11/28/2008
First 2012 London Olympic venue ready (CNN)
The first venue for the 2012 London Olympic Games is complete and ready for competition more than three years out from the event.
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12/02/2008
Extra money boosts GB 2012 hopes (BBC News)
The British team's preparations for the 2012 London Olympics and Paralympics are boosted by the government's promise of £29m of additional funding.
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12/02/2008
Britain to cover part of Olympic sports shortfall (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
The British government agreed Tuesday to cover more than a third of a funding shortfall for the country's Olympic sports at the 2012 London Games.
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12/02/2008
New Australia/England clash (The Courier Mail)
AUSTRALIA will compete against England in an athletics match annually from next September through to at least the 2012 London Olympics in an event described in cricket terms as a cross between Twenty-20 and the Ashes.
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12/03/2008
Launceston's mountain bike program coup (Examiner.com.au)
LAUNCESTON has been chosen as the base of Australia's elite mountain bike program until the 2012 London Olympics. The announcement was made today as the country's Silverdome-based head mountain bike coach described Tasmania as almost purpose-built for the sport.
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12/02/2008
New Australia/England clash (Daily Telegraph)
AUSTRALIA will compete against England in an athletics match annually from next September through to at least the 2012 London Olympics.
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12/02/2008
Rogge: No pressure to be better than Beijing (TSN)
LONDON - Organizers of the 2012 London Olympics do not need to top the Beijing Games and should focus on creating a festive atmosphere and controlling spending on venues, IOC president Jacques Rogge said Monday.
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11/28/2008
Sailing facilities for 2012 London Olympics officially unveiled (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
WEYMOUTH, England - Sailing facilities for the 2012 London Olympics were officially unveiled Friday, making it the first new venue for the Games to be completed.
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12/02/2008
Its not quite cricket! Australia vs England set for the streets of Newcastle (IAAF)
2 December 2008 - Sydney, Australia - Australia will compete against England in an athletics match annually from next September through to at least the 2012 London Olympics in an event described yesterday in cricket terms as a cross between Twenty-20 and the Ashes.
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12/01/2008
ABAP prefers coaches from Europe, not Cuba (Philstar.com via Yahoo! Philippines News)
SINGAPORE - With the improvement of European boxers in the last Olympics, the Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines, which will be under new president Manny V. Pangilinan and chairman Ricky Vargas by the end of the year, is now looking at European coaches instead of Cubans to run a program geared at winning the elusive gold medal in the 2012 London Games.
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