London 2012

Top art students to design key elements of London 2012 victory ceremonies

January 27 - Postgraduate students from the Royal College of Art (RCA) will design key elements of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games victory ceremonies, it was announced today.

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West Ham unveil images of Olympic Stadium post-London 2012

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

January 27 - More than 50 MPs have signed their support for the West Ham United and Newham Council joint bid to take over the Olympic Stadium in Stratford after London 2012 as the Premier League club unveiled how it would look if their campaign is successful.

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Tottenham Hotspur's Olympic Stadium bid "will stand the test of time" claims leading AEG Europe executive

By Andrew Warshaw

January 26 - The global entertainments group backing Tottenham Hotspur's controversial plans to take over the Olympic Stadium after 2012 today went public for the first time over why they have decided to partner the Premiership club.

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Aquatics Centre and handball arena looking for tenants after London 2012

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

January 26 - A search has been launched today to find companies to operate two of the biggest venues being built for the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics after the Games have finished.

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Black says "it's all about the kids" as he helps launch new London 2012 mascot range

By Mike Rowbottom

January 26 - The next wave of London 2012 marketing emerged in the Grand Hall of Kensington's Olympia as the full range of Games mascot products were launched with the help of Britain's Olympic 400 metres and 400m relay silver medallist Roger Black (pictured).

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It's playtime as Bard's works cross language barrier to celebrate London Olympics

January 26 - The "most ambitious" multilingual Shakespeare project ever attempted is being planned to celebrate the London 2012 Olympic Games.

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Exclusive: Postponing Olympic Stadium decision OK with me - as long as West Ham win in the end, says Diack

By Tom Degun in Christchurch

January 25 - Lamine Diack (pictured), President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), told insidethegames the Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC) postponing the decision on the future of the Olympic Stadium is not a problem.

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London Ambassadors scheme for 2012 Olympics four times oversubscribed

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

January 25 - More than 33,000 people from across the capital and beyond have applied to train to become one of the 8,000 London Ambassadors that will help visitors during the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, it was announced today.

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London 2012 Olympic Stadium decision postponed

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

January 24 - A decision on the future use of the Olympic Stadium has been postponed, it has been announced this afternoon.

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Disabled and deaf artists handed £820,000 for Cultural Olympiad programme

January 24 - Unlimited, the ground-breaking programme that celebrates arts and culture by disabled and deaf artists on an unprecedented scale, has been awarded £820,000 ($1.3 million) in the latest round of funding by the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad, the UK Arts Councils and the British Council.

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We will "trash our international reputation" if Tottenham given Olympic Stadium warns Coe

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

January 23 - Sebastian Coe today unequivocally backed West Ham United's campaign to take over the Olympic Stadium following London 2012 because he claimed it is the only option that can deliver on the promises that he made during the capital's successful bid to host the Games.

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Tessa Sanderson threatens lawsuit over Olympic Stadium vote exclusion

By Duncan Mackay

January 22 - Former Olympic champion Tessa Sanderson has threatened legal action unless she is given back her vote in the decision over whether Tottenham Hotspur or West Ham United take over the Olympic Stadiumafter the London 2012 Games.

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"You'll have one of finest stadiums in Europe" Levy tells Spurs fans as Pele backs their bid

By Duncan Mackay

By Andrew Warshaw

January 21 - Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy (pictured) has urged the club's fans to understand the motives for moving to the Olympic Stadium after the London 2012 Games, assuring them they would have one of the finest football venues in Europe.

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Palace unveil plans that could wreck Tottenham Olympic Stadium dream

By Duncan Mackay

By Mike Rowbottom

January 20 - Steve Parish, co-chairman of Crystal Palace Football Club, denied today that his club was going "head-to-head" with Spurs as he officially announced plans to build a new £40 million ($64 million) football stadium on the Crystal Palace site.

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Diack: It is time for Britain to make good on its broken promises

By Duncan Mackay

By Mike Rowbottom

January 20 - On the eve of the final deliberations over the eventual fate of the 2012 Olympic Stadium, Britain has been challenged by Lamine Diack, President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), to live up to the promise of an athletics legacy that was "a core policy" of the successful Olympic bid six years ago.

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