London 2012




5,000 runners are first to cross finishing line in Olympic Stadium

By Mike Rowbottom at the Olympic Stadium in London

Olympic Park_runners6_March31March 31 - The first public event in London's Olympic Stadium today offered 5,000 runners the opportunity to experience a glimpse of what it might be like to compete here in earnest this summer as they took part in the National Lottery Olympic Park Run.






Sir Steve Redgrave and Sam Ramsamy officially open Dagenham SportHouse

By Tom Degun in Dagenham

SportsHouse01March 29 - SportHouse, one of only three newly-built Games-Time Training Venues for the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, has been officially opened here by Britain's five-time Olympic rowing champion Sir Steve Redgrave and South Africa's International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board member Sam Ramsamy.