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London 2012 ticketing process opens

By Mike Rowbottom in London

March 22 - Paul Deighton, chief executive of London 2012, said today that the registration scheme set up as the first step for would-be spectators at the Olympics and Paralympics had had 40,000 hits in the first four hours.

Munich 2018 managing director leaves bid

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

March 22 - Richard Adam (pictured), the joint managing director of Munich's bid to host the 2018 Olympics and Paralympics, has left the organisation after it was claimed that he had been sacked because of a personality clash with chief executive Willy Bogner.

D-Day for Greenwich Park decision

By Cathy Wood in London

March 22 - London’s Olympic chiefs will learn tomorrow night (Tuesday) whether they can use Greenwich Park for the equestrian and modern pentathlon events at the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Winter Paralympics declared best-ever by IPC President

By Duncan Mackay in Whistler with pictures by Helen Grace Bennett

March 21 - Sir Philip Craven tonight declared Vancouver 2010 the "best-ever Winter Paralympic Games" as he brought the curtain down on an event that has inspired, enthralled and surprised in equal measure at a Closing Ceremony that was a fitting finale even though the rain did make it something of a test of endurance at times.

Dame Kelly insists England will be in no danger in Delhi

March 21 - Double Olympic gold medallist Dame Kelly Holmes (pictured) has hit out athletes who have withdrawn from this year's Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, including world heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis, and specially those who have expressed concerns over competing because of security concerns.

Millar plans to compete for Malta next year

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

March 21 - David Millar (pictured), the cyclist banned from representing Britain in the Olympics after he was suspended for doping, may have taken the first step to being able to compete at London 2012 after all.

McKeever wins third gold medal of Paralympics

By Duncan Mackay in Whistler
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

March 21 - Canada's Brian McKeever (pictured), the most high-profile competitor at these Games here, won his third gold medal today when he triumphed in the one kilometre classic Nordic sprint at Whistler Paralympic Park.