Summer Olympics




Orient take London 2012 Olympic Stadium row to Europe

By David Gold

London_2012_Olympic_Stadium_from_Greenway_August_5_003August 5 - Leyton Orient are continuing their fight to have a judicial review carried out into the decision to award West Ham United the right to move into the Olympic Stadium afterLondon 2012, and will take the case to the European Union following Justice Davis' decision that they had no grounds for such a review.


Cultural Olympiad arts project gets further funding boost

By Emily Goddard

Susan_Austin_Creating_the_Spectacle_04-08-11August 4 - Twelve of the world's greatest artistic talents have today been awarded a further £700,000 ($1.1 million/€806,000) of funding in the final round of commissions for Unlimited, the groundbreaking Cultural Olympiad programme that celebrates arts and culture by disabled and deaf people.





Major UK businesses take up a Gold Challenge ahead of London 2012 Games

By Tom Degun

Gold-Challenge-LogoAugust 2 - Gold Challenge, Britain's first Olympic and Paralympic sport-based charity challenge, has claimed that it has seen significant success in the corporate market with over 20 UK businesses taking up a sporting challenge, including John Lewis Partnership, Coca Cola, Sony, Cisco, Ford, EDF Energy and the UK Border Agency.