June 18 - Twenty-seven stadiums have been dropped from consideration for the United States bid to host the World Cup in 2018 or 2022, while Las Vegas and Salt Lake City have been added.

The committee is looking for information on an array of subjects ranging from tourism to climate to security

June 15 - Olympic champion Victoria Pendleton is swapping cycling Lycra for recycled haute couture in a bid to encourage people to live more sustainable lives in a new scheme set up by London 2012 sponsor EDF Energy.

chief executive of EDF Energy, which is sponsoring the London Games as sustainability partner, said: "Climate

"As an energy company, EDF Energy has a responsibility to be at the heart of the solution to climate

Chicago is the favourite to follow London and host the 2016 Olympics, the former United States Olympic Committee chairman Peter Ueberroth (pictured) claimed today.

He said that in the current economic climate Chicago represented the ideal choice for the IOC.  

The International Rugby Board (IRB) has announced a new format for its flagship age grade tournament, the Junior World Championship, with the number of participating teams being reduced from 16 to 12 in 2010.

However, with 550 players and team staff, the tournament is also a large one and in the current economic climate

Swimming has launched a new apprenticeship programme for coachest that is designed to help the sport build on its success at the Olympics in Beijing last year and the opportunities offered by London 2012.

The ASA believes the scheme will be particularly welcome in today’s uncertain economic climate because

June 29 - I have been taking soundings in the aftermath of this month’s gathering of International Olympic Committee (IOC) members in Lausanne.

This was because, in his view, some of the technical factors such as traffic and climate can only be

May 20 - Commonwealth Games England (CGE) has appointed executive search specialist Sports Recruitment International to manage the appointment of new board directors as part of a radical shake up of the organisation.

"In the current economic and sporting climate, it is important for organisations to have expertise internally

May 18 - Each of the London Eye's 32 capsules will be taken in turn by barge down the Thames for refurbishment between now and the 2012 Olympic Games, it was announced today.

"Merlin believes that investment is more important than ever in the current economic climate when both

May 18 - London Mayor Boris Johnson (pictured) has claimed today that talks are under way to redesign London’s Olympic Stadium to include a roof covering all 80,000 spectators.

Johnson was asked about the Stadium during a climate change summit in South Korea, where he also visited

world's cities consume 75 per cent of its energy and produce 80 per cent of the emissions which cause climate

May 17 - Sandie Dawe (pictured) has been appointed as the new chief executive of VisitBritain, the national agency who will oversee the country's tourism strategy for London 2012, it has been announced.

real privilege to lead VisitBritain in its support of the tourism industry in the toughest economic climate

May 17 - London Mayor Boris Johnson (pictured) is to tour the sites used by Seoul when it staged the 1988 Olympics during a tour to South Korea.

Johnson is also attending the C40 Climate Summit addressing other Mayors and senior representatives of

The Mayor plans to exchange ideas to tackle climate change and to generate green collar jobs supporting

study for the Mayor's office by Ernst and Young showed that the Mayor's plans to cut energy and tackle climate

strongest ways to do so is grasp the international opportunities coming from addressing the challenge of climate

May 12 - Sport England today challenged innovators  to come forward with ground-breaking concepts and solutions that will shape community sport over the next decade and ensure a legacy from the London 2012 Olympics.

John Denham, the Secretary of State for Innovation, said: “In a tough economic climate, it&rsquo

May 10 - The Australian Olympic Committee's (AOC) sponsorship is on target for the 2012 London Olympics despite the global economic downturn, it claimed today.

Olympics had paid off, as it would be difficult to raise that amount now given the current economic climate

April 30 - The Rugby Football Union (RFU) are still weighing up whether they are prepared to shoulder the financial risk of England bidding for the 2015 World Cup, they said today.

The RFU chief executive Francis Baron has admitted the current economic climate makes it difficult to

"It is a difficult ask in the current economic climate for anybody to guarantee £80million for an event

April 22 - I was a little non-plussed by last month’s joint statement on revenue distribution between the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the United States Olympic Committee (USOC).

Particularly in the present economic climate.