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European Aquatics Championships to point up the virtues of the London 2012 legacy in the Olympic Park

  • The Big Read

There’s good news and bad at the London Aquatics Centre in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park this month. The bad news - there will be no public access to the gym, fitness classes, competition pool, training pool, diving pool or crèche. The good news - this inconvenience is occasioned by the hosting of the European Aquatics Championships, the last big marker before Rio 2016. The last time this event took place in Britain was 1993.

This arena, with retractable seats for up to 7,500 spectators, regularly hosts basketball, handball, volleyball

But Boggis accepts that some harsh lessons have been there to be learned.The beach volleyball venue in






Rousseff calls for Olympics to showcase Brazilian democracy as Torch Relay begins

  • Rio 2016

Brazil's under-fire President Dilma Rousseff rekindled the Olympic flame for the first time on Brazilian soil here this morning to set into motion a Torch Relay due to last for the next 94 days until the Opening Ceremony of Rio 2016 on August 5.

the team to sporting success.The flame was then lit before being set on its way by two-time Olympic volleyball


More than 1,000 students attend LA 2024-sponsored computer programming event

  • Paris 2024

Los Angeles 2024 has sought input from young computer programmers by presenting two of the challenges at the annual LA Hacks event, held at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion at the weekend.

school and college students from across the United States descended upon the site of the proposed volleyball