Summer Olympics







India target record medal haul at London 2012

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

India_marching_at_OlympicsJanuary 2- India's Government has set its team a target of winning 12 medals at next year's London Olympics - four times more than they claimed at Beijing in 2008, which itself was their best-ever performance.


Exclusive: BOA may launch own School Olympics

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

Colin Moynihan by House of LordsJanuary 2 - A new Commission to review the future of school sport is set to be established by the British Olympic Association (BOA) which could lead to them setting-up an event that would be a rival to the Government's proposed UK School Games, chairman Colin Moynihan has revealed.





Rogge lays first stone at Rio Olympic Village

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

Jacques_Rogge_Rio_December_2010December 29 - Jacques Rogge, the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), today laid the first stone at the site of the Athletes Village in Rio de Janeiro and praised the city's preparations for the 2016 Games.