7/7 London bombings 10th anniversary – Tessa Jowell: “We defied the odds to win the Olympics. Just 24 hours later, euphoria gave way to disaster and despair” July 3, 2015 On the morning of Thursday 7 July 2005 three bombs were activated at around 8:50 a.m. on underground trains just outside Liverpool Street and Edgware Road stations, and on another travelling between King's Cross and Russell Square. An hour later, there was a fourth explosion on a double-decker bus in Tavistock Square. In total [...]
BBC loses Olympic broadcast rights as Eurosport signs £922m deal June 29, 2015 The BBC has lost the rights to televise the Olympic Games after US broadcasting firm Discovery Communications signed an exclusive £920m deal with the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Read more: Paris and Budapest to bid for 2024 Olympic Games Discovery, the parent company of Eurosport, has won pan-European broadcast rights for the Olympics in the 2018-2024 [...]
Olympic medallist Sir Chris Hoy is joining forces with Pure Gym June 24, 2015 OLYMPIC Gold medal winner Sir Chris Hoy has joined forces with Pure Gym after investing an undisclosed sum in the fast-growing budget fitness chain. The cyclist and six-time Gold medal winner, who retired two years ago, has agreed to join the group as an ambassador and special adviser to help improve customer experience, Pure Gym [...]
European Games: Olympic champion Nicola Adams out to make history again in Baku June 24, 2015 Boxer Nicola Adams has vowed to claim another piece of sporting history when she competes in the women’s flyweight final of the European Games today in Baku, Azerbaijan. Adams, 32, became the first female boxing champion in Olympic history when she won gold at London 2012, and the Leeds fighter is aiming to repeat [...]
Paris and Budapest to bid for 2024 Olympic Games June 22, 2015 Two capitals of Europe, Paris and Budapest, are set to enter the race for the 2024 Olympic Games bid, with Paris’ bid to become official on Tuesday. The cities will join Boston, Hamburg and Rome, with the winning city to be announced in September 2017, by an International Olympic Committee (IOC) members vote that will [...]
Google looks to Olympic Cauldron designer Heatherwick Studio for London headquarters June 12, 2015 British designer Thomas Heatherwick, the man behind the iconic Olympic cauldron at the London Games, could soon cast his creative vision on Google's new European headquarters in London. The technology giant wants Heatherwick to work on its £1bn, 93,000sq m development for 4,500 employees at King's Cross, according to Business Insider. Read more: Google is poised [...]
Ennis-Hill to compete in her first heptathlon since Olympic gold May 19, 2015 OLYMPIC champion Jessica Ennis-Hill has confirmed that she will compete in her first heptathlon since winning gold at London 2012 in Gotzis at the end of the month. The 29-year-old made her return to athletics in the last few weeks following a two-year absence due to the birth of her first child, but an achilles [...]
Chime scores higher profit with World Cup and Sochi Olympics March 25, 2015 Internal changes and external opportunity led communications and sports marketing group Chime Communications to rising profits, the company announced yesterday. Chime enjoyed a 19 per cent climb in profits before tax since 2013, closing the year at £30.1m. Revenues rose to £386.17m, a 31.6 per cent increase. Its consolidation of its divisions from five to [...]
Balfour Beatty developing the Olympic Village March 2, 2015 BUILDER Balfour Beatty will move into property development with a deal to construct 1,500 homes at two new neighbourhoods at the Olympic Village site. Balfour has agreed to put in half of the equity required to complete the project – about £35m – and carry out the building work, which is expected to generate £400m [...]
Football chiefs bid to resurrect Team GB sides for Rio Olympics March 2, 2015 English football bosses have confirmed their plan to enter men’s and women’s Great Britain teams into the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The Football Association (FA) has reversed its decision to scrap the British men’s side after it was controversially revived at London 2012, making its first appearance at a Games for more [...]