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London 2012 publish sustainable sourcing code

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  LONDON 2012 today published the first online edition of its Sustainable Sourcing Code, which it claimed is another significant step in its ambition to ensure the Games are staged in a sustainable way.

"Those leading companies that are already using the Carbon Trust standard to demonstrate action on climate


Cobbled street found on site of VeloPark

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MAY 17 - A COBBLED street over 150 years old unearthed by archaeologists investigating the site of a 12th Century Knights Templar mill on the edge of the London 2012 VeloPark site is to be reused in the Olympic Park design.

the topography of the site to build a picture of how the land and waterways have developed and how climate


Rogge upbeat on US televison rights

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  ALL the major broadcasters in the United States are interested in gaining the rights to show the 2014 and 2016 Olympics, Jacques Rogge has claimed.

allow for more favoirable negotiating conditions depending on the outcome of the vote and the economic climate


Olympics are economic gold unless you are in Scotland

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  MORE than 800 companies have won £3.5 billion worth of work in preparation for the London 2012 Olympics, new figures reveal today.

Armitt said: "London 2012 offers businesses of all sizes major opportunities in the current economic climate


Gavin forced out of the Olympics

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 AUGUST 7 - BRITAIN'S Olympic team was dealt a major blow today when top medal prospect, boxer Frankie Gavin (pictured) had to pull out of the Beijing Games for failing to make his weight.

“In the climate in Macau he had obviously shed a lot of water and body fluid, and he then became



Government release money for Olympic Village

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  THE GOVERNMENT have given London 2012 £95 million to keep the controverisal £1 billion Olympic Village on track.

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


EXCLUSIVE: Tories - Brown has betrayed Team GB

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  PRIME MINISTER Gordon Brown (pictured) was today accused of betraying Britain's athletes preparing for London 2012.

the sale of National Lottery tickets - but the figure is proving difficult in the current economic climate



Johnson hits out at Jowell over claim London would not bid for Games now

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  LONDON Mayor Boris Johnson today hit back at claims by Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell (pictured) Britain would not have bid for the 2012 Games if the Government had known that a recession was around the corner.

He said: "In the current economic climate, I believe London is extremely fortunate to be hosting the

because the original budget had been £2.4375 billion and had nothing to do with the current economic climate


Doping is my biggest worry, admits new head of US athletics

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 JULY 19 - DOUG LOGAN (pictured), the new chief executive of USA Track & Field (USATF), has admitted that doping is his biggest fear in the build-up to the 2012 Olympics.

"What we have to do is change this horrible climate of suspicion that exists over performance.  


Doping is my biggest worry, admits new head of US athletics

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 JULY 19 - DOUG LOGAN (pictured), the new chief executive of USA Track & Field (USATF), has admitted that doping is his biggest fear in the build-up to the 2012 Olympics.

"What we have to do is change this horrible climate of suspicion that exists over performance.  


Cram admits these are worrying times for smaller sports

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  STEVE CRAM (pictured), one of the most influential administrators in British sport, admitted today that it will be the smaller sports who have less chance of winning a medal at London 2012 who will bear the brunt of any cut-backs.

But the economic climate has made that increasingly unlikely and Cram, the chairman of the English Institute


Northern Ireland Minister admits Maze delay has cost them Olympic chance

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 AUGUST 25 - ROWS over the redevelopment of the former Maze Prison into a national stadium have cost Northern Ireland the chance to host any events in 2012, a Minister there has admitted.

sports stadium and with it a massive capital investment which is much needed in the current economic climate