Summer Olympics





Work hard, work hard, work hard, Rogge urges London 2012

By Duncan Mackay in London

July 5 - London 2012 officials were today urged to "work hard, work hard, work hard" by International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge as he visited the capital to inspect preparations for the Olympics and Paralympics and to meet Britain's new Prime Minister David Cameron.



Brunei claims nothing stopping women competing at London 2012

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

July 5 - Female athletes from Brunei will be sent to the London 2012 Olympics as long as they are good enough, the Government have promised after they were criticised at the United Nations last week for being one of only three countries never to have sent women competitors to the Games.





ODA boss tops list of highest-earning quango employees

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

July 2 - David Higgins (pictured), the chief executive of the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA), tops Britain's list as the highest-earning boss of a taxpayer-funded Government guango with an annual salary of £394,999 ($599,664), it was revealed today.