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Cricket to be an Olympic winner with 2012 legacy

21.10.09

Cricket chiefs are in talks with Boris Johnson about a move to the Olympic stadium after the 2012 Games... more

Olympic stadium could be giant Twenty20 cricket venue

27.07.09

Calls were growing for the 2012 Olympic Stadium to be used as a future cricket arena... more

London's Olympic excitement mounts

27.07.09

In exactly three years' time this city's Olympic Games will be under way. There are promising signs that Londoners are looking to the time when they can celebrate this spectacular festival of sport... more

Olympics 2012 stadium may host football

21.07.09

Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell admitted 'there is a case' to review the future of the 2012 stadium if a bid to host the football World Cup succeeds... more

2012 bosses give themselves Ł60k bonus

16.07.09

Bosses at the Olympic Delivery Authority enjoyed average bonuses of Ł60,000 each in the past 12 months... more

State takes control as cash crisis hits Olympic village

13.05.09

The Ł1 billion Olympic Village was completely nationalised after Games chiefs finally abandoned plans to raise private funding... more

MPs attack Olympic chiefs over soaring wages for 2012

09.03.09

Olympics chiefs have come under fire over the rising wage bill for the 2012 project... more

2012 London Olympics will provide a lasting legacy

16.01.09

Despite the current economic downturn, Keith Dovkants found that most experts now agree the Games will be a huge boost for London... more

New delays to release of 2012 security budget

15.12.08

The completion of London's Ł600 million Olympic security budget has been delayed again amid continued wrangling over the cost of protecting the Games from a terrorist attack... more

Extra Ł29m for London 2012 to help reduce funding gap

02.12.08

The Government have moved to limit the damage of a funding gap for Olympic sports by coming up with an extra Ł29million... more

London 'in danger of missing out on legacy from Games'

30.10.08

Londoners are "sorely" at risk of missing out on a lasting sporting legacy from the 2012 Olympics, the Mayor's Commissioner for Sport has warned ... more

Security costs 'will send 2012 bill over Ł10bn'

29.09.08

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

2012 bosses pick up Ł1.7m bonuses despite cost rises

21.07.08

Olympics chiefs came under fire today for paying themselves "staggering" bonuses of £1.7 million in the past year... more

2012 pool chosen despite design flaws

15.07.08

The design for the aquatic centre dubbed the "jewel in the crown" of the 2012 Olympic site was picked despite obvious design flaws, it was revealed... more

Taxpayers face Ł420m bill as Olympic builder struggles to raise cash

03.06.08

The taxpayers' contribution to the Olympic village has risen to £420 million due to the credit crunch... more

Credit crunch to force Olympics over budget

01.05.08

The credit crunch looks certain to force two of the biggest venues in the Olympic Park over budget, the Standard can reveal... more

Bill for London 2012 Games could rise to Ł12billion, warn MPs

22.04.08

Ministers' claims to have the £9.3 billion costs of the London Olympics under control have been dealt a blow... more

MPs set to condemn spiralling budget for 2012 Olympic Games

16.04.08

MPs are preparing to issue a scathing condemnation of the soaring cost of the 2012 Olympics... more

Final bill for 2012 velodrome doubles to Ł80 million

08.04.08

The planned 2012 Olympics velodrome has doubled in cost to £80million... more

What they said about the Games budget

08.04.08

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63 civil servants working on Olympics 'gravy train'

01.04.08

The Government has been accused of an "extraordinary waste of money" after it emerged that 63 public workers are employed to oversee the 2012 Games... more

Ł450,000 to drive bus to Beijing

03.03.08

A total of £450,000 of public money is being spent sending a London double-decker by road to Beijing... more

Cost of Olympics media centre has tripled to Ł400m

26.02.08

The cost of the media centre for the London Olympics could rise to Ł400million - almost three times the original estimate - the Standard has learned... more

Comment: Get Christie's hands off torch

22.02.08

For the Mayor to invite Linford Christie, a man banned for life from the Olympics for drug use, to carry the Olympic torch, is careless at best and, at worst, evidence of flagrant disregard for the spirit of sport... more