Summer Olympics

Rome appoints Helios Partners to work on 2020 Olympic bid

By Duncan Mackay

Rome 2020October 3 - Rome today made the first significant international appointment in the campaign to host the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics when it selected the Atlanta-based Helios Partners as its top consultants, hoping that the recent remarkable run of success enjoyed by the company's founder Terence Burns continues.

American bowled over by archery at Lord's

By Tom Degun at Lord's Cricket Ground in London

Lords Cricket_Ground_test_event_October_3_2011October 3 - American archery star Brady Ellison, the reigning World Cup champion in the men's recurve, has hailed Lord's Cricket Ground as an amazing London 2012 venue for his sport as the Olympic test event got underway here today.

IAAF Evaluation Commission given "cast-iron guarantee" track will remain at Olympic Stadium

By Duncan Mackay at the Olympic Stadium in London

Olympic stadium_first_lap_with_Sebastian_Coe_and_Hannah_England_October_3_2011October 3 - A team of inspectors visiting London to produce a report on the capital's bid to host the 2017 World Athletics Championships have been given a "cast-iron guarantee" by the Government that the running track will remain in place at Olympic Stadium regardless of whether Tottenham Hotspur wins it judicial review, it was claimed today. 

Exclusive: "Athletics will stay in Olympic Stadium" head of Legacy Company to guarantee IAAF

By Duncan Mackay

Olympic_Stadium_in_sunlightOctober 3 - A top-level group led by London Mayor Boris Johnson and Sport and Olympics Minister Hugh Robertson will today seek to reassure senior International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) officials there is no doubt over the future of the £486 million ($756 million/€561 million) Olympic Stadium after London 2012 which could affect the city's bid to host the 2017 World Championships.

Top British athletes open doors to unique London 2012 shop

By Emily Goddard

Sophia_Warner_and_Bradley_Wiggins_at_the_new_Team_GB_and_ParalympicsGB_shop_in_Westfield_Stratford_City_27-09-11September 27 - Triple Olympic gold medal winning cyclist Bradley Wiggins and London Paralympic hopeful and current T35 100 metre and 200m world number two Sophia Warner officially opened the doors of a new London 2012 Team GB and ParalympicsGB shop - the first of its kind - in Westfield Stratford City today.