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LONDON -- British show jumper Michael Whitaker has won an appeal against an Olympic doping ban and will be eligible to compete at ... But a BOA appeals panel has ruled that the 49-year-old Whitaker, who won a team silver medal in at the Los Angeles ...
Read moreWhitaker free to compete at London 2012 Olympics - ESPN.com
LONDON -- British show jumper Michael Whitaker has won an appeal against an Olympic doping ban and will be eligible to compete at the 2012 London Games. Whitaker received a four-month ban after his horse, Tackeray, failed a drug test at a competition ...
Read moreWhitaker free to compete at London 2012 Olympics - ESPN.com
London 2012 organisers have been urged to be up front about how many tickets will be available for the Olympics and how much they will cost. The London Assembly's economic development, culture, sport and tourism committee said the public needed to ...
Read moreCall for London 2012 Olympics tickets clarity - BBC UK News
In order to make London 2012 the greenest Olympics yet, each building and stadium is being constructed to meet specific targets. Rainwater , for example, has been collected in order to reduce the amount of potable water used in the buildings. The ...
Read moreWill London 2012 be ‘The Green Olympics’? - Inhabitat.com
Photograph: Alex Morton/Action Images The energy supplier npower may end its long-standing sponsorship deal with the England and Wales Cricket Board due to fears that the London Olympics could have an adverse impact on coverage of cricket in 2012.
Read moreNpower may withdraw from ECB deal due to concern over ... - The Guardian
LONDON -- Clothing store Next has signed up as the 27th domestic sponsor of the 2012 London Olympics. Next follows companies including Holiday Inn and Ticketmaster as a so-called "tier three" sponsor. There are 14 third-level sponsors paying about ...
Read moreLondon 2012 organizers sign another sponsor - ESPN.com
Japan's Yuri Kano won the Nagoya International Women's Marathon Sunday and then set her sights on the world's top races including the 2012 London Olympics. File photo of Japan's Yuri Kano, who won the Nagoya International Women's Marathon Sunday and ...
Read moreJapan's Kano wins Nagoya marathon - Bangkok Post
Which British fashion company is designing Team GB’s uniforms for the 2012 London Olympics? Paul Smith? Burberry? Aquascutum? Wrong. It’s that bastion of the high street, Next. The organising committee said yesterday that Next had won a ...
Read moreThe Next Olympics: a high street take on the Olympic ... - Times Online
THE man who led Australia's team to its most successful off-shore Olympics in Athens, Leigh Nugent, has been confirmed as the new national head swimming coach. Nugent will take the team to the London Olympics in 2012 with an option to continue until ...
Read moreLeigh Nugent takes reins of London juggernaut - The Australian
USAIN Bolt's bid for an assault on Michael Johnson's 400metres world record will go on hold until after the London Olympics. The world's fastest man will compete over 300m in the Czech Republic on May 27, but the Jamaican will delay an attempt to dip ...
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