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Clapham Junction on Tube by Olympics?
11:55am Thu 24 Jul 08
Clapham Junction could be on the Tube in time for the London Olympics and save taxpayers £10million in the process - if officials can agree funding for the project by September.

Surbiton players come through unscathed
11:23am Wednesday 23rd July 2008
Surbiton's six Beijing-bound members fly out tonight with the rest of the Team GB squad to the British Olympic Association holding camp in Macau tonight.

Super six all set for Beijing
10:00am Tuesday 22nd July 2008
Surbiton's six Great Britain hockey players began their Olympic adventure this week, flying to the BOA holding camp in Macau ahead of the tournament in Beijing next month.

Construction starts early on 2012 aquatic centre
3:39pm Mon 21 Jul 08
Despite ongoing concerns about spiralling costs, construction work on the London 2012 Olympic aquatics centre has kicked off two months ahead of schedule.

Rooney and Pavey against Chambers' Olympic bid
11:39am Thu 17 Jul 08
Croydon's Martyn Rooney and Teddington's Jo Pavey are among seven athletes to have signed a petition against drug-cheat Dwain Chambers' Olympic bid.

Hawes named GB Olympic skipper
3:05pm Tuesday 15th July 2008
Surbiton will provide the captain of Great Britain's men's hockey team for a second successive Olympics at Beijing next month.

Wing swoops on Beijing berth
2:20pm Wednesday 2nd July 2008
Heathrow Gymnastics Club's Becky Wing celebrated her call-up to the British team bound for the Beijing Olympics with a silver medal in the all-round competition at the Senior National Championships at the weekend.

Olympic stars search for future athletics stars
8:42am Fri 27 Jun 08
Two British sporting legends hit the streets of Grahame Park in a search for the next generation of athletes.

Olympic dream is on for Surbiton six
11:47am Thu 26 Jun 08
There was delight at Surbiton Hockey Club this week when all six of their Olympic hopefuls were selected for Beijing.

Surbiton six celebrate
11:22am Tuesday 24th June 2008
There was delight at Surbiton Hockey Club, based in Long Ditton, when all six of their Olympic hopefuls were selected for Beijing.

Olympic spirit runs high at free festival
8:00am Tue 24 Jun 08
OLYMPIC spirit ran high in the Lee Valley Park when four days of events promoting the games were held during a free festival.

Olympic fair for Sudbury church
9:25am Saturday 21st June 2008
A SUDBURY church is holding an Olympic-themed fair today.

OLYMPICS: Fears over village costs
8:25am Saturday 21st June 2008
Problems with the funding for London's Olympic Village will not force the event to bust its £9.3 billion budget, the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has promised.

Cooper wants to go Ol the way to Olympic glory
10:31am Fri 20 Jun 08
A talented South London schoolboy is setting his sights on the Olympics having been selected to represent Great Britain in the 2008 World Sailing Championships.

Mayor backs youth games
5:10pm Tuesday 17th June 2008
Councillor Dave Berry, the Mayor of Kingston, has backed next month's Balfour Beatty London Youth Games, claiming some of this year's stars could take centre stage at the London Olympics in 2012.

REDBRIDGE: Government swimming pledge slammed
8:35am Monday 16th June 2008
Government plans to make swimming free in England by 2012 have been met with scorn by user groups who say well-used facilities are being axed.

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