Olympics

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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Prince opens Europe’s first Generations For Peace camp in Sochi

October 1 - The first Generations For Peace camp outside the Middle East was officially opened today by the organisation’s founder and chairman, Prince Feisal Al-Hussein.

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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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Munich 2018 promise sustainability plans will set new benchmark

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

September 28 - Munich 2018 has moved to try to emphasise the robustness of its environmental plans by reiterating the central features of its pioneering sustainability concept if they are awarded the Olympics and Paralympics.

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Japanese World Cup star put on the spot at Olympics university

September 28 - Loughborough University’s 2012 tie-in with the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) was given a boost when one of the country’s top footballers paid a flying visit.

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IOC reveal dates for 2018 Evaluation visits

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

September 27 - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Evaluation Commission will begin its inspection tour of the three cities bidding to host the 2018 Olympics and Paralympics in Annecy on February 9, they announced today.

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Work on BRT for World Cup and Olympics in Rio starts

By Duncan Mackay

September 26 - Construction has started work on the BRT Transoeste (Bus Rapid Transit) express way in Rio de Janeiro, a scheme seen as vital to the success of the 2016 Olympics and Paralympics and 2014 FIFA World Cup.

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Witch who eats children among Sochi mascot ideas

By Duncan Mackay

September 26 - Baba-Yaga, a witch who according to folklore kidnaps and eats small children, is among the latest ideas put forward by Russians to be the mascot for the 2014 Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Sochi.

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Annecy 2018 environmental experts hope conference will help bid

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

September 26 - Environmental experts from Annecy's bid to host the 2018 Olympics and Paralympics have taken part in the third World Mountain Water Summit in nearby Megève.

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