How does British bid measure up to The Games&#39; requirements?
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The report criticised the spread of venues, which made athletes&#39; travelling distances among the longest of any bidding city. The IOC was impressed by the Olympic Park in the lower Lea Valley.
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The British Olympic Association has defended an athletes' contract curbing political activity at the Beijing games.
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Exchange group Euronext is reported to be ready to bid for the London Stock Exchange, which rejected a German offer last week.
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London will use TV footage from yesterday&#39;s athletes&#39; parade to convince Olympic leaders of Britain&#39;s enthusiasm for the Games just hours before next July&#39;s 2012 vote, it emerged today.
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The International Olympic Committee&#39;s decision to send their evaluation team to London in mid-February could turn out to be a huge advantage for the capital&#39;s bid for the 2012 Games.
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Olympic and Paralympic medallists took part in the ticker tape event to celebrate Team GB&#39;s medal success in the games. David Davies, Wales&#39; 1500m swimming bronze medallist at the Olympics was joined by Paralympians
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The gamers that will represent the UK at the gaming world's equivalent of the Olympics have been chosen.
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British athletes competing at this year's Olympic Games in China will be forced to sign a contract promising not to speak out on political issues, the Mail on Sunday has reported.
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The IOC's evaluation team arrives in London on Tuesday to inspect its bid for the 2012 Olympic Games.
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London 2012 Olympic bid leaders yesterday insisted that the capital has a realistic chance of winning the right to host the next but one summer games despite starting the campaign behind the clear favourites, Paris.
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Deutsche Boerse has made a Â£1.3 billion ($2.49 billion) approach for the London Stock Exchange, and the LSE&#39;s rejection of it on Monday left observers doubting a much better offer would emerge.
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Europe's top sports bodies won a first battle to keep control of their games on Wednesday but a struggle with the European Commission over how sport should be run across the 27-nation bloc looks set to continue.
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Companies bidding for the flagship rail franchise between London and Edinburgh are facing an unprecedented wave of public and parliamentary support for the incumbent Great North Eastern Railways (GNER). Nearly ...
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[World News]: London, Nov 20 :London has launched its bid to host the 2012 Olympics with a pledge that it would be &quot;the best Games the world has ever seen&quot;.
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Olympics is a massive event to manage. And Britain who is bidding for 2012 Olympics would appoint a cabinet minister just to look after the Olympics preparation.
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Olympics organisers are to submit of one of the biggest planning applications in European history.
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Paris, one of London&#39;s four rivals to host the 2012 Olympic Games, revealed details of its 3,200-page bid document today, focusing on the city&#39;s &quot;love of the Games&quot;.