Olympics
The guts but not the glory for Brownlee
No one glanced up from their skinny lattes or did a double-take in mid-sudoku when Britain's most accomplished world champion walked into his local Starbucks.
Inside Olympics
Tessa Sanderson: 'I was spat on and called golliwog'
Sunday, 15 November 2009
An amazing life has included Olympic gold and outspoken views on drugs. Now Tessa's academy is finding our sporting stars of the future – so why is she still an outsider?
Cultural Olympiad 'will be a fiasco as big as Dome', says Tory spokesman
Saturday, 14 November 2009
Shadow culture minister expresses his fears for the future of £80m project
Zaha Hadid's 'Stingray' roof makes waves
Thursday, 12 November 2009
With its dazzling, undulating design and prominent positioning at the entrance to the Olympic Park, ministers hope that the London Aquatics Centre will be the architectural jewel in the capital's crown in 2012.
'Stingray' roof lowered onto 2012 centrepiece
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
With its dazzling undulating design and prominent positioning at the entrance to the Olympic Park, ministers hope that the London Aquatics Centre will be the architectural jewel in the capital's crown come 2012.
65,000 towels... 8 trampolines... Olympic organisers go shopping
Friday, 6 November 2009
British businesses battle for contracts worth £1.7bn to kit out the 2012 Games
Coach with 1,000 days to drive British athletes to London golds
Saturday, 31 October 2009
With the Olympics fast approaching, the head of UK Athletics, Charles van Commenee, talks to Simon Turnbull about his demanding medal targets for 2012 and why he thinks the team may even exceed his lofty expectations
Rogge praises 'master plan' in keeping 2012 preparations on track
Friday, 30 October 2009
On the eve of the 1,000-day countdown to the London Olympics, the organisers have been given a glowing appraisal by Jacques Rogge, president of the IOC.
De Vos urges 2012 Olympic athletes to aim high
Tuesday, 27 October 2009
British athletes have been set the target of winning 10 medals at the London Olympics in 2012. UK Athletics' chief executive, Niels de Vos, says it is an "optimistic target" but that it was important to aim to do better than Britain has ever done.
The ten worst Olympians: loveable losers from the Games
Thursday, 22 October 2009
Billed as the "Snow Leopard", Ghana's first professional skier is heading to the Winter Olympics.
Forget Eric the Eel... meet the Snow Leopard
Thursday, 22 October 2009
Ghana's first professional skier is heading to the Winter Olympics – via Milton Keynes
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