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Greenwich 'must host' 2012 equestrian events

The future of Greenwich Park as the Olympic equestrian venue appears to have been secured after a government commissioned study backed the plan Comments

Olympics media centre cut back to rein in costs

Bird's eye view of the Olympic site in Stratford

Olympics media centre cut back to rein in costs

Olympics chiefs have drastically scaled down the 2012 media centre in a bid to save up to Ł100million from the Games budget Comments

Greenwich 'must host' 2012 equestrian events

Artist's impression of the village post 2012, when it will be transformed into new homes with public squares and community facilities including an academy school

Taxpayers could foot whole bill for Ł1bn Olympic Village

Games chiefs have admitted they may be forced to nationalise the £1 billion Olympic village amid the current economic turmoil Comments

Equestrian event will carve up Greenwich Park flower garden

Boris: Olympic Stadium won't host a top-flight football club

Boris Johnson has ruled out a Premiership football club moving to the Olympic Stadium in 2013 Comments

Private schools told: Do your part to secure Olympic legacy

Students at King's College School in Wimbledon help coach younger pupils who have come from Coombe Boys' School, New Malden, which is in the state sector

Private schools told: Do your part to secure Olympic legacy

Private schools are being urged to open up more of their sports facilities to state schools ahead of the 2012 Olympic Games Comments

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Olympic chiefs ask for Ł400m as athletes' village risks slowdown

Olympics chiefs may ask the Government for a bail-out of more than £400 million to keep the construction programme in the Olympic Park on track during the credit crunch Comments

Olympic 400m champion Christine Ohuruogu

London's gold medal trio will lead Olympic parade

Gold medal winning Londoners Christine Ohuruogu, Rebecca Romero and canoeist Tim Brabants will lead a parade of Olympic and Paralympic athletes through the capital Comments

2012 park to host music festivals

Chinese university for Hackney in 2012 legacy

London Mayor Boris Johnson is in talks with some of China's leading universities to establish a new campus in the Olympic Park Comments

The flatpack Olympics

Security costs 'will send 2012 bill over Ł10bn'

Escalating security costs for the London Olympics will drive the budget for the 2012 Games over the £10 billion mark, it has been claimed Comments

Credit crisis is hitting funds for village, say Games chiefs

London 2012 chiefs have admitted the international financial crisis is making it "just about impossible" to secure private funding for the Olympic village Comments

Taking shape: Olympic stadium rises from the dirt

Sports minister backs Games legacy campaign

Sports minister Gerry Sutcliffe has thrown his weight behind the Evening Standard's campaign for a proper sporting legacy from the London 2012 Olympics Comments

Revealed: how park will look after 2012

Ł12m deal guarantees 25-year legacy for Olympics velopark

The sports legacy of the Olympic cycling complex has been secured Comments

Lloyds gets 2012 bonus with merger

Millionaire Games chief awarded Ł100,000 bonus

London Olympic chief Paul Deighton received a £104,000 bonus last year, accounts reveal Comments

Boris: Games will have best access for disabled

Olympic champion Christine Ohuruogu opening the first adiZone in Tower Hamlets

Five outdoor gyms to be built in Olympic boroughs

A Ł1 million Olympic project designed to boost the health of a generation of children has been unveiled Comments

'Focus on 2012 gold threatens Games legacy'

An advocate of grassroots sports facilities accuses the Culture Secretary of adopting an elitist policy that puts winning Olympic medals ahead of mass participation Comments

Eight new academies ... and not one has its own swimming pool

City academies costing hundreds of millions of pounds are being built across London without crucial sports facilities Comments

Minister: I will get one million more people taking part in competitive sports

Culture Secretary Andy Burnham has taken personal responsibility for delivering a proper sporting legacy from the 2012 Olympics Comments

On your marks: Seb Coe today with musician Nitin Sawhney, singer Cleveland Watkiss, actress Scarlett Johnson, dancer Agnes Oaks, artist Yinka Shonibare, jazz saxophonist Soweto Kinch and author Catherine Banner

Cultural Olympiad is up and running

Olympics chief and former athlete Sebastian Coe is to turn himself into a work of art Comments

Children practising running as part of a scheme to encourage participation in sport

Betrayed: Children are not getting their two hours of sport

Ministers have failed to deliver on a key Olympic pledge - and stand accused of betraying a generation of children Comments

Ł525m stadium could be demolished after 2012

London 2012 chiefs have been plunged into a battle over the legacy of the two key Olympic venues Comments

London sports facilities are costly and thin on the ground

The poor state of London's council-run sports facilities has been exposed by the Evening Standard Comments

Boris reveals his 2012 vision

Boris Johnson has promised "tens of millions of pounds" will be spent on coaching young people to create a true Olympic legacy Comments

Triumph for China, boost for 2012: our champion Olympo-sceptic admits defeat

"Come on," said Boris Johnson to his jetlagged staff, "let's go and see a man from Hackney win a gold medal." Comments

Boris Johnson settles into a rickshaw in Beijing after flying to China in an economy seat

GB medals have swayed the sceptics says Boris

Britain's impressive Olympic medal haul has helped swing public support behind 2012 in London, Boris Johnson said in Beijing Comments

Wow factor wanted to keep London legacy of 2012 alive

Boris Johnson pledged to inject the "wow factor" into the Olympics Park site as he set out his legacy plans for the 2012 Games Comments

Weary Boris is refused an upgrade on China flight

London takes over world to lure Olympic tourists

This is the image of London that will be broadcast to the world in the countdown to the 2012 Olympics Comments

Commentary: 2012 spectacle can transform the capital and unify the nation

New cycling centre is first step in sporting legacy for 2012

London's biggest cycling centre opened today after a phenomenal week for British Olympic cyclists Comments

Culture Secretary defends the grassroots legacy of 2012

Culture Secretary Andy Burnham has hit back at fresh claims that the Government is not on track to deliver a lasting legacy from the 2012 Olympics Comments

I want to be the Phelps of 2012 says golden girl Becky

Double gold medallist Rebecca Adlington has said she dreams of having the same success as her hero Michael Phelps Comments

Lucy Fairbrother's sister Laura and mother Linda

Banker's daughter arrested in Beijing protest

A City millionaire's daughter was arrested by Chinese authorities after launching a dramatic "Free Tibet" protest at the Olympic stadium Comments

2012 and the threat to an iconic London landscape

A keystone of our Olympic bid was the offer to hold the equestrian events in Greenwich Park. Now the Evening Standard can reveal just how devastating this could be Comments