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Olympics: UK Sport announce funding plans for 2012 Games in London

6 hours ago

guardian.co.uk Sport: Basketball and boxing are among the beneficiaries after UK Sport announced its funding programme in the run up to the 2012 Games in Londonpa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/mWFfEU5AzLN37iWcLSxmwtomkKw/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/mWFfEU5AzLN37iWcLSxmwtomkKw/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/ (Read More)

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London 'to be fake-free' by 2012

11 hours ago

BBC: A new anti-piracy campaign promises to make London a "fake free zone" by the time the city hosts the 2012 Olympics. (Read More)

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Team GB funding plans announced

9 hours ago

BBC: Basketball, synchronised swimming, taekwondo, and boxing are the big winners in UK Sport's Olympic 2012 funding programme - but shooting and fencing lose out. (Read More)

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Olympic funding reaction

4 hours ago

BBC: Reaction to the announcement of UK Sport's Olympic funding programme for the London 2012 Games. (Read More)

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BOA anger at funding cuts for Britain's minority sports

5 hours ago

Reuters: Sports News: LONDON (Reuters) - The British Olympic Association (BOA) accused the Government of turning its back on less popular sports on Wednesday when a breakdown of funding for sports in the run-up to the 2012 Olympics was published. . (Read More)

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De Vos bullish despite budget cut

3 hours ago

BBC: UK Athletics chief executive Niels de Vos says he is happy with his sport's funding ahead of the 2012 Olympics despite a £1.4m cutback. (Read More)

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Olympic sports handed extra £29m to plug 2012 funding shortfall

23 hours ago

guardian.co.uk Politics: The culture secretary, Andy Burnham, last night came to the rescue of Britain's Olympic and Paralympic sports by finding an extra £29m to fund the chase for medals at London 2012 but insisted there would be no more money. No sport will now lack financial backing for the next Olympics, but those without the greatest chances (Read More)

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Digger: Scott MacLeod may sue UK Sport over drugs debacle

23 hours ago

The Guardian: While UK Sport considers how to apportion its funding for the Olympics in 2012, there could be a new threat to its budget. Advisers for Scott MacLeod, the Scotland rugby union lock, are considering whether to push for legal action against UK Sport if its liability can be established in a drugs-testing fiasco.MacLeod was una (Read More)

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BBC's Olympic coverage under threat after TV bid is rejected

23 hours ago

The Guardian: The IOC's rejection of the BBC's bid for the Olympics after 2012 has opened a gap for rival companies . (Read More)