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Europe needs Blair’s style of leadership says Mandelson

06.11.09
Lord Mandelson launches last-ditch push for Tony Blair to become EU President as he warns that Brussels needs strong 'leadership' to compete on the global stage... more

King Kong: Why Hong Kong is booming again

06.11.09
Hong Kong used to be the place to go to seek your fortune when you'd failed in the City. But now only the most successful Londoners can afford to brave the high-risk, high-rise island... more

Save these vital traces of human civilisation

04.11.09
I was sitting in the Chinese city of Xian, home of the terracotta army, trying to take a picture of its bell tower... more

I won’t flag before 2012, says new champ Phillips Idowu

19.08.09
Phillips Idowu is determined not to rest on his laurels after becoming Britain's first male world champion since 2001... more

I've grown up since Beijing and am now ready to win gold, says Phillips Idowu

12.08.09
Almost a year on from the heartache of finishing second in the Olympic Games, Phillips Idowu claims to have moved on from his disappointment in Beijing... more

London schoolboy quarantined in Beijing to be released

23.07.09
A London schoolboy quarantined in a Beijing hospital with suspected swine flu spoke of his joy today as he prepared to be released... more

Swine flu boy left behind as China frees his classmates

21.07.09
London schoolboy tells how he is quarantined in a Chinese hospital while his classmates have been released to get on with their holiday... more

Olympic hero Chris Hoy collects knighthood

11.06.09
Cycling: Triple Beijing Olympic cycling champion Sir Chris Hoy is set to collect his knighthood... more

BOA confident athletes are clean

29.04.09
Athletics: British Olympic chiefs believe no members of Team GB are among the six athletes who have tested positive for a new blood-boosting hormone following fresh tests of samples from the Beijing Games ... more

Wembley loses top race

16.04.09
Motor Sport: The Race of Champions, which saw Wembley transformed into a racetrack, is leaving Europe for the first time in its 22-year history... more

Duck blood sir? Beijing food in town for 2012

19.03.09
A Beijing restaurant chain is planning the ultimate Chinese takeaway for the 2012 Olympics... more

Hopes taking hold of a revival in China

13.02.09
Economics: Economists say there is a glimmer of hope that China's giant stimulus package is already showing signs of success, and that its economy could be one of the first out of recession... more

Boris’s Beijing talks attract Chinese firms to the capital

26.01.09
Almost 100 Chinese companies are considering opening offices in London as a result of a trade mission at the Beijing Olympics funded by Mayor Boris Johnson... more

Sebastian Coe: I absolutely think we were right to bid

16.01.09
Sebastian Coe says preparing London for the Olympics is the biggest challenge for the city outside wartime... more

A pawn cracker as China slows down

24.12.08
Finance: Pawn shops, banned in China from 1956 to 1987 are a booming business as credit dries up in the rapidly slowing economy... more

Eight sports hit by Olympics shortfall

03.12.08
Eight of Britain's Olympic sports faced an uncertain future following a shake-up of funding arrangements ahead of the 2012 Games... more

Athletes to feel the pain of Olympic cash cuts

03.12.08
Athletics has emerged as one of the big losers among Olympic sports following a shake-up of funding in the build-up to London 2012... more

Olympic gold medallists dominate BBC Sports Personality shortlist

02.12.08
Seven of Team GB's Olympic gold medallists have been included on the shortlist for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2008 award... more

No10 hosts summit of 2012's sponsors

02.12.08
Sponsors of the London Olympics today attended a Downing Street summit to discuss concerns that their interests had been overlooked during the Beijing Games... more

Olympics summit to learn from Beijing

14.11.08
THE high command of the Olympic movement is to meet in London to discuss what lessons can be learned from the Beijing Games... more

Triple-gold Hoy hopes to lift City gloom

15.10.08
The parade of Britain's Olympic heroes is just what we need to lift the doom and gloom, says Chris Hoy, the champion cyclist who won three gold medals in Beijing... more

Now China feels the pain as property crisis bites

11.09.08
New data suggests the property crisis is spreading to China, adding to concerns that commodities prices will come under greater pressure... more

Clean, graceful and very effective... let's call it The Pringle

08.09.08
The Velo Park has the look that will define London 2012: simple, unfussy and, hopefully, practical... more

Eleanor, 13, strikes gold

08.09.08
Paralympics: Eleanor Simmons, Britain's youngest competitor at the Paralympic Games, has claimed a shock gold medal in Beijing... more

We love the medals - but now focus on the legacy

02.09.08
Even the biggest cynic cannot fail to have been impressed by our success in Beijing — more gold medals than ever, won by dedicated, articulate sportsmen and women... more

I had to leap stadium fence to train for free reveals Idowu

01.09.08
Olympic medallist Phillips Idowu told how he was forced to jump over the fence to get into an athletics track as a child because he could not afford the entrance fee... more

Clegg plays down great expectation

26.08.08
British Olympic team manager Simon Clegg is wary of heightening expectations for London 2012 after the successes of Beijing... more

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

22.08.08
"Come on," said Boris Johnson to his jetlagged staff, "let's go and see a man from Hackney win a gold medal."... more

Comment: Now the torch comes to London

22.08.08
As the Olympic Games wind down to their final, triumphant finale this weekend, the British team can congratulate itself on an extraordinary achievement... more

Comment: Upgrade politics

21.08.08
As part of his efforts to cut back on needless extravagance at City Hall, the Mayor, Boris Johnson, made a point of travelling economy class to Beijing for the Olympics with a much smaller entourage than previously planned... more

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