2012 olympics

David Beckham says he would love to captain GB's football team at the 2012 Olympics.

Gebrselassie returned to form with victory at a half marathon in Birmingham last month after dropping out of the Berlin Marathon with asthma trouble as Makau raced away Former world record holder Haile Gebrselassie will run in February's Tokyo Marathon as he looks to qualify for the 2012 Olympics, Japanese organisers said on Friday.

London Mayor Boris Johnson has told International Olympic Committee inspectors that the city is ready to stage the 2012 Games.

Helen Jenkins of Britain won the London triathlon on Saturday, while Gwen Jorgensen of the United States finished second to qualified for the 2012 Olympics.

The chairman of the London 2012 Olympics has warned "a mountain of work" is still needed as the official one year countdown to the opening ceremony begins.

With a year to go until the opening ceremony, athlete Christine Ohuruogu says more needs to be done to engage young people who are "not interested" in the London 2012 Olympics.

South Africa's double amputee Oscar Pistorius runs the 400m qualifying time for the World Championships and 2012 Olympics.

Nearly two-thirds of the 1.9 million people who applied for London 2012 Olympics tickets were left empty-handed in the first round of sales, organisers have said.

More than 20million ticket requests have been received for the London 2012 Olympics, organisers announced on Wednesday.

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