Summer Olympics



Details of London 2012 Torch Relay route announced

By Tom Degun at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London

Wenlock_at_launch_of_Torch_Relay_in_Lands_EndMay 18 - London 2012 today revealed the first details of the route of 70-day, 8,000-mile Torch Relay of Britain ahead of next year's Olympics, starting at the southern tip of the country at Land's End in Cornwall on May 19, 2012.







Dallas to host London 2012 Team USA summit

By Tom Degun

USOC(2)May 13 - The 2012 Team USA Media Summit, presented by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), will get underway exactly a year from today at the Hilton Anatole hotel in Dallas, Texas, with more than 100 of the country's leading Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls set to participate in the four-day event from May 13 until 16, it has been announced.



London 2012 construction programme budget descreases by £35 million

By Tom Degun at Westminster in London

Olympic_Stadium_turf_being_laidMay 12 – Hugh Robertson, the Minister for Sport and the Olympics, has revealed that the Anticipated Final Cost (AFC) of the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) construction programme has decreased by £35 million ($57 million) as the Government today released the figures for the latest Quarterly Economic Report on the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.


Chance to watch London 2012 for £10 or less

By Tom Degun at the National Theatre in London

David_Weir_helps_launch_London_2012_Paralympic_ticketsMay 11 - London 2012 has today published ticket prices for the London 2012 Paralympic Games, with 95 per cent to be priced at £50 ($82) or under, and half of the tickets on offer for £10 ($16) or less.