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London 2012 Olympics: Visiting The ExCeL

Tips and experiences on watching sport at the Docklands venue.

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Barnet FC’s Underhill Home Under Threat

Barnet Council cannot ‘give assurances’ the club will have a licence for the whole 2012/13 season.

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Inquiry Approves West Ham – Olympic Stadium Deal

Original decision upheld by independent inquiry.

Our Olympic Stadium, April 09 by hairyegg via the Londonist Flickrpool

Cupcake Coverage Conundrum

Our Olympic stadium, April 09 by hairyegg via the Londonist Flickrpool Boris, on an international climate change jaunt to former Olympic city Seoul, has expressed doubts about the stadium back home. Alright, it’s no birds nest but the sunken cupcake with its pretty pink roof …

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Olympic Building Work Chugging Along Nicely

Despite doom-mongering about the cost of the 2012 Olympics, construction is going rather well, thank-you. New photographs might look like a rainy Glastonbury to you and me but, on closer inspection, reveal significant progress with the main stadium, VeloPark and Aquatics Centre. Even better news …

Olympic News Round-Up

2008 is Beijing’s Olympic year so we’re expecting plenty of 2012 related news, rumblings and international comparisons bouncing round the internet. On the last day of January, our Games have already made the headlines 3 times this week: When overall costs trebled at the end …

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Olympic Stadium Design Unveiled

Well, it’s certainly less controversial than the logo. The design for the new Olympic Stadium is something of a zoetrope in the aspirational design launch video which follows bits of the stadium as they fly and crawl through London to Stratford, witnessed by a jogging …