With 10 days to go before the Olympic Games open in London, questions over the provision of security guards for the event are dominating the British media.
The contractor responsible for providing security guards for the Olympic Games said Saturday it stands to lose up to $77 million after failing to recruit enough staff, less than two weeks before the event opens in London.
CNN's Becky Anderson shows us how to get through security at the London 2012 Olympics.
The chairman of the London 2012 organizing group Friday rejected concerns over security staffing ahead of the Olympic Games, which start in two weeks.
Tommy Godwin won two cycling medals at the 1948 Olympics. Now he's been chosen as one of Lloyds TSB's torch bearers for the 2012 Games.
British sports fans who struck out twice trying to land Olympic tickets will get a third chance starting Friday.
When it comes to Olympic ceremonies, London is keen to make sure its schoolchildren play a starring role.
Londoners check out the Olympic centerpiece -- the new main stadium. CNN's Erin McLaughlin reports.
More than 40,000 people are expected to attend the official opening of the Olympic Stadium for the 2012 Games in east London on Saturday.
Seven years after upsetting favorite Paris to win the right to host the 2012 Olympics, London is in the final straight of a long and often bumpy run-up to stage the sporting showpiece.
CNN's Matthew Chance looks at the long term economic impact of the London Olympics for the United Kingdom.
Six months to the day before Opening Ceremonies, builders have handed the Olympic Village over to the London 2012 organizers.
London has beaten off the challenge of Doha to be named as host for the 2017 World Athletics Championships.
Former 100 meter world record holder Asafa Powell has pulled out of the world championships in Daegu, which are set to get under way on Saturday.
Chairman of the London 2012 Organising Committee, Sebastian Coe answers viewers questions on the 2012 games.
If there is a distinct sense of calm surrounding Sebastian Coe, the man entrusted to deliver London's 2012 Olympic vision, then there is a very good reason.
Hampton Court Palace will be the venue for the cycling time trial event at the London 2012 Olympic Games, it was announced on Wednesday.
Olympic ticket buyers won't be told how much or when money will be deducted from their accounts. Emily Reuben reports.
The torch relay for the 2012 London Olympics will be confined to the United Kingdom and possibly Ireland, it was confirmed when the route was announced on Wednesday.
More than 1.8 million people have tried to buy over 20 million tickets for the London 2012 Olympics, organizers said Wednesday.
Two metallic, one-eyed creatures whizzed into the London 2012 Games on Wednesday, when organizers unveiled them as their new Olympic and Paralympic mascots.
More than a million people have registered their interest in tickets for the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games since sign up began online a month ago, organizers have revealed.
Laureus World Sport Academy panel Sean Fitzpatrick, Sebastian Coe, Boris Becker and Michael Johnson discuss cheating in 2009.
Saturday marks 1,000 days until the London 2012 Olympic Games, and officials promise the event is on track and on budget.
An overcast, chilly summer day failed to stem the excitement and pride of Olympic officials and athletes as they showed off their progress three years ahead of the 2012 Games.
London Olympic Stadium one year into construction, all ten of the milestones for this stage of the development have been met.
As organizers mark three years until the London 2012 Olympics, CNN's Phil Black gets a firsthand look at the venues.
Three years from Monday, the eyes of the world will be on London for the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games.
Sebastian Coe is one of the greatest middle-distance runners ever to step foot on to an athletics track. There are few people better qualified to comment on the talent and effort it takes to become a world beater. Here he gives CNN his views of Haile Gebrselassie.
For Sebastian Coe, one of Britain's greatest athletes, the glory of winning Olympic gold medals comes in second to clinching the Olympics Games for London in 2012.
World record holder Paula Radcliffe will return to run in next year's London marathon on April 26 when she faces five of the first six finishers at the Olympic Games in Beijing.
British sprinter Dwain Chambers has failed in his London High Court bid to compete at the Beijing Olympic Games.
The Olympic ideals of fair play and equality were upheld in a British court. ITN's Harry Smith reports.
Sebastian Coe, who masterminded London's successful bid for the 2012 Olympics, wants Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson to take charge of the Great Britain team at the Games.
Disgraced British sprinter Dwain Chambers claims he has been made to "feel like a leper" on his return to the sport having served a ban for failing a drugs test.
Sprinter Dwain Chambers will take part in this weekend's British trials for the world indoor championships, because UK Athletics say they have no legal right to bar the man who served a two-year doping ban after failing a test in 2003.
Detailed plans for the stadium which will host the 2012 Olympic Games in London were unveiled by organizers on Wednesday.
London 2012 Olympics chiefs have defended the newly-unveiled logo following widespread public criticism that it was 'hideous' and a waste of money.
FIFA has appointed former track and field legend Sebastian Coe as chairman of the world governing body's new ethics committee.
Olympic runner Sebastian Coe, who led London's 2012 Olympics bid to glory, spoke to Global Office about his vision for the Games -- and how he will lead a nation towards it.
Kenyan-born Dane Wilson Kipketer, one of the greatest 800 meters runner in the history of athletics, has announced his retirement at the age of 34.
Sebastian Coe hailed a report from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Monday as proof London is on course to win its bid to host the 2012 Games.
The International Olympic Committee appears to give Paris and London a slight edge in the race to host the 2012 Olympic Games.
Britain's double Olympic gold medalist Kelly Holmes was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year on Sunday.
London have unveiled their plans to stage the 2012 Olympics, promising excellence without the extravagance.
London is hoping a bit of Sydney's magic will rub off on its bid to host the 2012 Olympics after employing the man widely credited with the success of the 2000 Games.
Former Olympic champion Sebastian Coe has replaced American Barbara Cassani as head of London's bid for the 2012 Games.
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