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

19.11.09
Olympic chiefs have embarked on a £10 million pyramid-selling scheme to help fund the British team in 2012... more

Team GB need cash to avoid 2012 cuts

21.10.09
British Olympic Association chief executive Andy Hunt has told sporting bodies that the size of Team GB at the London 2012 Games depends on how much money can be raised... more

Public asked to sponsor athletes by Olympics chiefs

29.09.09
Taxpayers will be asked to do their patriotic duty by sponsoring British athletes competing at the London Olympics in 2012 to make up for a shortfall in government funding... more

It’s not cheating ... GB 2012 stars get ‘home advantage’ in 2012

23.09.09
Britain's Olympics chiefs have come up with a cunning plan which might just win us more medals in 2012... more

'I'll bang my shoe on desk': Boris Johnson demands £20m Olympic cuts

18.09.09
Mayor at centre of unprecedented row after his proposals to cut costs for 2012 Olympics were rejected... more

BOA support plans to stay at ExCel Centre

16.09.09
London 2012 organisers' hopes of persuading boxing to move to Wembley have suffered a major blow after the British Olympic Association threw their support behind the sport's refusal to switch venue... more

£2m loan to keep British Olympic Association on track

17.06.09
The British Olympic Association made a £1.5million loss last year and needed the London 2012 Organising Committee to bail it out... more

I was unaware of Olympic lifetime ban, says Chambers

09.02.09
Dwain Chambers has claimed he did not realise being caught as a drugs cheat would result in a lifetime ban from the Olympic Games... more

Woodward in frame to replace GB chief Clegg

22.12.08
Sir Clive Woodward is tipped to take charge of the British Olympic squad in 2012 as replacement to the team chief Simon Clegg... more

Athletes fear cost cuts will harm 2012 village

22.10.08
Concern is growing among nations due to compete in the 2012 Games that our Olympic village will not be up to standard... more

British chiefs hit back at Saunders whinge

15.08.08
British Olympic chiefs defended the way they prepared athletes for the Beijing Games after boxer Bradley Saunders said he was "happy to lose" because he had been "homesick"... more

Drugs cheat Dwain Chambers banned from Beijing Olympics

18.07.08
Dwain Chambers has lost his High Court battle to be allowed to compete at next month's Beijing Olympics... more

Chambers is left with nowhere to run by judgement

18.07.08
Ban from Olympics could spell the end of sprinter's career... more

Chambers must wait 24 hours for Games judgement

17.07.08
Dwain Chambers will have to wait a little bit longer before discovering if his lifetime Olympics ban will be lifted so he can compete in the Beijing Games... more

Chambers' Olympics court date is delayed by 24 hours

14.07.08
Dwain Chambers' showdown with the British Olympic Association at the High Court has been put back 24 hours... more

Form guide shows Chambers' only fear need be the courtroom

10.07.08
The country's top sprinters are hoping put the dampeners on Dwain Chambers' qualifying hopes... more

Chambers will learn Games fate next week

09.07.08
Disgraced sprinter's hopes of overturning his lifetime Olympics ban were kept alive in the High Court today... more

Chambers will learn Games fate next week

09.07.08
Disgraced sprinter's hopes of overturning his lifetime Olympics ban were kept alive in the High Court today... more

How much, who's paying and the key players

07.07.08
Find out how much 2012 will cost, who controls the budget and how we won the Games... more

Chambers in race for appeal to be decided

04.07.08
Dwain Chambers does not expect his legal challenge against a lifetime Olympic ban to be heard for another week, causing major disruption to team selection for Beijing... more

Chambers ready to launch appeal over Olympic ban

03.07.08
The legal team acting for Dwain Chambers will file papers against the British Olympic Association in London in a bid to pave the way for him to compete at the Olympic Games in Beijing... more

Stars put the heat on Chambers

30.06.08
Almost 100 British sports stars past and present have signed a petition supporting the banning of Dwain Chambers from the Olympics. ... more

Christie rage at Olympic boss Coe

19.06.08
Linford Christie said he "cannot stand" Sebastian Coe and partly blamed his former team-mate for him not being allowed to run in the Olympic torch relay in London in April... more

We must act now to halt the betrayal of the Games

19.05.08
However seriously you view the latest news on the cost of the 2012 Olympics - that the aquatic centre bust its budget as early as January 2005 - one thing is certain. The Mayor, the Government and the British Olympic Association have a massive task ahead to deliver a successful Games... more

Olympic blade runner go-ahead

16.05.08
An athlete with no legs dubbed Blade Runner has won the right to compete in the Beijing Olympics... more

Dwain Chambers admits using seven-drug cocktail

16.05.08
Dwain Chambers confesses to anti-doping chiefs that he was on an astonishing cocktail of seven banned drugs in 2003... more

Woodward's £300,000 a year, but 21 of 26 sports still to be convinced

03.04.08
Clive Woodward under fire as controversial scheme to create a golden generation for 2012 is snubbed... more

Reshuffle at the top after Olympic gaffes

03.03.08
A major shake-up has been ordered at the headquarters of the British Olympic movement after damaging gaffes such as the failed attempt to "gag" UK athletes at the Beijing Olympics... more

Fury at drug cheat Linford's Olympic role

22.02.08
Mayor Ken Livingstone is under pressure to drop disgraced sprinter Linford Christie from the Olympic torch procession... more

'Leper' Chambers can fight his Olympic ban

13.02.08
Drug cheat has the right to run in Beijing, says top dope buster... more

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