Summer Olympics


Diack: It is time for Britain to make good on its broken promises

By Mike Rowbottom

Lamine_Diack_at_Olympic_Stadium_London_May_15_2009January 20 - On the eve of the final deliberations over the eventual fate of the 2012 Olympic Stadium, Britain has been challenged by Lamine Diack, President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), to live up to the promise of an athletics legacy that was "a core policy" of the successful Olympic bid six years ago.













London awash with top sporting events in 2011

New_Jersey_NetsJanuary 17 - London will host more than 30 top sporting events over the next 12 months in what will be one of its busiest years for more than a decade as excitement begins to mount for the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics.