Latest News for London OlympicsLondon 2012: Agathangelou avoiding qualifying pressure Jersey's Mariana Agathangelou says she is trying not to put too much pressure on herself in her bid to qualify for the London Olympics. 8th February 2012 Buck confident over 400m world indoor qualifying time North Yorkshire athlete Richard Buck believes he will achieve the 400m World Indoor Championships qualifying time at the UK trials in Sheffield. 8th February 2012 London 2012: Tom Quinn hopes for home advantage Canoeist Tom Quinn is hoping being familiar with the Olympic slalom course will help him earn a place in the Great Britain team. 8th February 2012 Olympic canoeing: Our man has never been so out of his depth Robin Scott-Elliot took the plunge to test the London 2012 canoeing venue that's already open to the public. But did he sink or swim? 8th February 2012 London 2012 tickets printed in Arkansas London Olympics tickets will be printed in Arkansas and then air-freighted to the UK after an American company was given the contract to produce them.
Games organisers awarded the contract for 11 million Olympics and Paralympics tickets to Weldon, Will 8th February 2012 Olympic legacy head Baroness Ford to step down after London 2012 Games Baroness Ford, in charge of securing the economic future of London's Olympic Park, has announced she will step down after the 2012 Games. 8th February 2012 London 2012: Naming rights for sale for Olympic venues Long-term naming rights and sponsorship deals are being sought for London 2012 Olympic Park venues.
Rights for the Olympic Stadium, Multi-Use Arena and Aquatics Centre have been made available. 7th February 2012 Dow committed to providing London 2012 stadium wrap despite criticism Dow Chemical says it is fully committed to providing the decorative wrap for London's Olympic Stadium despite continuing criticism of its involvement.
The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has demanded London 2012 terminates its deal with the US firm beca 7th February 2012 Wada fears for London 2012 as drug cheats are slipping through the net Less than six months before London 2012, the World Anti-Doping Agency fears that fewer than one in five drug cheats is being caught and urged against complacency from governments and sporting bodies in tackling the problem. 7th February 2012 Ai Weiwei and Beijing stadium architects to make Serpentine pavilion Four years after designing the spectacular Bird's Nest Olympic stadium in Beijing, the Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron and the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei are to reunite for a London 2012 project. 7th February 2012 Football the only sport not to sell out at London 2012 Olympics Football is the only London 2012 event which has not sold out, with approximately 1.5m tickets still available, BBC Sport has learned. 6th February 2012 Olympic clean-up is complete, says Environment Agency Work to clean up the Olympic site and create the largest urban park in Europe for more than 100 years has been completed, the Environment Agency said yesterday.
An area the size of 297 football pitches, much of which was polluted, has been cleaned up. 6th February 2012 London 2012 volunteers among 10,000 for orientation training at Wembley Arena The first orientation training event for 10,000 London 2012 Games Maker volunteers and Games time employees took place this morning at Wembley Arena in London. The event was the first of six national orientation events on 4th, 5th and 18th February which 4th February 2012 Traders and advertisers get extra time to apply for go-ahead to operate near Lon Businesses wanting to trade or advertise near London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic venues have been given an extra month in which they can apply for permission. 3rd February 2012 Success for London 2012's International Inspiration programme as it announces 20th country programme in Egypt The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) today announced that London 2012's ground-breaking legacy programme, International Inspiration, has kept its promise to reach 12 million children in 20 countries around the 1st February 2012 News Topics:
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