Former Sports Minister Richard Caborn has outlined the benefits of a London 2012 Olympic Games legacy project at the House of Commons.
Dame Tessa Jowell, a former UK Minister for the Olympics, who helped pave the way for London 2012, has died aged 70.
West Ham United claim they are optimistic of "a more constructive communication" with London Mayor Sadiq Khan following crunch talks today about the future of the Olympic Stadium.
A crisis meeting to discuss the future of the London Stadium used for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games is due to take place between the city's Mayor Sadiq Khan and West Ham United vice-chair Karren Brady tomorrow.
The London football club West Ham United has announced a large profit for the year to end-May 2017, corresponding with its first season playing home matches in the former Olympic Stadium.
The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, built for London 2012, is forecast to lose over £30 million ($41 million/€34 million) annually for the next four years, according to new budget proposals.
China's former Olympic marathon runner Wang Jiali has been handed an eight-year suspension after being implicated in the second doping scandal of her career.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has announced plans to take control of the Olympic Stadium after he claimed a "catalogue of errors" by his predecessor Boris Johnson led to the costs of transforming it into West Ham United's new ground soaring.
A former hammer world record holder is among four more Russian athletes to have been disqualified from London 2012 by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) today.
A petition has been launched in a bid to save the manufacturing business which designed the Olympic Bell for the London 2012 Opening Ceremony.
Forensic accountancy firm Moore Stephens has been appointed to conduct an investigation into why converting London’s Olympic Stadium into the home of Premier League football club West Ham United cost £50 million ($62 million/€58 million) more than initially expected.
Sebastian Coe has admitted his "anger" at the allegations of Russian doping which have removed the gloss from the London 2012 Olympics he helped win for his country.
David Edmonds, the chairman of the company responsible for operating London's Olympic Stadium, has resigned from his position.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has ordered an investigation why converting the Olympic Stadium into the home of Premier League football club West Ham United cost £50 million ($61 million/€55 million) more than initially expected.
Installation of signs commemorating West Ham United legends Bobby Moore and Sir Trevor Brooking and continued work on the retractable seating are among the latest changes made to the Olympic Stadium ahead of the Premier League club’s first match there on Thursday (August 4).
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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