London 2012

London welcomes world's press as registration for media centre opens

By Emily Goddard

By Emily Goddard

July 29 - Registration to the London Media Centre (LMC), for those not accredited the Games, has opened and journalists are being urged to register before the March 31 deadline as demand is expected to be high, with the world's media vying for the chance to report on the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics.

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Competition launched to design new public space for Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford

By Emily Goddard

By Tom Degun

July 28 - The Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC) has today invited architects, engineers and designers to create London's newest public space - along with two visitor centres and a major new playground - at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford.

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Exclusive: Traffic will be a problem during London 2012 but we will find a solution claims Oswald

By Emily Goddard

By Tom Degun

July 28 - Denis Oswald, chairman of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission for London 2012, has warned that traffic remains the biggest obstacle to the smooth running of the Olympic and Paralympic Games next year.

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London will once again do the Olympic Movement proud states IOC President at special one year to go Trafalgar Square ceremony

By Emily Goddard

By Tom Degun in at Trafalgar Square in London

July 27 - International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge has predicted here at a special ceremony that London will once again do the Olympic Movement proud when it becomes the first city to host the Olympic Games three times exactly one year from today.

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London 2012 unveils medals as it celebrates One Year to Go landmark

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay at Trafalgar Square in London

July 27 - The medals to be awarded to the winners at next year's Olympics were unveiled here tonight by the Princess Royal and Sebastian Coe in the presence of Jacques Rogge, the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

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London 2012 must be congratulated for outstanding job, admits BOA chairman

By Emily Goddard

By Tom Degun at the Olympic Park in London

July 27 - With exactly one year to go until the start of the Olympic Games, British Olympic Association (BOA) chairman Colin Moynihan has admitted London should be congratulated for the outstanding work they have done in preparing the city to host the biggest sporting event on the planet.

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Chinese British Embassy unveils countdown clock for London Olympics

By Emily Goddard

By Emily Goddard

July 27 - The British Embassy in China has unveiled a countdown clock today at the Ambassador's residence in Beijing, the last hosts of the Summer Olympics, to mark the one-year countdown to London 2012.

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Inspiring American teens given the chance to carry the London 2012 Olympic Torch

By Emily Goddard

By David Gold

July 27 - Coca-Cola is offering ten US teenagers the chance to participate in the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay when it comes to Oxford on July 9.

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Favourites could crack under pressure at London 2012 predicts Jackson

By Emily Goddard

By David Gold at St Pancras International in London

July 27 - Former world 110 metre hurdles champion Colin Jackson has warned that the favourites could crumble under the pressure of competing in the Olympics at London next year.

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Scotland in new London 2012 football row

By Duncan Mackay

By David Gold

July 27 - The 2012-13 Scottish football league season could be delayed by a clash with the London Olympic Games, it has been revealed.

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Aquatics Centre completion marks One Year to Go until London 2012

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay in London

July 27 - A Year to Go until the start of the London 2012 Olympics will be marked today when the wave-shaped Aquatics Centre becomes the fifth and final permanent venue to be officially completed.

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Going for gold at London 2012 is all in the name

By Emily Goddard

By Emily Goddard

July 26 - It has long been accepted that the first name given to a new baby can have a lasting impact on their future prospects, but new research has revealed if you want to make the grade when it comes to the upcoming London 2012 Games, you stand a far better chance if you're called John or Katherine.

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London 2012 starts search for 2,000 young volunteers

By Emily Goddard

By David Gold

July 26 - London 2012 has announced details of the Young Games Maker programme which aims to find more than 2,000 young volunteers around the UK to help out in next year's Olympics and Paralympics.

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Team GB still on target for fourth place finish at London 2012 claim UK Sport

By Duncan Mackay

By Mike Rowbottom in London

July 25 - With the one-year-to-go marker looming up, UK Sport say that they are still firmly on target to achieve fourth place in the Olympics medal table, and second place in the Paralympics table, at London 2012.

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Exclusive: I want a quick resolution to Stadium row claims Sir Keith Mills

By Duncan Mackay

By Tom Degun in London

July 25 - London 2012 deputy chairman Sir Keith Mills has claimed he wants a quick resolution to the controversy surrounding the future of the Olympic Stadium but insisted he will not get involved in trying to find a resolution because of his close links to Tottenham Hotspur, who are currently taking legal action after West Ham United were chosen ahead of them to be the tennants.

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