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Olympic costs increase but project still on time and on budget

By Tom Degun at the Olympic Park in London

Olympic_Stadium_through_viewing_tube_February_7_2011February 14 - The Quarterly Economic Report, published today by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA), has revealed costs for London 2012 have increased by £69 million ($110 million) since the last quarter although the Games are still on course to be delivered on time and on budget.







Exclusive: Thanou has not got Marion Jones' Olympic gold medal insist IOC

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

Ekaterina_Thanou_finishes_second_in_Sydney_2000February 13 - Controversial Greek sprinter Ekaterina Thanou (pictured right), at the centre of one of the biggest doping scandals in sports history, has not been given the Olympic 100 metres gold stripped from Marion Jones at the Sydney Games in 2000, as it has been reported, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) claimed.