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BMW unveils low emission London 2012 fleet

  • Sponsor News

By David GoldApril 26 - BMW, the official automotive partner for the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, has unveiled its fleet of low-emission electric and hybrid cars, motorcycles and bicycles for this summer, which will play a crucial role in delivering what is promised to be the first "truly sustainable Games".

supports a number of the British Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls this summer – such as double Beijing 2008 swimming


Michelle Obama to attend 2012 Warrior Games Opening Ceremony

  • Latest (Paralympics)

By Tom DegunApril 26 - First Lady Michelle Obama (pictured) will attend the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Warrior Games where she will speak to over 200 wounded, ill and injured service members and veterans set to compete in the event.

Olympic-style competition open to all wounded, ill and injured military members and veterans, featuring swimming

took up competitive sport and has become the double Para-triathlon world champion and also competed in swimming



USA Track and Field appoints former top music official as new chief executive

  • Athletics

By Duncan MackayApril 25 - United States Track and Field's (USATF) long search for a new chief executive has ended with the appointment of Max Siegel, a former leading official in the music and motor racing industries. 

first African-American to graduate with honours from Notre Dame law school, Siegel is also a former USA Swimming


Bolt to ignite sports interest in UK during London 2012, according to survey

  • London 2012

By Tom DegunApril 25 - Sprint king Usain Bolt is set to be the most popular and inspirational athlete for United Kingdom residents at London 2012, according to new research.

tennis star and reigning Olympic title holder Rafael Nadal while the same number prefer seeing America's swimming

public, with more than one in four adults - 28 per cent - from sampled nations feeling inspired to begin swimming


Safina tips Sharapova for London 2012 tennis honours and urges media to "support" Murray

  • Tennis

By Mike Rowbottom at Grosvenor House Mansions in LondonApril 24 - Dinara Safina, Russia's former world number one tennis player and silver medallist from Beijing 2008, has tipped her compatriot Maria Sharapova to maintain the country's domination of the event at London 2012, where the tennis will be played on the grass courts of Wimbledon.

Nemov, the all-around gymnastics champion from Sydney 2000, Maria Kiseleva, three-times synchronised swimming


Exclusive: We have learnt lessons from London 2012 ticketing policy, admits Glasgow 2014 chief

  • Glasgow 2014

By Tom DegunApril 24 - Glasgow 2014 chief executive David Grevemberg has admitted his team has already learnt lessons from the controversial ticketing policy adopted by London 2012 – which has proved one of the most problematic areas for organisers in the lead-up to the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

occurred again earlier this year when 10,000 extra tickets were sold in error for the synchronised swimming


Paris marks 100 days to Paralympics with Rencontres Handisport festivities

  • London 2012 Paralympics

By David GoldApril 24 - The Fédération Française Handisport (FFH) is to celebrate 100 days until the Paralympic Games with the sixth Rencontres EDF Handisport event outside Paris City Hall on May 25 and 26.

Beijing 2008 double silver medallist Marie-Amélie Le Fur (pictured top).Also attending the event will be swimming




Défi sportif competition for disabled athletes gets underway in Montreal

  • Latest (Paralympics)

By Tom DegunApril 23 - More than 4,000 athletes from 20 countries are set to compete together in Montreal as Défi sportif, an international event that assembles all types of disabled athletes from elite to newcomer, begins today.

boccia, wheelchair fencing, flag football, goalball, Para-cycling, gymnastics, wheelchair rugby, soccer, swimming


"Family-friendly" Procter & Gamble launches global advertising campaign

  • Sponsor News

By David GoldApril 21 - Worldwide Olympic and Paralympic Sponsor Procter & Gamble (P&G) has released its first global advertising campaign concurrently across the world, showing the lives of Olympic and Paralympic athletes through the eyes of their parents.

opens with parents across the world waking up their children.It then shows a parent taking her daughter swimming


Golfing stars Tseng and Woods named as USSA Athletes of the Month

  • Golf

By David GoldApril 20 - The United States Sports Academy's (USSA) March Athletes of the Month awards have been claimed by two golfing greats, Tiger Woods and Yani Tseng.

single match last month, and Caitlin Leverenz, another American who was the top performer at the NCAA Swimming



Pinsent hails £750,000 of extra Team GB funding in 100-day countdown to London Games

  • London 2012

By Mike RowbottomApril 18 - Quadruple Olympic champion Sir Matthew Pinsent has endorsed the award of an extra £750,000 ($1.2 million/€916,000) towards final preparations for Britain's Olympians and Paralympians, marking the milestone of 100 days from the start of the London Games.

 Supplementary expertise in coaching, science or medical backup: for example, the synchronised swimming