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London 2012 sponsor delivers boats to Weymouth

July 6 - London 2012 Tier One sponsor UPS has completed delivery of the first set of safety and competition officials' lifeboats to the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy (WPNSA), which will serve as the host venue for the sailing events during the Olympics and Paralympics.




USOC pledge to stand by BP sponsorship

June 28 - BP will not be dropped as a $15 million (£9.5 million) sponsor of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), launched by Luc Bardin (pictured), the company's chief sales marketing officer at a ceremony in Vancouver in February, chief executive Scott Blackmun insisted today.








Exclusive: London 2012 will help BP recover from Gulf oil spill claims Olympics Minister

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

June 6 - BP's sponsorship of the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics will help the company restore its reputation after the oil spill on the Gulf of Mexico which killed 11 people and is one of the worst environmental disasters in United States history, Britain's Olympics and Sports Minister Hugh Robertson has predicted.