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London students to test stadium for Olympic Games

Britain's leading student athletes will be the first to use the 80,000-seat Olympic stadium in a rehearsal for the 2012 Games

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Cheating Thierry Henry hands his sponsors a moral dilemma

Thierry Henry's earning power could be seriously damaged as sponsors desert him in the wake of the 'hand of God' cheating scandal, it has emerged

2012 to close Woolwich roads for months

Olympics chiefs have warned of traffic congestion around the 2012 shooting venue as roads are closed for up to nine months before the event.

£10m pyramid-selling scheme to bankroll Team GB for 2012

Olympic chiefs have embarked on a £10 million pyramid-selling scheme to help fund the British team in 2012

BMW signs £40m deal to put the drive into London Games

BMW defied the global slump in the prestige car market by announcing a £40 million-plus deal to sponsor the London Olympics

2012 Olympics ad boss: I wouldn't pick that logo

Controversy over the Olympic logo has been reignited after the advertising agency chosen to promote the Games distanced itself from the design

£100m bill to run empty arenas in Games gap year

Taxpayers face a bill of £100million for Olympic venues that will remain empty for up to a year before the Games

Watershed for 2012 swimmers as aquatics centre gets new roof

Work on the £300million Olympic aquatics centre - the architectural gem of the 2012 Games - reached a major milestone with the completion of the stingray-shaped roof

Fears of Games 'brain drain'

BRITAIN will suffer a "brain drain" of Olympic coaches if funding for elite sport is cut after London 2012, a top official has warned.

2012 Games security may close Thames at Windsor

Stretch of the Thames may be closed to boats during the 2012 Games

2012 Olympics budget 'now £12billion'

Campaigners demand 'full transparency' on Olympic finances after it was claimed that the budget for the 2012 Games has risen to £12billion

Games' Legacy minister 'is failing to make voice heard'

As minister for Olympic legacy, Shahid Malik's onerous task is to help deliver the jobs, homes and regeneration the Government promised as a benefit to Londoners of hosting the 2012 Games

Olympics IT chief in N-word row accused of sexist abuse

Manager at the Olympic Delivery Authority resigned amid allegations of racist and sexist abuse of colleagues

Forecasters for 2012 Games try to beat vagaries of our weather

Olympics chiefs are determined that they will not to be beaten by the British weather and are appointing a team of expert forecasters to minimise disruption to the 2012 Games

2012 project to help deprived children across world play sport

More than a million children in the Middle East will get free sports lessons as part of the London 2012 charity mission, it has emerged

From sports shop to the Olympics: London's version of Cool Runnings

A 25-year-old former sports shop worker from Islington has been fast-tracked to compete for Britain at the Winter Olympics in the bob skeleton

Olympic Park 'could become enclave for rich'

The Olympic Park is in danger of becoming a Canary Wharf-style preserve of the rich with few benefits for deprived local neighbourhoods, the 2012 "legacy czar" warned.

£9m bill tells us 2012 sports legacy target will be missed

The Government has spent almost £9million in the past four years on surveys to measure the sports legacy of the London Olympics, it was revealed today.

Mayor's Wembley Arena venue 'is too remote'

Boris Johnson's cost-cutting proposal to use Wembley Arena for the London Olympics has run into trouble after international sports chiefs complained the venue was too remote

Cricket to be an Olympic winner with 2012 legacy

Cricket chiefs are in talks with Boris Johnson about a move to the Olympic stadium after the 2012 Games

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