Summer Olympics







Thousands of young athletes in rush for mentors and money

By Mike Rowbottom 

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May 20 - More than 10,000 promising young British sportsmen and women, including athletes Emma Jackson, Stacey Smith and Ricky Stevenson, have so far entered a competition to take up the last place in a new sporting legacy initiative providing funding and development, as well as the support of three international performers.







Details of London 2012 Torch Relay route announced

By Tom Degun at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London

Wenlock_at_launch_of_Torch_Relay_in_Lands_EndMay 18 - London 2012 today revealed the first details of the route of 70-day, 8,000-mile Torch Relay of Britain ahead of next year's Olympics, starting at the southern tip of the country at Land's End in Cornwall on May 19, 2012.