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Former IPC communications director joins Munich 2018

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

July 9 - Steffi Klein, the former media and communications director of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), has joined Munich's bid to host the 2018 Olympics and Paralympics as its new sports director, it was announced today.






Powell and Gay shocked by Fraser positive test

By Mike Rowbottom in Gateshead

July 9 - Preparations for the Samsung Diamond League in Gateshead tomorrow have been overshadowed with Asafa Powell and Tyson Gay, the two biggest names competing in the meeting, forced to react to the latest blow to their sport - the news that Jamaica’s Olympic and world 100 metres champion Shelly-Ann Fraser (pictured) had tested positive for a banned substance.








Government agree to £438 million Olympic Park land transfer

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

July 8 - A £438 million ($664 million) deal to transfer the land the Olympic Park is currently being built on to the Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC) has been endorsed by the Government after they were warned they were endangering its future if they continued to delay.