Olympics

Coe backs Deighton's Treasury appointment

By David Gold at the Main Press Centre on the Olympic Park in London

seb coe_and_paul_deighton_15-09-11September 5 - London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe has said here today that Prime Minister David Cameron has made "a very good appointment" in bringing Paul Deighton into the Treasury as part of yesterday's Government reshuffle.

Hunt rewarded for success of London 2012 with new Cabinet job

By Tom Degun at the Main Press Centre on the Olympic Park in London

Jeremy Hunt_4_SeptSeptember 4 - Jeremy Hunt, the top-ranking Government official in charge of the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, has today been named as the new Secretary of State for Health in Prime Minister David Cameron's Cabinet reshuffle. 

London 2012 delivery partner profits up by 15 per cent

By Duncan Mackay at the Main Press Centre on the Olympic Park in London

London 2012_Olympic_Stadium_with_Paralympic_cauldron_September_1_2012September 1 - CLM, the delivery partner that oversaw construction of the facilities and infrastructure for the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, made a pre-tax profit of £37 million ($59 million/€47 million) last year, new accounts reveal.

Exclusive: IOC may have changed mind over lollipop athlete

By David Owen

Mu-yen Chu_head_and_shouldersAugust 31 - The body which recommended that Mu-yen Chu be withdrawn from the recent election for places on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Athletes' Commission initially decided that there was not enough evidence to exclude him, insidethegames understands.