Summer Olympics


Exclusive: BOA may launch own School Olympics

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

Colin Moynihan by House of LordsJanuary 2 - A new Commission to review the future of school sport is set to be established by the British Olympic Association (BOA) which could lead to them setting-up an event that would be a rival to the Government's proposed UK School Games, chairman Colin Moynihan has revealed.





Rogge lays first stone at Rio Olympic Village

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

Jacques_Rogge_Rio_December_2010December 29 - Jacques Rogge, the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), today laid the first stone at the site of the Athletes Village in Rio de Janeiro and praised the city's preparations for the 2016 Games.





London sets up new agency to promote capital for 2012 Olympics

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

Tower Bridge lit upDecember 27 - Details of a four-year funding deal for a new promotion agency for London, which will bring together the work of the existing agencies for tourism, inward investment, and international students and aims to champion the capital as one of the world's best big cities in the build-up to the Olympics and Paralympics in 2012, have been announced.