Olympics


Pyeongchang 2018 celebrates Olympic Day

By Emily Goddard

Pyeongchang_Olympic_Day_Run_28-06-11June 26 - Key figures of the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Bid Committee, including International Olympic Committee (IOC) Member Dae-sung Moon and a number of athlete ambassadors, have celebrated 2011's Olympic Day.






Olympic Stadium decision is blow to Tottenham admits Cullen

By Andrew Warshaw in Moscow

London_2012_Olympic_Stadium_lit_up_June_15_2011June 24 - Tottenham Hotspur admitted today that the club could not compete on a level playing field with their Premiership rivals unless they are able to acquire a bigger ground following their failure to get a judicial review to block West Ham United's move to the Olympic Stadium after London 2012.



Athletes support Annecy 2018 from the summit of Mont-Blanc

By Emily Goddard

mont-blanc_23-06-11June 23 - An expedition of athletes, including three snowboarders - Olympic bronze medallist Paul-Henri De Le Rue, his older brother, double world champion Xavier De Le Rue, and World Cup medal winner Sylvain Dufour - have reached the summit of Mont-Blanc, where they unfurled a banner in support of the Annecy 2018 bid for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.




Locals enjoy first picnic in the Olympic Park

By Emily Goddard

Olympic_Park_picnic_in_the_park_with_stadium_in_backgroundJune 21 - More than a hundred local residents and schoolchildren enjoyed the first "picnic in the park" in the newly completed wetland bowl, riverside spectator lawns and wet woodlands in the London 2012 Olympic Park, led by the experts behind the design and construction of the site.