Summer Olympics


London 2012 miner faces massive write-down

By David Owen

London 2012 medalsJanuary 17 - The company that provided the metal for making London 2012's Olympic and Paralympic medals is set to recognise a charge in its 2012 financial results so big that it virtually equals a recent UK Government forecast of the entire cost of the Games.




Exclusive: Tokyo 2020 changes golf clubs

By David Owen

Kasumigaseki Country Club 160113January 16 - Tokyo 2020 has switched its proposed Olympic golfing venue, in a move that would situate the battle for medals in one of the newest – and potentially most high-profile – Olympic sports well away from the zones where most Games venues would be located.








Political stability will help Tokyo 2020, claims new Governor

By Duncan Mackay at St. Pancras Renaissance London Hotel

Naoki Inose with Takeda London January 10 2012January 10 - Tokyo's new Governor Naoki Inose hopes a relative period of political stability in Japan will help the city's bid to bring the Olympics and Paralympics back to the capital for the first time since 1964, also claiming that the simmering territorial dispute with China over control of islands in the East China Sea will not derail the campaign.


London 2012 DVD becomes best-seller in UK

By James Crook

BBC London 2012 DVDJanuary 10 - The official BBC DVD of the London 2012 Olympic Games has become the best-selling sports DVD in the United Kingdom, according to figures from the Official Charts Company and the British Video Association.