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XXX OLYMPIC SUMMER GAMES
City of London
Opening ceremony Friday 27 July 2012
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The London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) has today confirmed that Egypt has joined the London 2012 legacy programme International Inspiration, becoming the 20th and final country to do so.
The London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) has today revealed a world-class line-up for the UCI Track Cycling World Cup, presented by Samsung, which takes place on 16-19 February 2012.
The London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) today announced that the under 16s Volunteer Performer Cast for the Olympic and Paralympic Ceremonies will be selected from schools in the six east London Host Boroughs.
With exactly six months to go until the London 2012 Games, the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) will today hand over the Olympic and Paralympic Village site to the London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG).
The Olympic Park’s artist in residence, Neville Gabie, has created his own version of the ‘Bathers at Asnieres’ as part of the Olympic Delivery Authority's (ODA's) Art in the Park programme.
The London 2012 Organising Committee has announced that up to 15,000 spectators will be able to enjoy one of the best vantage points on the Olympic Cycling Road Race route, up from an original 3,500.
London 2012 has announced plans for schoolchildren across the UK to take part in sporting and cultural activities for World Sport Day, presented by Lloyds TSB on 25 June.
February 3 - London 2012 chief executive Paul Deighton (pictured far right) has admitted that training the 70,000 Games Makers that are volunteering to help at the Olympics and Paralympics is the biggest challenge that his organisation has faced so far in the lead up to the Games.
February 3 - Rio 2016 have announced that they will not be revealing the winning designer of the first Olympic golf course in over 100 years until early March, despite the announcement having been scheduled for today.
February 3 - Greenwich has received a huge boost ahead of the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics after the Queen today bestowed upon it the status of Royal Borough, making it the first borough to be granted Royal status in over 80 years and the only Royal Host Borough for the Games.
February 3 - Former UEFA boss Lennart Johansson (pictured left) has called for FIFA President Sepp Blatter (right) to step down and hand over the reins now rather than at the end of his four-year term in 2015.
February 3 - The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) has announced that two new shooting events will be included in the programme for the 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China, taking the total number of events to six.
February 2 - Britain marched into the semi finals of the Champions Trophy in Rosario, Argentina after a 4-1 win over South Korea, the first time they had beaten them in five meetings in the competition.
February 2 - Civil engineering firm BAM Nuttall will help transform the Olympic Park once London 2012 is over, the Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC) announced today.
February 2 - Golf legends Jack Nicklaus (pictured), Gary Player and Greg Norman are waiting to hear whether they will be chosen to design the first Olympic golf course in more than a century after making presentations to organisers in Rio de Janeiro.
February 2 - Michael Lynch (pictured), the Visa head of global sponsorship marketing, has resigned following a successful 16-year career with the American multinational financial services corporation.
February 2 - Baku officials claim that the fact so many major hotel chains are choosing to open new premises in the Azerbaijan capital is an endorsement for their bid to host the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics.
October 22 - Four athletes have made the shortlist for the Paralympic Games Debut Category at 2011 Paralympic Sport Awards with the winner set to be announced in December, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) have announced.
October 16 - The National Paralympic Committee (NPC) of Rwanda still need to find Rwf28.5 million (£3,000/$4,705/€3,440) to host the Africa Sub-Saharan Sitting Volleyball Championships in Kigali next month.
January 8 - United States swimming sensation Mallory Weggemann (pictured) has revealed that she is aiming to compete in nine events at the London 2012 Paralympics and does not want to settle for anything less than gold in every single one of them.
January 13 - Canadian Alpine skier Alexandra Starker has won the International Paralympic Committee's (IPC) Athlete of the Month award for December, it has been announced.
January 18 - Moroccan powerlifter Youssef Assouggane has been suspended for two years after failing a drugs test which means he will miss out on the chance to compete at the London 2012 Paralympics.