Summer Olympics

Exclusive: UK Athletics chairman wants "insulting" Tottenham Olympic Stadium bid ruled out

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

October 6 - An angry Ed Warner, the chairman of UK Athletics, has demanded that AEG's joint bid with Tottenham Hotspur to take over the Olympic Stadium following London 2012 be ruled out after it was revealed that they plan to rip up the running track if their application is successful.

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Tottenham would scrap running track if they take over Olympic Stadium

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

October 5 - West Ham United's chances of taking over the Olympic Stadium following the London 2012 Games have been greatly boosted by the news that its closest rival does not plan to keep the athletics track even though that is one of the key requirements of being awarded tenancy.

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State-of-the-art training boost for Lilleshall athletes

October 5 - A multi-million pound upgrade at Lilleshall National Sports Centre has created a state-of-the-art training facility for Britain’s London 2012 athletes.

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Key Olympics media role for woman of "passion"

October 5 - A woman whose “passion for the Olympic Games shines through” has been given a senior position in the team handling Canada’s media coverage of London 2012.

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London 2012 confirm Buckingham Palace start and finish for Olympic marathons

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

October 4 - London 2012 today officially announced that the Olympic marathons - which have caused so much controversy - will start and finish in front of Buckingham Palace and include three loops of central the capital.

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Delhi can still be contenders to host 2020 Olympics claims Kalmadi

By Duncan Mackay

By Tom Degun in New Delhi

October 3 - India can still launch a serious bid for the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, it has been claimed by Suresh Kalmadi, the chairman of Delhi 2010 despite the chaotic build up to it that has led to serious questions being asked about the country's ability to host major events.

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Tottenham Olympic Stadium bid blasted by local MP and West Ham

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay in London
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

October 2 - Tottenham Hotspur's late decison to bid to take over the Olympic Stadium after London 2012 has come under fierce attack from Karren Brady, the vice-chairman of rivals West Ham United, and even the club's local MP, David Lammy.

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A year on, Chicago bid leader claims he knew Rio were going to win

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

October 2 - A year after Chicago were humiliated in its campaign to host the 2016 Olympics and Paralympics its bid leader Pat Ryan (pictured) has claimed that he knew Rio de Janeiro were going to win a month before the final vote.

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Local facilities to benefit from £10 million London 2012 fund

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay in London
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

October 1 - Up to £10 million ($16 million) is to be awarded to nearly 20 local venues mostly located within half-an-hour of the Olympic Park under a new scheme launched today by London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe and London Mayor Boris Johnson.

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Exclusive: Running marathons through East London would put Olympics at risk claims Coe

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay in London
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

October 1 - Sebastian Coe today claimed the decision not to route the marathons through the East End of London and finish in the main stadium in Stratford during the 2012 Olympics was one of the toughest of his life but that he was not prepared to change it because he believes it would put at risk the success of the Games.

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Spurs eye Olympic site despite getting new stadium go-ahead

By Andrew Warshaw

October 1 - English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur have entered the bidding for the 2012 Olympic Stadium despite moving a vital step closer to building a new 56,000-seater stadium of their own.

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West Ham take plan for London 2012 Olympic Stadium to Downing Street

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay in London
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

September 30 - West Ham United today stepped up its bid to take over the Olympic Stadium after London 2012 when England internationals Scott Parker and Carlton Cole joined a group of youngsters to hand deliver their joint bid with Newham Council to Number 10 Downing Street.

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Pupils beat athletes to white-knuckle, white water thrill

September 30 - Careering down a roaring water course on a tiny raft has to be the ultimate adrenalin-pumping experience and now schoolchildren are being given the chance to try it out free - before London 2012’s Olympic athletes get to have a go.

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Coe hits back at East End in London 2012 Olympic marathon row

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

September 28 - Sebastian Coe today dismissed claims that London 2012 has decided to finish the Olympic marathons in front of Buckingham Palace rather than the main Stadium in Stratford because it is ashamed of the East End as "ludicrous".

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Higgins resigns as chief executive of ODA

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

September 28 - David Higgins has resigned as the chief executive of the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) to take up the same role at Network Rail, it was announced tonight.

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