THE International Olympic Committee (IOC) is prepared to postpone the bidding on lucrative United States broadcast rights until after next year's selection of the 2016 host city due to the economic downturn, they said today.

  Richard Carrion, the chairman of the IOC's Finance Commission, said: "In this economic climate,

  A NEW Government-commissioned poll published today claims that public enthusiasm for London staging the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games in 2012 now stands at 78 per cent.

commitment to benefits stretching way beyond just sport is ours too - and, in this difficult economic climate

  A BID by Australia to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games could be dropped because the Government wants to concentrate on trying to beat England to stage the World Cup that year instead.

Games given the Government's pre-existing commitment to the FIFA World Cup and the current economic climate

  DAVID HIGGINS (pictured), the chief executive of the Olympic Delivery Authority, has rebutted suggestions that the global financial crisis has made this the worst possible time to stage the Games.

He said: "In a challenging economic climate, work on the Olympic Park has already created nearly 3,000

  THE Government this afternoon helped limit the damage of a funding gap for Olympic sports by coming up with an extra £29 million to help them prepare for London 2012.

good result for British Olympic and Paralympic sport, but one that is realistic in a tough economic climate

efforts of the Secretary of State in securing this funding package in what is a very tough economic climate

  OCTOBER 27 - CHICAGO'S bid to host the 2016 Games is facing a threat from the row over how much money money the United States Olympic Committee receives from television and marketing revenues but DAVID OWEN believes the answer is simple

Television growth affected by current climate   ● Still on the broad subject of TV rights, does the

  OCTOBER 27 - THE Irish Sailing Association (ISA) is to embark on a multi-million pound fund raising campaign to train and support its Olympic hopefuls compete at the 2012 Games.

increase investment, and while some of this may come from the [Irish] Sports Council, the current economic climate

  OCTOBER 26 - THE first-ever Birmingham Half-Marathon, sponsored by London 2012 tier-one partner EDF Energy, was today declared a success after nearly 7,000 runners were watched by 50,000 spectators.

absolutely delighted with the success of the inaugural EDF Energy Birmingham Half-Marathon, the Race Against Climate

sustainability partner of London 2012, used the event to help promote their commitment to tackling climate

  OCTOBER 22 - IF BRITAIN'S equestrian team at the 2012 Olympics, who could include the Queen's grand-daugther Zara Phillips (pictured), are successful it will help the horse industry become more proftitable, a leading expert has claimed.

She warned that the current economic climate could make things difficult during the next four years.

than a $1 billion (£609 million) in sponsorship for the London 2012 Games despite the current economic climate

  OCTOBER 21 - TALKS on who will be the private sector backers for the controversial £1 billion London 2012 Olympic Village will have to go into next year, it was announced today by the Government.

The change in world economic climate has "slowed things down" meaning that a deal with Lend Lease has

Government, how much the construction company needs to raise from the banks - a problem in the current climate

  OCTOBER 17 - SIR CLIVE WOODWARD (pictured), the British Olympic Association's (BOA) director of elite performance, has said that he wants to help raise the standard of sport in this country in the build-up to London 2012.

ambitious plans have been hit by raising money to finance them in the the current difficult economic climate

7th October - LONDON MAYOR Boris Johnson (pictured) today promised that the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics will not go over budget and predicted that there will be more of a party atmosphere than there was in Beijing for this year's Games.

  Johnson insisted that the quality of the Games will not be affected by the current economic climate

7th October - LONDON MAYOR Boris Johnson (pictured) today promised that the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics will not go over budget and predicted that there will be more of a party atmosphere than there was in Beijing for this year's Games.

  Johnson insisted that the quality of the Games will not be affected by the current economic climate

  SEPTEMBER 27 - APARTMENTS at the controversial £1 billion Olympic Village for London 2012 could accomodate up to six athletes and officials as organisers are forced to make savings because of the credit crunch, insidethegames can reveal.

admitted last week that they had raised half the money needed for the Village but because of the economic climate