By Mike Rowbottom at the Manchester Regional ArenaMay 26 - Great Britain won the BT Paralympic World Cup Team Trophy here after a final day in which both the men's wheelchair basketball and football teams earned silver medals.

2012: BT Paralympic World Cup will provide a fantastic taster for London 2012, says Sebastian Coe

By Mike Rowbottom at the Manchester Regional ArenaMay 25 - Crucial victories earned Britain's men's footballers and wheelchair basketball players places in tomorrow's finals at the BT Paralympic World Cup in Manchester.

squadMay 2012: BT Paralympic World Cup will provide a fantastic taster for London 2012, says Sebastian Coe

By David Gold at the Sport Accord Convention in Québec CityMay 25 - The use of French at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games has been agreed at a ceremony here at the Sport Accord Convention.

An agreement was signed between London 2012 chairman Seb Coe (pictured below, left) and Michaëlle Jean

of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), witnessed the signing of the agreement.Of the event, Coe

By David Gold at the Sport Accord Convention in Québec CityMay 22 - Madrid 2020 have promised to present "responsible bid" in what are difficult economic times, its leader Alejandro Blanco (pictured left) promised here today.

Blanco, President of Madrid's bid and of the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE), told insidethegames that

Blanco claimed.The Madrid 2020 bid chief also reiterated recent comments by London 2012 chairman Seb Coe

By Tom Degun at the SportAccord Convention in Québec CityMay 22 - Volodymyr Gerashchenko, the secretary general National Olympic Committee of Ukraine (NOCU), has been suspended from his role after it was alleged that he was looking to illegally sell thousands of pounds worth of London 2012 tickets for cash.

"was unofficial, with no intention to make any real deal", either in writing or verbally.Sebastian Coe

By Tom Degun at the Sport Accord Convention in Québec CityMay 21 - Havas Sports & Entertainment is set to form a strategic partnership with content marketing agency Seven46 in order to strengthen its global sports offering and bidding expertise.

recently, London's effort to host the 2017 World Athletics Championships (pictured below, Sebastian Coe

By Tom DegunMay 20 - Coldplay, one of the biggest bands on the planet, have been unveiled as the headline act for the Paralympic Closing Ceremony as London 2012 will tomorrow celebrate 100 days to go to the Paralympic Opening Ceremony on August 29.

The London 2012 Paralympic Games are going to be spectacular," said London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe

By Duncan Mackay at the Sport Accord Convention in Québec CityMay 20 - A successful bid from Madrid to host the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics will help revive the Spanish economy, the country's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has claimed despite the crisis there continuing to worsen.

following a meeting with Alejandro Blanco, the President of Madrid 2020 and the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE

By Tom DegunWhatever Paul Deighton decides to do following the conclusion of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the chief executive of the Organising Committee will not be left struggling to dramatically to find gainful employment.After all, given the enormous scale of the task at hand and the catastrophe that would meet any big failure, Deighton has guided the London 2012 ship through turbulent waters apparent ease.Indeed, it has been almost irritating for journalists waiting for something "juicy" to go wrong; instead some frustrated hacks are left to resort to blowing things like temporary glitches during the Olympic ticket...

and counting, Deighton's tenure has never looked threatened, and alongside his chairman, Sebastian Coe

By David GoldMay 19 - The largest ever man made wildflower meadows in the United Kingdom have been sown and are set to flower gold around the Olympic Park by the start of the London 2012 Games.

150,000 perennial plants and bushes for the Olympic Park and Village were completed last autumn.Sebastian Coe

across the aisle from the precious cargo, the other VIPS, including Robertson, Boris Johnson, Sebastian Coe

By Andrew Warshaw at Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose in CornwallMay 18 - The Olympic Flame, the most potent symbol of the modern Games, finally arrived on British shores this evening in the most significant milestone to date for London 2012.

– including British Olympic Association (BOA) President The Princess Royal, 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe

It's an extraordinary moment that has been 10 years in the making," Coe told the assembled gathering.

By Tom Degun in Québec CityMay 18 - Hugh Robertson, Britain's Minister for Sport and the Olympics, has been announced as a speaker for the 10th annual SportAccord Convention here next week in a gathering of the most powerful decision makers in the world of sport.

more than 70 countries represented.Robertson (pictured above) will join London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe

By Tom DegunMay 18 - Sebastian Coe, the London 2012 chairman, believes the BT Paralympic World Cup, taking

, but just seeing who's involved this time around, it's clear this is going to be one to remember," Coe

By Mike Rowbottom in AthensMay 18 - David Beckham spoke here today about the thrill of being present at the Olympic Flame Handover Ceremony – and about his worry over the technical aspects of the Flame Lighting he is due to perform after landing later today in Cornwall on the BA plane carrying the Torch back to Britain.

haven't even performed in an Olympic Games, so I can't imagine what it felt like to people like Seb Coe

I had a small dinner with Seb Coe last night and said how delighted I was to be invited to be a

the Olympic Flame to within 10 miles of 57 million people – 95 per cent of the British population – Coe