Brussels News
Brussels marathon begins at 09.00 on Sunday 7 October. The start is at the Parc du Cinquantenaire with the finish at Grand Place in the centre of the city. There will also be a half marathon, a mini m...
London News
Paralympics cauldron lit in London
A celebration cauldron was lit in front of the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square on 24 August to mark London’s start to the Paralympic Games that open on 29 August.
Four flames ignited in...
London News
London Olympics opening ceremony still a secret
Details of the opening ceremony for London’s Olympic Games on Friday 27 July are still secret even though there have now been two rehearsals for a specially invited public.
Footage has been l...
Oxford News
Oxford to celebrate Olympic flame
Oxford is to celebrate the arrival of the Olympic flame in the city on 9-10 July.
It will pass through Blackbird Leys, Cowley Road and St Clement’s areas in the east, south and centre of the...
Paris News
A new cycle path links Paris and London just in time for the start of the Olympic Games at the end of July. The path begins at Notre Dame and ends on Westminster Bridge.
There are two possible rout...
London News
London Olympics tickets on general sale
Some 500,000 tickets for the London Olympics were released for general sale at 11.00 on 23 May.
There are a few £20 tickets left for sports such as volleyball, table tennis, weightlifting, bo...
Jersey News
Jersey to welcome Olympic flame
Jersey will welcome the Olympic flame on 15 July when a team of 16 will carry the torch along the south coast of the largest Channel Islands.
It will arrive at the airport on a specially equipped...
Oxford News
The Olympic flame will pass through Oxford on 9 July evening on its way to the Olympic Stadium in London for the opening of the Games on 27 July.
Oxford, the birthplace of the famous English athlet...
London News
London’s mayor launches 2013 cycle festival
The mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has called for a world-class cycling festival to be held in London during August 2013. Johnson hopes that the two-day event will attract about 200,000 people to the...
Oxford News
Free sports scheme rolled out for Oxford children
Oxford city council has made after-school sports activities available free to all children in the city aged eight to 18 years under its StreetSports programme.
StreetSports will now offer a range...
Dublin News
Dublin's Aviva Stadium has opened three years after its previous incarnation, Lansdowne Road, was demolished to make way for the state of the art new venue. The 50,000 seater stadium cost
Barcelona News
Barcelona bids for Winter Olympics 2022
Barcelona mayor Jordi Hereu has announced that the city will be putting forward a bid to host the 2022 winter Olympic and Paralympic games. The opening and closing ceremonies and all indoor sports, su...
London News
Three London football grounds have been included in the English bid to host the 2018 FIFA football World cup. Those put forward in the capital for inclusion are Arsenal
Barcelona News
It has been announced that Barcelona is to host the tennis Davis Cup finals in December this year. The historic Davis Cup team competition is one of the most important and prestigious dates in the men
Paris News
Paris hosts Homeless World Cup in 2011
Paris has won its bid to host the 2011 Homeless World Cup, in a venue adjacent to the Eiffel Tower. The cup was launched in 2003, as a way of uniting homeless people from across the world. The Paris b...
London News
London Olympic Village goes public
UK Olympics minister, Tessa Jowell, has announced that London
Madrid News
Madrid was a strong contender for the 2012 Olympics and has refined its plans yet further in its bid for 2016, with what it calls its
Jersey News
The Jersey marathon has been confirmed on Sunday 27 September 2009 but its sponsors, the Standard Chartered Bank, has announced that it wants to pull out of organising the event to concentrate on bank...
