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Sydney?s Olympic legacies praised

Marsh singled out the economic benefits created by staging the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games and highlighted how the Games were… Read More »Sydney?s Olympic legacies praised

The decision to send Wodjan Ali Seraj Abdulrahim Shahrkhani (judo, + 78kg) and Sarah Attar (athletics, 800m) follows earlier confirmation… Read More »Saudi Arabia joins Brunei Darussalam and Qatar in sending female athletes to London 2012

Kathy Jamisse of Maputo, Mozambique, has been chosen as the third winner of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)?s “Show Your… Read More »Third Winner Announced in IOC?s ?Show Your Best? Campaign ? Mozambican Judo Practitioner Wins Trip to London 2012

The British monarch and her husband the Duke of Edinburgh watched as Torchbearer Gina Macgregor, 74, carried the Flame into… Read More »Olympic Flame greeted by the Queen at Windsor Castle

The state-of-the-art Energy Centre will provide an efficient low-carbon heating and cooling system for venues across the Olympic Park during… Read More »Energy Centre to provide important legacy for London

?’When I found out I won, at first I laughed ? it was a combination of shock and utter excitement!… Read More »IOC announces winner of I copy u contest

IOC Executive Board meetings: 21 and 22 July 2012The Executive Board (EB) will hear the reports from IOC commissions and… Read More »IOC meetings prior to and during the London 2012 Olympic Games – Information for the Media

The television commercial, which is set to the Rolling Stones? 1982 hit ?Start Me Up?, stars Chinese diver Qiu Bo,… Read More »OMEGA celebrates London 2012 Olympic Games with ?Start Me Up!? campaign

Former world champion Hamilton arrived after finishing eighth in the British Grand Prix on Sunday and was delighted with the… Read More »F1 star puts Olympic Flame in pole position

Located 30 kilometres north of London?s Olympic Park, on the edge of the 1,000-acre River Lee Country Park, the centre… Read More »Lee Valley White Water Centre already benefiting local community

The installations in Rio?s Olympic Park are expected to cover an area of 1.18 million square meters, which will cater… Read More »Work begins on Rio 2016 Olympic Park

Almost 12 years after the Games finished, Sydney Olympic Park ? which housed a number of key Olympic venues ?… Read More »Sydney?s Olympic venues provide lasting legacy

The London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) has announced that the gold, silver and bronze medals that will be awarded to… Read More »Olympic medals to be housed at the Tower of London

After being appointed as the leader of the London bid for the 2012 Games, two-time Olympic gold medallist Seb Coe… Read More »London 2012 organisers inspired by Barcelona legacies

Olympic Review catches up with Olympic Solidarity scholarship holders as they target London 2012. The North Bengal teenager Soumyajit Ghosh became… Read More »Soumyajit Ghosh looks forward to London 2012

The Olympic Flame has been welcomed in Birmingham, Coventry and Leicester over the last three days, as the London 2012… Read More »Olympic Flame welcomed throughout the Midlands

After the fast and the furious sports of track cycling and BMX have come to a close at the London… Read More »Velodrome to leave lasting legacy for cycling post Games

The stunning Copper Box arena will be packed with enthusiastic handball fans during the London 2012 Games, but once the… Read More »Iconic Copper Box poised to leave important local legacy

Today, the city of Atlanta is almost unrecognisable from the one that was announced as the host of the 1996… Read More »The legacy of Atlanta 1996

Former Olympic ice dance champions Jane Torvill and Christopher Dean and fabled character Robin Hood have become the latest famous… Read More »Olympic Flame greeted by ?Robin Hood? and former Olympians