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London 2012 organisers have raised nearly 80% of their £700 million domestic sponsorship target and believe they have deals worth more than £100 million in the pipeline, commercial director Chris Townsend said today
Olympics chiefs are finalising a £60million deal for the 2012 basketball arena to become the world's largest portable sports venue
Hackney Marshes, Europe’s largest expanse of playing fields and the spiritual home of Sunday football, is getting a £10 million makeover
A fraud inquiry has been launched into a £100million black hole found in the London Development Agency's 2012 Olympic accounts
A new £1.4billion fire emergency response control system designed to deal with major incidents such as a terrorist attack at the 2012 Olympics will not be operational until after the Games, it is feared
More than half of Londoners feel they need more information about the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, a survey reveals
When a vacancy came up on the £500 million Olympic stadium project in Stratford, Mike Dobriskey wanted the job more than most
Only 115 unemployed east Londoners have had jobs on the construction of the Olympic Park, it has emerged
The Government's agency for community sport has launched an investigation into £20m worth of grants to grassroots projects
A Londoner is aiming for Olympic glory after being spotted sprinting for a bus
London businesses were warned that they face fines of up to £20,000 for unlawful advertising during the Olympics
Ash, alder, and birch are among the different trees to be planted in Olympic Park.
West End business leaders, council bosses and Boris Johnson were meeting to discuss how the Olympics can boost the area
Football: FIFA have given the all-clear for exclusively English football teams to represent Great Britain at the London 2012 Olympics but are expected to decide this week only under-21 players will be involved
Britain and fellow Olympic host nation Russia have signed a deal to try to make the most of staging the Olympic Games, it was announced
A radical plan to turn the Olympic stadium into a football venue could be deployed to bring the World Cup to London in 2018
A British football team looks set to play at the London Olympics for the first time in 40 years
Tony Blair called for the community heroes behind London’s “amazing” grassroots sports projects to come forward to be celebrated
The deputy mayor of Philadelphia was named as the £200,000-a-year chief of the company chosen to deliver a legacy for the Olympic Park
The £1 billion Olympic Village was completely nationalised after Games chiefs finally abandoned plans to raise private funding
Boris Johnson is planning a spectacular free New Year’s Eve party for 80,000 Londoners in the Olympic stadium seven months before the Games begin
The British swimming squad, including double Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington, have visited the London 2012 Aquatics Centre
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