Summer Olympics





Rogge cancels trip to Rio for London 2012 debriefing

By Duncan Mackay at the Windsor Barra Hotel in Rio de Janeiro

Jacques Rogge in front of Rio 2016 logoNovember 17 - International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge has cancelled a planned trip here to attend the debrief on London 2012, where a transfer of knowledge will take place between them and organisers of Rio 2016. 





Coe "frustrated" by school sports delays, Deighton denies lack of transparency over ticketing

By Mike Rowbottom at City Hall in London

paul deighton deb coe london assemblyNovember 14 - London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe told the London Assembly here today of his "frustration" at the lack of cross-party initiative in providing pupils at state schools with better sports provision, and joined his chief executive Paul Deighton in defending the Games organisers of a lack of transparency in its ticketing operation.