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Armitt gives green light to West Ham Olympic Stadium bid

By Steven Downes

January 28 - John Armitt (pictured left), the chairman of the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA), tonight gave a green light to the possibility of Premiership football club West Ham United moving in to London’s Olympic Stadium after the 2012 Games, while fulfilling the venue’s brief to deliver a lasting legacy as a national athletics stadium.




Planning for rugby sevens Olympic debut officially underway

January 28 - Planning for rugby sevens' debut at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro has started in earnest as the International Rugby Board (IRB) President Bernard Lapasset (pictured here with Jacques Rogge) and his team travelled to Lausanne for meetings with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF).

UK Athletics declare 2010 Year of the Coach

January 28 - UK Athletics have announced that 2010 will be "Year of the Coach", celebrating, recognising and communicating to and about athletics coaches in the UK to highlight their expertise and hard work to bring success to competitors across the country, so that they receive the kind of recognition that football managers like Manchester United's Sir Alex Ferguson (pictured) do regularly.


Minichiello needs eye surgery to keep Olympic dream in focus

By Mike Rowbottom

January 27 - Nicola Minichiello (pictured), one of Britain’s best medal hopes at the Winter Olympics which start in Vancouver on February 12, will require further laser surgery to her eye today to correct her vision following inflammation of the retina which left her virtually blind on one side while bobsled racing in Italy in November.


Norfolk begins chase for Australian Open title

By Tom Degun

January 26 - The year’s first wheelchair tennis  Grand Slam - the 2010 Australian Wheelchair Tennis Open - kicks off tomorrow at Melbourne Park with seven of the world’s top ten men’s and women’s players and all four top ranked quad players including Britain’s Peter Norfolk (pictured) in action.