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

Submitting bids to the International Olympic Committee by Friday's deadline were Rome; Madrid; Tokyo; Istanbul; Doha, Qatar; and Baku, Azerbaijan.

International Olympic Committee chief Jacques Rogge puts London 2012's readiness for the Games on a par with Sydney 2000 and Beijing 2008.

President of the International Olympic Committee Jacques Rogge, right, meets with Korean President Lee Myung-bak, left, and Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee, center, in Durban, South Africa, Tuesday July 5, 2011 ahead the opening ceremony for the 123rd IOC session that will decide the host city for the 2018 Olympics Winter Games.

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Claims of corruption made against Fifa vice-president Issa Hayatou in a BBC documentary are to be investigated by the International Olympic Committee.

The International Olympic Committee is to investigate BBC claims of corruption against Fifa vice-president Issa Hayatou, also an IOC member.

Former International Olympic Committee vice president Dick Pound will chair a commission appointed by USA Swimming to review the findings in the death last month of open water swimmer Fran Crippen.

Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee, speaks during the opening of the executive board's meeting at IOC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland on Tuesday.

Former International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samaranch dies in hospital after being taken ill at the weekend.