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School sport does not need overhauling, insists Youth Sport Trust chief

By Tom Degun

August 7 - John Steele, the chief executive of Youth Sport Trust, has hit back at comments from British Olympic Association (BOA) chairman Colin Moynihan, who claimed that school sport was in need of an urgent step change.

Seven Cameroonian London 2012 athletes go missing

By David Gold at the London Media Centre

August 7 - Seven Cameroonian athletes have gone missing at the London 2012 Olympic Games.

"Shame on you" IOC President told by widow of Munich Massacre victim

By David Gold at the Guildhall in London

August 6 - A ceremony was held here tonight to remember the 11 Israeli athletes murdered at the Munich Olympics in 1972, and the controversy caused by the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) refusal to hold a minute's silence in the London 2012 Opening Ceremony was never far from the agenda.

Rio marks four years to go until 2016 Olympics

By David Gold

August 6 - The Rio 2016 Organising Committee has marked the four years to go point until they host the next Summer Olympics.

Exclusive: Tokyo aims to end the Olympics' "empty seats" problem

By Emily Goddard

By David Owen at Japan House in London

August 6 - Japanese Olympic organisers would strive to harness the country's technological expertise to solve once and for all the Games' perennial problem with empty seats, the head of Tokyo's 2020 Olympic and Paralympic bid has promised.

IOC defends NBC for not broadcasting London 2012 100m final live

By Emily Goddard

By Andrew Warshaw at the Main Press Centre on the Olympic Park in London

August 6 - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today refused to criticise NBC for not showing the men's 100 metres live even though the broadcaster is the IOC's official partner in the United States and paid $1.2 billion (£772 million/€971 million) for the rights to show the Games.

IOC backs Olympic Broadcasting Service after more gaffes

By Emily Goddard

By Andrew Warshaw at the Main Press Centre on the Olympic Park in London

August 6 - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today defended the body that provides the global television feed of London 2012 after yet another controversy, this time involving yesterday's men's tennis final.

This is a London I recognise again says Coe

By Tom Degun at the Main Press Centre on the Olympic Park in London

August 6 - London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe has admitted he is delighted to see how much the city is getting behind the Olympic Games, which he admitted was a stark contrast to a year ago when the capital was swarmed with rioters.

"Poetic justice" served to the London 2012 bottle thrower says Coe

By Andrew Warshaw at the Main Press Centre on the Olympic Park in London

August 6 - London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe today lent his tacit support to the Dutch judo player, Edith Bosch, who struck the already infamous Olympic 100-metre bottle thrower.

Man arrested after bottle thrown on to track moments before start of 100 metres final

By Mike Rowbottom at the Olympic Stadium in London

August 5 - A man has been arrested after a bottle was thrown on to the track seconds before the start of the men's 100 metres final at the Olympic Stadium.

Moynihan calls for "step change" in school sport to ensure London 2012 legacy

By Tom Degun at Team GB House in London

August 5 - British Olympic Association (BOA) chairman Colin Moynihan has again called for a complete step change in school sport to ensure that there is a real legacy from the London 2012 Games.

London 2012 wins a gold medal in TV viewing figures

By Sara Evans

August 5 - London 2012 is setting record television viewing figures across the world, statistics announced today reveal.

Honav signed up to supply pin badges for Rio 2016

By David Gold at Casa Brasil in London

August 5 - Honav have signed a contract here to provide pin badges for the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Family of cyclist killed by London 2012 bus appeal for name not to be associated with any campaigns

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay at the Main Press Centre on the Olympic Park in London

August 4 - The family of Dan Harris (pictured), the cyclist killed by a London 2012 media bus earlier this week, today appealed for his accident not to be used by groups campaigning for better safety.

Olympic cycling hero Wiggins welcomed to BT London Live in Hyde Park by 50,000 cheering fans

By Stuart Newman

August 4 - Bradley Wiggins, Great Britain's most decorated Olympian, was afforded a vociferous hero's welcome by a packed out, 50,000-strong crowd when he dropped in at BT London Live in Hyde Park today.

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When British skaters Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean won the Olympic gold medal in ice dance at Sarajevo 1984 with 12 perfect 6.0s from every judge, for their interpretation of Maurice Ravel's Boléro, an important member of their team was singer-actor Michael Crawford. Crawford, who had played Frank Spencer in British sitcom Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em and the title role in the musical The Phantom of the Opera, had become a mentor to the pair in 1981 and went on to help them create their Olympic routine. Crawford said he “taught them how to act". He was present with their trainer Betty Callaway at the ringside at Sarajevo as they created one of the most iconic moments in Olympic history.

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