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A move to Olympic Park would help resolve Stadium row claim Orient

  • London 2012

By Duncan MackayBritish Sports Internet Writer of the YearMarch 6 - Leyton Orient would be prepared to drop their threatened legal action over West Ham United's proposed move to the Olympic Stadium if they allowed to move to Eton Manor after London 2012, the club's chairman Barry Hearn has revealed.

local and regional communities, including a tennis centre with four indoor and six outdoor courts, a hockey

competition pitches and five-a-side football pitches.The facilities will be able to accommodate elite hockey

There are options such as moving into the hockey stadium or building a new venue at Eton Manor playing


Hearn looks for West Ham and Premier League help in building new Leyton Orient stadium at Eton Manor

  • London 2012

By Tom DegunFebruary 25 - Barry Hearn (pictured), the chairman of Leyton Orient, has revealed he will be requesting the assistance of West Ham United and the Premier League to help his club build a new 15,000-seater stadium at nearby Eton Manor on the Olympic Park, in return for not disrupting the handover of the London 2012 Stadium with legal challenges.

local and regional communities, including a tennis centre with four indoor and six outdoor courts, a hockey

The facilities will be able to accommodate elite hockey events for up to 15,000 spectators."


Paralympic star Woolstencroft voted best athlete in British Columbia

  • Latest (Paralympics)

By Tom Degun February 24 - Winter Paralympic icon Lauren Woolstencroft has added yet another major prize to her enormous collection as she claimed Sport British Columbia's Best of BC Award at a glittering ceremony in the City of Richmond.  

Maelle Ricker of West Vancouver, Olympic ski cross gold-medallist Ashleigh McIvor of Whistler, Olympic hockey


BOA complete Sport Engagement Team for London 2012

  • London 2012

February 22 - The British Olympic Association's (BOA's) sport engagement team is now complete following the recent addition of seven new team members, including former runner Alison Wyeth (pictured), who competed in the 1992 Barcelona and 1996 Atlanta Games.

medal in the modern pentathlon at Athens in 2004, and] Bernie Cotton, who played for Britain's hockey


Barbados Olympic team formalise pre-London 2012 training agreement with Crawley

  • London 2012

February 19 - The Barbados Olympic Association (BOA) has formalised its plans to use K2 Crawley leisure centre as its pre-Games training camp before London 2012 following the initial agreement reached a year ago.

with the BOA and they've already used our facilities, and others in the area, for their netball and
 hockey



Pyeongchang 2018 would help bring peace to Korea claims Prime Minister

  • Pyeongchang 2018

By Duncan Mackay in Pyeongchang British Sports Internet Writer of the Year February 18 - If Pyeongchang is chosen to host the 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics it could help bring peace to Korea and even lead to a united team competing in the Games for the first time in history, the country's Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik has claimed during a visit here today.

East Sea, where five ice stadiums for speed skating, figure skating and short track, curling and ice hockey


Frank Lampard wants to play for Britain at London 2012

  • Football

By Tom Degun February 18 - Chelsea and England midfield star Frank Lampard has revealed that he wants to be selected to complete for Britain at the London 2012 Olympic Games.

"I'm not a big hockey watcher but come the Olympics I'll be watching it, especially when the Great


Munich 2018 opens new exhibition designed to make sure Nazi mistakes are not forgotten

  • Pyeongchang 2018

February 15 - An exhibition about the 1936 Olympic Winter Games in Garmisch-Partenkirchen opened today in the mountain resort, designed to help visitors from Germany and around the world learn lessons from the past and help ensure that history will never be repeated.

team, but only one Jewish athlete represented the country - Rudi Ball, who was a member of the ice hockey



Sarkozy tells Annecy 2018: "No-one believed in me and I won"

  • Pyeongchang 2018

By Duncan Mackay in Annecy British Sports Internet Writer of the Year February 11 - French President Nicolas Sarkozy again threw his full backing behind Annecy's bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Evaluation Commission were left with no doubt that Government support for the campaign is total.

Chamonix, at the foot of Mont Blanc, Europe's highest summit, which would host the alpine skiing and ice hockey


Exciting times for rugby in US, says IRB chairman

  • Rugby Sevens

February 11 - Rugby is now the third fastest growing sport in the United States according to a major study on sports participation.

The significant changes include: Fast‐pitch softball up 13.8 per cent, ice hockey 12.2 per cent, rugby


Tottenham deny they will "demolish" £500 million Olympic Stadium as they unveil plans

  • London 2012

By Duncan MackayBritish Sports Internet Writer of the YearFebruary 7 - Tottenham Hotspur tonight released the first image of how the proposed 60,000-capacity football stadium will look if their bid to take over the Olympic Stadium after London 2012 is successful as the war of words between their chairman Daniel Levy and Karren Brady from Premier League rivals West Ham United continued to escalate.

current capacity of Crystal Palace by 9,500 to 25,000 and a new four-lane warm up track and all weather hockey


Innsbruck 2012 celebrate Youth Olympic Games Snow Festival on 35th anniversary of 1976 Games

  • Innsbruck 2012

By Tom DegunFebruary 4 - The Innsbruck 2012 team are today celebrating the start of the Youth Olympic Games Snow Festival in the centre of city which marks 35 years to the day that the Innsbruck 1976 Winter Olympic Games Opening Ceremony took place.

square where visitors will have the opportunity to test their skills at curling, figure skating, ice hockey