Olympians call for shoestring Games

Veterans of the 1948 Austerity Olympics want the rising costs of 2012 cut echoing calls for the Corinthian spirit of the Games to be restored

Ticket priority for 2012 athletes' families

The families of British athletes will be guaranteed tickets after a landmark agreement between Games organisers and the BOA

Davies gets physical

Marathon swimmer is learning to be tough in preparation for 2012

Olympic site takes shape as skyline is transformed

Newly released aerial image shows the shape of the 2012 Olympic stadium bowl and stell seating frame clearly visible

Rogge: London's 'great responsibility'

IOC president urges Olympic organisers to ensure they encourage young people to play sport and build on Beijing success

London 2012 torch relay may stay in Britain

Olympics build-up on agenda at four-day meeting that will run through the lessons of Beijing and test next host city

British Olympic athletes face funding cut

£600m training package for the London Games in 2012 is in trouble because Shortfall private donors have not come forward

Pot plants for London Olympic medallists

Organisers are planning to scrap the exotic bouquets usually presented to winners and replace them with 'greener' greenery

Yngling run aground for London 2012

Hopes of Great Britain's 'three blondes in a boat' scuppered by withdrawal of their class from sailing event at London Games

Tourism chiefs stranded on way to travel show

Transport failures raise fresh doubts about London's ability to cope with anticipated deluge of visitors for the Olympics

Games will leave 250-acre park for East London

Contaminated industrial wasteland will be transformed into the biggest park built in the capital since the 19th century

Roof allotments can feed Olympians, says mayor

Roof gardens, disused railway yards and housing estates will be transformed in a push for sustainability by Boris Johnson

Want to own a piece of a British Olympian?

Hard-up sportsmen and women have joined an online campaign to tap into the goodwill that exists towards Olympic athletes

Police are warned of Ramadan tensions

Advice is being given to Scotland Yard on reducing tensions due to concerns about 2012 Games clashing with the holy month

Credit crunch robs Olympic Games of £500m

The Government has admitted that private investment has been lost but they remain optimistic about the coming years

Crunch bites into Olympic stars' living space

Accomodation at London's Olympic Village is to be scaled back because of increased pressure to stay within budget

Credit crunch takes toll on London 2012

Olympic venues may have to be nationalised, with the taxpayer paying nearly £900 million extra

Ohuruogu delighted by London welcome

Olympic 400 metres champion is surprised how Team GB's achievements had swept through the national psyche

A building site for sore eyes

The only Stratford people used to visit was Shakespeare's - now the slag heaps of East London are a 2012 tourist attraction

Taxpayers face £1bn Olympic village bill

Olympic chiefs say the credit crunch has scared off private investors for the London 2012 Games