Olympics




London 2012 leaders call for support to keep Games legacy promise

By James Crook at the BT Tower in London

keep the promise campaign sportedJuly 11 - The major players of London 2012, including chairman Sebastian Coe and British Sports Minister Hugh Robertson, have issued a rallying call to stakeholders and the public to get behind Sir Keith Mills' Sported Foundation to enrich the lives of disadvantaged young people through sport.










Big Beasts unleashed on the road to Buenos Aires

By David Owen at Beaulieu Lausanne

Richard Carrion Lausanne July 4 2013July 4 - After the amuse-bouche of the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic vote, the Big Beasts vying for the most powerful post in world sport were today unleashed, going head-to-head in successive 15-minute speeches in an effort to persuade their International Olympic Committee (IOC) colleagues that theirs were the right feet to step into Jacques Rogge's Presidential shoes.