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Dwain Chambers looks to avoid courtroom in Olympic battle

12.10.11
Sprinter is banned from competing in the Olympics under a British Olympic Association (BOA) bylaw after serving a two-year drugs ban following his positive test for steroids in 2003... more

Olympics minister uncomfortable with IOC ruling

07.10.11
Any drugs cheats who would have missed the London 2012 Olympics under an IOC ban will now be eligible for the Games... more

Team GB given free tickets for their families

05.10.11
The families of Team GB members will be given two free tickets to London 2012... more

'Team GB will be the best prepared for any Games'

12.07.11
BOA chief executive Andy Hunt reveals that funding package for the 550 athletes will be £13million... more

Home nations gave support over British team for 2012, insist FA

22.06.11
The Football Association play down the row over unified Olympic football side... more

Olympics chief denies football ticket sales ploy

22.06.11
The British Olympic Association have insisted their decision to allow Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish players to play for Team GB at London 2012 is not a ploy to try to get more bums on seats... more

United British squad gets green light for London 2012 Olympics

21.06.11
Players from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will compete as one at the Olympics ... more

Olympic stars of 1948 given tickets to see their sport at 2012 Games

20.06.11
Athletes who represented Britain at the 1948 London Olympics are to be given free tickets to the 2012 Games after complaints that they were being excluded... more

Lord Coe sees off claim to surplus 2012 cash

19.04.11
The British Olympic Association today dropped its legal action against London 2012 organisers in an embarrassing climbdown... more

London 2012 dispute settled as BOA and Locog reach deal

19.04.11
Bitter financial dispute that was threatening to overshadow the London Olympics has been resolved... more

East European wrestlers can compete for GB in Olympic 2012 U-turn

15.04.11
Imported athletes are set to compete for Britain at the Olympics after a U-turn by Games chiefs ... more

Another hurdle cleared as court fight over Olympic cash is dropped

06.04.11
Olympic chiefs are edging towards truce in their battle over 2012 cash... more

Government fails to settle dispute over Games' profits

29.03.11
The Court of Arbitration for Sport will rule on the row between the BOA and 2012 organisers after the Government failed to resolve the dispute over profits from the Games... more

Olympics boss is axed from Games meetings as war with Coe festers

25.03.11
The Government admits it is 'very concerned' that an escalating battle among Olympics chiefs could damage the British team's preparations for London 2012... more

Go-ahead given for beach volleyball Brits

22.03.11
Great Britain's men's and women's beach volleyball teams have been awarded places at the London 2012 Olympics... more

2012 Olympic organisers won't bail out BOA

04.03.11
London 2012 chairman Seb Coe said BOA's shortfall is not their problem... more

Table tennis wins approval for London 2012

04.03.11
As hosts, the British Olympic Association can enter teams or individuals for sports which they would not otherwise qualify for... more

Stop whingeing over lack of funds, Games bosses told

03.03.11
British Olympic Association criticised after warning of a funding gap to support Team GB athletes at the London Games... more

Weightlifters in for 2012

02.03.11
British weightlifters have been given the green light to compete in the London 2012 Olympics... more

British handball teams to make Olympics debut

19.01.11
After months of frustration, the men's and women's teams have won approval to use the reserved home nation qualification spots... more

British Olympic chiefs only expect us to come 'in top six' in medal table

20.07.10
Olympics chiefs have shelved a five-year-old target for Great Britain to finish in fourth place at London 2012, the Standard has learned... more

Honesty from Olympic chiefs is breath of fresh air

20.07.10
Commentary: The British Olympic Association’s decision to play down expectations about Great Britain’s medal chances is timely after England's football failings... more

BOA chief: We won’t let our 2012 athletes suffer at home

26.02.10
Video: Andy Hunt has learnt a lesson from the Canadians, whose controversial medal plan backfired at the Vancouver Winter Games... more

£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

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

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

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

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


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