe

By Tom Degun at the Main Press Centre on the Olympic Park in LondonJuly 21 - International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge has confirmed there will not be a minute's silence at the London 2012 Opening Ceremony in honour of the 11 Israeli athletes killed during the 1972 Munich Olympics.

Black September reminds us that the £1 billion London 2012 security budget is worthwhileJuly 2012: Coe

seems almost magical when you compare it with the view described by London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe

Olympic Parking with the International Olympic Committee [IOC] alongside me looking rather perplexed," Coe

General view of the Olympic Park a week before the Games beginOf course, we all know it ended happily as Coe

Olympic Park in LondonJuly 20 - International Olympic Committee (IOC) President was greeted by Sebastian Coe

By Andrew WarshawJuly 20 - Former Manchester United defender Gary Neville, now a member of the England senior team backroom staff, has backed the controversial decision to leave his one-time teammate David Beckham out of the London 2012 squad.

Beckham left out of London 2012 by Team GBMay 2012: "No pressure" on Team GB to pick Beckham, says Coe

By David GoldJuly 19 - Atos, the worldwide IT partner of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, have launched their Personal Bests campaign.

responsible for delivering London 2012, from Atos chief executive Thierry Breton to London 2012 chairman Seb Coe