Games Monitor - Sport

Let the Bejing Olympics of Global Re-branding and Marketing begin!

Martin Slavin — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:50:31 +0100

Let the Bejing Olympics of Global Re-branding and Marketing begin!

'Secrets in the Blood' coming to the Beijing Olympics ?

Martin Slavin — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:31:32 +0100

In the run up to the Beijing Olympics, Matt McGrath sets out to expose corruption, drug use and cover-ups at the highest levels in sport. BBC World Service Investigation

Olympic sporting legacy – whose responsibility ?

Martin Slavin — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:40:40 +0100

There has been no end of promises for a sporting legacy for London in the wake of the 2012 Games. But fine sentiments alone are not going to deliver it to future generations of Londoners, argues Kurt Barling, BBC London.

Very critical House of Commons Select Committee Olympic report published

Martin Slavin — Sat, 03 May 2008 09:35:26 +0100

On 23 April 2008 the House of Commons Select Committee responsible for reviewing the performance of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport published its report London 2012 Games: The next lap. This report contains the following judgements.

.."such a radical revision of cost estimates has been damaging to confidence in the management of the overall programme. It has also exposed the Government and Games organisers to the charge that the initial bid was kept artificially low in order to win public support."

What the Olympics are all about: ‘the global sporting arms race’

Julian Cheyne — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:09:16 +0100

One of the supposed objectives of the 2012 Olympics is to stimulate greater participation by the general public in sport. However, another even more pressing concern is the final medal table and Britain’s place in it. The National Audit Office recently got in on the act and produced a report (see attachment) on Britain’s strategy for increasing its medal tally at the Olympic Games.

Who says sport and politics don't mix?

Julian Cheyne — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:25:28 +0000

Sportsmen and women may not be renowned for being politically outspoken. The most notorious example of pressure being applied to British sportsmen was in 1938 when the English football team was ordered by the FA and the Foreign Office to give the Nazi salute before a friendly match in Germany.

London awarded 2011 World Individual Badminton Championships

Martin Slavin — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:53:02 +0000

The Badminton World Federation (BWF) awarded England the 19th World Championships and the event will come to the capital just a year before the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

The bid has received strong financial backing from UK Sport’s World Class Events Programme and has also been supported by the Sports Minister, Gerry Sutcliffe MP, The Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone and London 2012 Chairman Lord Coe.

When will the cyclists get adequate training facilities ?

Martin Slavin — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 22:02:43 +0000

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Skateboarding as an Olympic sport ?

Martin Slavin — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 09:57:58 +0100

Not since a group of anarchists first started holding meetings has there been such a crisis of faith for a community. Recently, the men in suits of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) proposed turning skateboarding into an Olympic sport for the London Olympics of 2012.

Our biggest local swimming pool is closing

Martin Slavin — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 09:21:10 +0100

“The Olympics will promote sport and healthy living in the capital,” it says the website of Waltham Forest borough council. “We can now look forward to seeing the area regenerate with the best sporting, leisure and cultural facilities the world has ever seen."