London 2012 organizers complete Olympic Village deal to sell half of housing units after games

October 7th, 2009 IOC concerned about London Olympic venuesCOPENHAGEN — The International Olympic Committee is concerned that organizers of the 2012 London Games have yet to finalize plans for all the sports venues. The IOC's chief coordinator for the London Games says Wednesday that organizers are making "encouraging progress" overall in their preparations.

October 7th, 2009 IOC says its concerned about London Olympic venuesCOPENHAGEN — The International Olympic Committee is concerned that organizers of the 2012 London Games have yet to finalize plans for all the sports venues. The IOC's chief coordinator for the London Games says Wednesday that organizers are making "encouraging progress" overall in their preparations.

September 30th, 2009 Delivery company UPS joins London 2012 sponsorshipLONDON — UPS became the latest sponsor of the London 2012 Olympics on Wednesday, and the delivery company will manage the local organizing committee's transportation and logistics over the next three years. The organizing committee announced that UPS had become its fifth tier two supporter and 22nd commercial sponsor overall.

September 9th, 2009 British businesses benefit from London OlympicsLONDON — Olympic contracts have benefited British businesses by more than $8.3 million ahead of the 2012 London Games. The Olympic Delivery Authority says of about 1,000 suppliers, almost half are from outside London.

August 23rd, 2009 LONDON - Stephen Daldry, an English theatre and film director who brought ballet to the screen and the stage in Billy Elliot, may be choreographing the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2012 London Olympics. Daldry's name has been suggested to The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) after being proposed eminent personalities in the arts world.

August 18th, 2009 Nike Canada joins Vancouver Games lineupVANCOUVER, British Columbia — Vancouver Olympic organizers have signed sportswear giant Nike Canada as an official supplier for the 2010 Winter Games. With six months until the games, the deal could be the final domestic partnership for the 2010 organizers.

August 14th, 2009 London Marathon to manage 2012 Olympic courseLONDON — London 2012 officials have appointed the London Marathon organizers to manage and help design the course for the Olympic event. The London Marathon will provide the organizing committee with free staff and equipment, including start facilities, race vehicles and feeding stations, for both the Olympic and Paralympic events.

August 13th, 2009 LONDON - Women's boxing may have been legal in Britain for only 11 years, but on Friday, it could move a major step closer to being part of the 2012 London Olympics. The International Olympic Committee's 15-man executive board is meeting in Berlin to consider requests from boxing and 16 other sports to incorporate new events, reports the Daily Express.

August 10th, 2009 Villa Park withdrawn from 2012 Olympic plansLONDON —London 2012 organizers have decided against using Aston Villa's stadium for the preliminary stages of the Olympics because the club cannot guarantee that planned building work will be completed in time. Villa plans to renovate Villa Park stadium to expand its capacity from 42,640 to about 50,000 but does not have a firm time scale for the work.

July 21st, 2009 Hornby to sell Olympics toysLONDON — Toymaker Hornby PLC has been granted licensing rights to produce a range of toys — including the iconic red London buses and black taxis — linked to the London 2012 Olympics. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games said Tuesday it had granted Hornby a three-year licence to develop and market the range of products that will feature the London 2012 branding.

July 20th, 2009 Work starts early on London 2012 handball arenaLONDON — Construction work on a handball venue for the London Games has begun two months early, meaning all permanent venues for the 2012 Olympics are under way, organizers said Monday. The copper-clad arena in Olympic Park will host qualifying matches in the handball competition, the fencing discipline in modern pentathlon and goalball during the Paralympics.

July 16th, 2009 London's Olympic stadium shell completedLONDON — London 2012 organizers say the external structure of the main Olympic stadium has been completed. Construction of the outer shell, including roof sections, was finished Thursday, 14 months after work started and three years before the start of the games.

July 10th, 2009 London 2012 replaces sponsor Nortel with CiscoLONDON — London Olympic officials on Friday replaced bankrupt Canadian technology sponsor Nortel Networks with Cisco for the 2012 Games, a move that will cost organizers $19.4 million in revenue. Nortel, which has begun selling off its assets, could no longer provide the network infrastructure services required for the games, the London 2012 organizing committee said.

June 1st, 2009 Holiday Inn signs up as London 2012 sponsorLONDON — Holiday Inn has signed up as the 19th domestic sponsor of the 2012 London Olympics. The London organizing committee said Monday that Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express will be the official "hotel services provider" for the games.

May 29th, 2009 English-only 'Britain' soccer team for OlympicsLONDON — A soccer team of only English players is set to represent Britain at the 2012 London Olympics. The four "home nations" — England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland — sent a joint letter to world governing body FIFA on Friday saying they had agreed that an English team could represent Britain in both the men's and women's tournaments.