PHILIP BARKER reports from Athens and the latest Olympic flame ceremony, as London takes possession of a miner's lamp in a rain storm…
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Category: Olympics
Sportsbeat recruits two ahead of London Olympics
National press agency Sportsbeat has strengthened its news desk ahead of the London 2012 Olympics with two appointments…
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Strike a light: Olympian ceremony blows away cynicism
PHILIP BARKER reports from the start of the Olympic flame’s journey to London Lord Coe, the chairman of London 2012, insists that the Torch rela…
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London’s 2012 Olympic Stadium is off and running
Loughborough psychology student Justine Kinney will go down in history as the first winner of a championship race on London's Olympic Stadium's track…
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Arsenal of hot shots try to get Woolwich on target
PHILIP BARKER reports from Woolwich, where the many competitions at the shooting Olympic test event offered a scatter-gun approach to the sport
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Accreditation: prep camp and Team GB House
The process for getting access to the British Olympic team at its preparation camp in Loughborough and for access to the Team GB House has been announ…
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Olympic football is sent to Coventry. But in a good way
Coventry's Ricoh Arena was given the 2012 treatment this week, staging first Olympic football qualifying match on British soil for 41 years. PHILIP BA…
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100 days to go: Coe likes being hard-pressed
In an exclusive interview for the SJA to mark 100 days until the London Olympic Opening Ceremony, PATRICK COLLINS, of the Mail on Sunday, speaks to Lo…
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Press conference: Great Britain judo squad, Apr 16
Last opportunity to interview and film members of the British Olympic judo squad ahead of the 2012 European championships…
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“I love Blankety Blank, Terry Wogan and we still drink tea”
Plastic Brits, footballing agony and comedy, Stuart Lancaster’s CV, a new golfing No1 and the London Olympics. The week in media and sports quotes…
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