By Mike Rowbottom at Eton Dorney LakeAugust 1 - Helen Glover and Heather Stanning crossed the line here just before noon today amid a torrent of deep-throated, patriotic sound to register not just the first ever Olympic gold for British women's rowing, but the first home gold of the London 2012 Games.

oarswomen, but for a system.Stanning and Glover, a PE teacher from Penzance who had previously excelled at hockey

By David Gold at Russia.Park in Kensington Gardens in LondonJuly 31 - The Foundation of Vladimir Potanin, chairman of the Russian International Olympic University (RIOU) Supervisory Board, will award 20 scholarships to deserving students studying the new Master of Sport Administration (MSA) course.

United Kingdom's Minister of State for Universities and Science David Willetts and International Ice Hockey

By David GoldJuly 31 - The President of the Spanish Olympic Committee, Alejandro Blanco, has admitted his surprise at the men's football team's early exit from the London 2012 Olympics.

Madrid 2020 press conference last week"Spain has possibilities in basketball, handball, water polo, hockey

By Tom Degun at the Main Press Centre on the Olympic Park in LondonJuly 31 - More than two million people have already watched Olympic events during the first three days of London 2012, statistics published today revealed, giving a welcome boost to organisers under fire for empty seats at some venues.

A good example was the Team GB hockey game yesterday when all accredited seating was gone."

But we saw yesterday on hockey that actually most of the British spectators also left after the GB [hockey

politics can, with a collective will, take a back seat.As grudges matches go, the Group A preliminary hockey

Sporting clashes between the two countries rarely need an extra edge but tonight's hockey encounter was

the focal point.A state-supported television advertisement featured former Argentine hockey skipper

We kept it sporting, how hockey should be played."

Argentine skipper Matias Vila was equally gracious: "This is just sport, a hockey match.

By Tom DegunIt was in July 2010 that Dow Chemical Company – an organisation with a heartfelt commitment to sustainability at its very core – signed to become a Worldwide Olympic Partner right through to 2020.

walls and ceilings of almost every Olympic venue, and even in the artificial turf on the London 2012 hockey

By David GoldJuly 29 - The chief executive of the Russian International Olympic University (RIOU), Professor Lev Belousov, has told insidethegames that the new master's course the university is launching tomorrow in London will absorb the legacy of Sochi 2014.

Athletics Championships will be held in Moscow next year, and the city will also stage the IIHF World Ice Hockey

By David Gold at the Australian High Commission in LondonJuly 28 - A campaign was launched here today by Australia to help the country continue to win major contracts in the planning and organisation of major sports events.

", including the Olympic Village, the army of volunteers supporting the Games and the blue and pink hockey

partnership with many national governing bodies of sports, including badminton, basketball, football, hockey

By David Gold at Russia.Park in Kensington Gardens in LondonJuly 27 - Russia.Park officially opened here this morning, and will be the home of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) for the duration of London 2012.

ticket, while Russia.Park is free.Russia.Park has a variety of activities, such as ice skating, ice hockey

By David GoldJuly 26 - The United States has selected its squad for the 2012-2013 ice sledge hockey season

By David GoldJuly 25 - PwC Russia Advisory's practice leader, Robert Gruman, has spoken to insidethegames ahead of this summer's Global Sports Industry Congress to explain how they are helping to build and leverage the "intellectual legacy" of Kazan 2013 and Sochi 2014.

Cup in 2018 and other major events such as the 2013 World Athletics Championships and the 2015 Ice Hockey

By David GoldJuly 24 – The Russian International Olympic University (RIOU) are taking part in a series of academic conferences in the United Kingdom ahead of the launch of its inaugural Master of Sport Administration (MSA) course on July 30.

Potanin, a leading Russian businessman and chairman of RIOU's supervisory board, International Ice Hockey

By Tom DegunJuly 24 – Paralympic star Nathan Stephens, who will be favourite for gold in the F57 Javelin at London 2012, has unveiled a plaque at the Welsh Institute of Sport in honour of Anthony Hughes, the coach who recognised his talent and trained him into an elite athlete.

 "I joined several local clubs and tried ice sledge hockey, horse riding, rugby, archery, weight

By Mike Rowbottom at Team GB House in LondonJuly 24 - British archer Alison Williamson, who will take part in her sixth Olympics when her qualification round starts on Friday (July 27), has not ruled out extending her Games career to a seventh appearance, or even more.

Michael Phelps in the 400m, I watched Beth Tweddle on the assymetric bars, I watched basketball, boxing, hockey