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Three quarters of a million "sport their trainers" in support of Glasgow 2014

  • Glasgow 2014

March 14 - More than 750,000 people are wearing their trainers today in support for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the "Sport Your Trainers" campaign, to coincide with Commonwealth Day.

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Exclusive: Jouanno aims to set up new French Sports Unit to learn lessons of past failures

  • Pyeongchang 2018

By Tom Degun in BarcelonaMarch 11 - Chantal Jouanno (pictured left), the French Minster of Sport, has revealed the importance of setting up a new international French Sports Unit to help the country create mutually beneficial friendships abroad and to learn lessons of past failures.

favourite to host the Games next year before London 2012, spearheaded by the inspirational Sebastian Coe


BOA London 2012 cash row to go to CAS

  • London 2012

By Duncan MackayMarch 10 - The British Olympic Association (BOA) is to take its row over cash with London 2012 to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, they announced tonight.

Sebastian Coe, the chairman of London 2012, insisted that the row would not affect athletes' preparations


London Assembly demands curb on "excessive" London 2012 ticket allocation for officials

  • London 2012

By Mike RowbottomMarch 10 - The London Assembly has described the total of 14,000 London 2012 tickets that have been reserved for Government officials and politicians as "excessive", and is insisting that all public bodies "show restraint" when bidding for preferential access to tickets, and also publish a register of tickets received.

tickets on sale from March 15, reveals CoeJanuary 2011: London 2012 tickets are reasonably priced claims Coe


GB wheelchair tennis players inspect progress of London 2012 Paralympic venue

  • Latest (Paralympics)

By Tom DegunMarch 9 - Members of Britain's wheelchair tennis team, including double Paralympic gold medallist Peter Norfolk (pictured), have visited the London 2012 venue at Eton Manor to inspect its progress.

new public plaza and garden area in front of the legacy sports facilities.London 2012 chair Sebastian Coe


Scotland's fear over Olympic football team "legitimate" says Coe

  • London 2012

March 9 - Sebastian Coe (pictured) has claimed he understands Scotland's lack of enthusiasm for joining

players to represent the team, particularly the British Olympic Association and the English FA.But Coe

But Coe nevertheless urged Glasgow fans to get behind their city staging Olympic football in 2012."

Charlton confident Home Countries will be part of British football team at London 2012January 2011: Coe


IOC asked to solve BOA funding crisis row

  • London 2012

By Duncan MackayMarch 9 - A row over a shortfall in the British Olympic Association's (BOA) funding for next year's Games has been referred to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) who have been asked to adjudicate on whether London 2012 should have to help close the gap.

previously been represented but can take part next year as host nation.It was London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe


Search on for London 2012 "storytellers"

  • London 2012

By Tom DegunMarch 9 - Dame Kelly Holmes and official London 2012 mascot Wenlock (pictured) were today on hand at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre to launch BT's search for members of the public to become storytellers for the Games.

musicians - anyone with an interest in the Games is invited to participate.London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe


On your marks, get set, Coe...Seb supports trainers day

  • Glasgow 2014

trainers for the day in support of the 2014 Commonwealth Games has been backed by Olympic legend Sebastian Coe

be supporting a Glasgow 2014 campaign that gets people fitter and more connected to the Games," said Coe


Lord Tennyson poem chosen to inspire athletes at London 2012

  • London 2012

March 7 - Lines from the poem "Ulysses" by Alfred Lord Tennyson will be engraved on to a wall in the Olympic Village to not only inspire athletes competing in 2012, but also future generations of residents and school children, it was announced today.

Sebastian Coe, the chairman of London 2012, said: "Competing at an Olympic and Paralympic Games is the


Alan Hubbard: Indispensable Tessa has still got the Olympic bug

  • Inside the Blogs

, she will be an outsider when the Games open in July of next year.Well, perhaps not quite.For Lord Coe

hierarchy respected above all others.There had been an odd reluctance on the part of the BOA to get Coe

nominee, inevitably proved a square peg in the Olympic rings, it was Tessa who insisted on appointing Coe

sticky patch during the infamous Dispatches episode.The rest, as they say, is history.It is good that Coe

Johnson and Livingstone will be up there in the posh seats alongside Tessa when it all kicks off for Coe


"Wales should be in the Olympics in own right" says football chief

  • Football

By Andrew Warshaw at Celtic ManorMarch 5 - The row over an all-British team for the 2012 Olympic football tournament escalated today when the Welsh insisted they would not allow the likes of Gareth Bale and Aaron Ramsey (pictured) to take part.

Charlton confident Home Countries will be part of British football team at London 2012January 2011: Coe


'The Pod' sees 2.5 million British children engaged in sustainability ahead of London 2012

  • Sponsor News

By Tom DegunMarch 4 - Analysis carried out by external experts has shown that 2.5 million school children across Britain have become involved in EDF Energy's vision for a more sustainable future through its Schools Programme 'The Pod.'

2012January 2011: London Eye to carry name of Olympic 2012 sponsor after £8 million dealJune 2010: Coe


First Olympic rings for London 2012 unveiled at St Pancras by Coe and Johnson

  • London 2012

By Tom Degun at St Pancras International in London March 3 - London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe and

symbols on iconic landmarks to transform the capital into the host city for the London 2012 Games and Coe

The Olympic Rings are an iconic symbol, inspiring athletes and uniting people around the world," said Coe

Coe and Johnson were joined at the special unveiling ceremony by London 2012 Olympic mascot Wenlock and


Government and London Mayor approve West Ham Olympic Stadium move

  • London 2012

By Duncan MackayBritish Sports Internet Writer of the YearMarch 3 - West Ham United's proposed move into the Olympic Stadium after London 2012 was today rubber-stamped by the Government and London Mayor Boris Johnson, meaning that the Premier League club officially open negotiations. 

running track after the Olympcis and Paralympics - a key promise made by London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe