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London celebrates two-year Olympic countdown
Today we enter another new phase of London 2012 - bringing the Great British public on-board," Sports and Olympics Minister Hugh Robertson said. On sale will be 8 million tickets for the Olympics and 2 million for the Paralympics.
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West Ham confident over Olympic Stadium
And, two years before the Olympics start, Brady told www.insidethegames.biz: The Hammers confirmed earlier this year they want to leave their existing Upton Park home for the Olympic Stadium, while London mayor Boris Johnson… -
Coe confident of balanced budget as 2012 stays ahead of the game
Minister for Sport and the Olympics, yesterday. Olympics timeline July: Opening ceremony of the London Olympics London 2012 appears to have left its early budgetary troubles far behind. They are in a healthier position at this… -
Swimmer remembers a frugal London Olympics
I never made any money out of my competing in the Olympics, I have nothing to compare it to, but I imagine a lot of today's athletes do ok from it. I would like to go to the 2012 Olympics. Susan Halter was then a 19-year-old… -
Van Commenee demands flying start from his British team
Farah and Thompson are unlikely to fare any worse than Van Commenee himself did when he travelled to the 1992 Olympics as a personal coach. We may hear a good deal of the British national anthem, too – starting tonight, when… -
Chambers given 2012 boost ahead of his 100m campaign
With a home Olympics for the rest of the team to aim at in 2012, and Olympic trials, too, the British squad in the Finnish capital will be of the shadow variety. As Charles van Commenee, the head coach of UK Athletics, put it… -
Idowu's task gets tougher after Tamgho is declared fit
Meanwhile, as Dwain Chambers continued his preparations for his 100m duel with Christophe Lemaitre in the knowledge he will be barred from the 2012 Olympics by the British Olympic Association because of the two-year doping… -
Two years to go and London is so ahead of the Olympic Games
Some might suggest that the one aspect of the Olympics which has ballooned is the cost, though actually this is not the case. We won't be able to match Beijing in terms of money spent but one of the great things about these… -
Inside Lines: That's show business? No, it is sport casting its magic spell
Last week several of their number took time off from their nationwide roadshow to help Britain strike gold in the World Acrobatic Gymnastics Championships in Wrozlaw, Poland, capturing both the men's pairs and fours titles… -
Out of Africa: What are six Kenyan distance-runners doing holed up in a…
The runners you see tearing away at the front in the Olympics, leaving everyone else panting hopelessly five laps behind. Micah is Micah Kogo, the world-record holder for 10km on the road; bronze medallist behind the great…
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Jeremy Hunt: Faster, higher, stronger – and cheaper
The Olympics budget is not ringfenced. I want to use the Olympics to banish the myth that competitive sport can damage children's self-esteem; that everyone has to win a prize. While his recent utterances on the BBC licence… -
Budget worries are soothed by realistic targets and prudence
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Sky allowed to keep Ashes coverage until 2013
Sport
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London celebrates two-year Olympic countdown
Today we enter another new phase of London 2012 - bringing the Great British public on-board," Sports and Olympics Minister Hugh Robertson said. On sale will be 8 million tickets for the Olympics and 2 million for the Paralympics. -
West Ham confident over Olympic Stadium
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Swimmer remembers a frugal London Olympics
Arts and Entertainment
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Boyd Tonkin: Strangled and stifled by red tape
With the Olympics galloping fast towards us, and hopes high for its artistic flank, a more rational and flexible approach to one-off cultural visitors could help avert disaster. It belongs in the sackful of would-be populist,… -
O2 Arena: from millennium flop to top of the pops
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The battle of Trafalgar Square: six artists vie for fourth plinth spot
Opinion
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DJ Taylor: In a philistine age, who is still willing to speak up for Auntie?
Olympics, a royal match or despatch – no one in their right mind would turn to ITV (an exception was May's election coverage, where they performed rather well). The Conservative Party has ancient scores to settle – some… -
Leading article: Old spice
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David Lister: Radical thinking is needed if you want to avoid the chop
Lifestyle
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Why wool is making a comeback after years of falling sales
London to pick a range of specially designed, un-dyed wool carpets for use at the Olympics instead of a synthetic alternative. Search for the perfect furniture with The Independent house and home database, powered by mydeco. -
Olympics: Stella McCartney to design British Olympic kit
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London has 'the worst food in Europe'
Travel
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The reign of Spain
Within two decades the restored kingdom enjoyed the miraculous year of 1992: Madrid was Europe's Capital of Culture, Seville hosted the World Expo and Barcelona was venue for a memorable Olympics. But did the best country win? -
London could get cable car for 2012 Olympics: officials
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48 Hours In: Athens
Money
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How to turn your spare room into a crash pad for tourists
London Olympics is still an unknown quantity in terms of accommodation, but two million visitors are expected. Travelling to Sydney during the Olympics he found nearly all the hotels were full where there was any space, the… -
Big Think: Philanthrocapitalism
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The Analyst: Russia looks far from a bear market
Student
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Workforce goes green: Companies want to recruit people with the right…
They get involved in anything from the environmental social and economic impact of big schemes such as the 2012 Olympics to energy reduction, waste management and sustainability in big companies, local authorities and -
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Liz Sayce: 'Equality matters more, not less, in hard economic times'
Environment
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Giant China algae slick getting bigger: report
Up to 10,000 soldiers and volunteers were enlisted to clean up more than a million tonnes of the foul-smelling algae as they raced to clear the waters in time for the Olympics. The algae bloom has expanded by about 50 percent… -
Giant green algae slick heads towards China
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Canada reports mildest winter on record