Olympics
Olympic Outlook: ‘I’ve got to get the three yeses and survive bootcamp’
At the end of the month the GB volleyball summer squad will be announced and at the moment it’s all I am thinking about. I love the anticipation of it all but I just can’t stand the waiting! 18 of us will be selected to train together as a national team [...]
By Peter Bakare | Olympics, Sport | Monday, 26 March 2012 at 5:06 pm
When fashion interferes with the Olympics, what do you get? Bonkersness
Amidst a PR explosion of truly Olympian proportion at the Tower of London, Stella McCartney has launched the eagerly anticipated TeamGB Olympic kits.
By Tom Peck | Olympics, Sport | Thursday, 22 March 2012 at 1:44 pm
London’s hosting the Olympics, but you wouldn’t know it
With 150 days to go until it all begins, as someone who works and lives in central London, I had expected the Olympics would be rather hard to escape.
By Simon Rice | Olympics, Sport | Tuesday, 28 February 2012 at 5:37 pm
Olympic Outlook: ‘Performing on stage is much more terrifying than playing volleyball’
When you’re playing sport you’re in your own zone and totally focused, so you don’t pay much attention to the audience, but when you’re performing comedy, you have to interact with the crowd and win them over which is never easy!
By Peter Bakare | Olympics, Sport | Monday, 27 February 2012 at 1:37 pm
Olympic Outlook: ‘You may not have seen handball before, let alone thought of playing it’
There are only 153 days to go until the Olympic Games begin and to say I’m excited would be an understatement!
By Holly Lam-Moores | Olympics, Sport | Friday, 24 February 2012 at 5:27 pm
Overweight commuters, do your bit for 2012 and get thin now!
After launching the Crush Index, I had a fresh idea today
By Martin King | Notebook, Olympics, Opinion | Friday, 24 February 2012 at 11:20 am
Less than 200 days until the Paralympic Games
I’ve been very busy this month as excitement builds for the Olympics and Paralympics.
By Stephen Miller | Olympics, Sport | Monday, 20 February 2012 at 3:37 pm
The sessions in January have been some of the hardest I have ever done
Happy New Year! Sorry it’s a bit late but I was so busy in January that I never got a chance to blog properly – I know you will all be very happy that I have finally got the chance to write down a few hundred words in an order that might mildly entertain you for a few minutes or so.
By Stephen Miller | Olympics, Sport | Friday, 3 February 2012 at 11:56 am
The Olympic brand clampdown is justified
Many brand owners love to hate the stringent, some would say draconian restrictions that prevent them, as non-sponsors, from developing promotional or marketing campaigns that make a connection with the London 2012 Olympics.
By Mark Armitage | Notebook, Olympics, Opinion, Sport | Wednesday, 1 February 2012 at 12:00 am
The false economy of the London 2012 Olympics
Since London’s Olympic bid was accepted in 2005, economists worldwide have been debating how this momentous event will affect the UK’s economy. Following the 2008 global recession, more still have been speculating on its impact.
By Daniel Fox | Notebook, Olympics, Opinion | Monday, 30 January 2012 at 12:00 am
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