There's been another massive blank slot in my blogging compendium, but you'll forgive me: I
didn't want to endure the daily pains of the transfer window, so I didn't. Well that's an element
of it – another is the Olympics, the viewing of which I could safely win an Olympic gold in.
Canoeing? I can now watch it and whoop.
Women's Handball Competition - Group B Friday 3rd August 2012 Copper Box Arena
Like previously stated in part 1 it was my intention to get tickets for an event at the Olympic
Park itself, but following the original ballot and secondary sales I was unable to get anything
other than for football.
Women's Olympic Football Tournament - Group FSaturday 28th July 2012@ City of
Coventry Stadium [Ricoh Arena], Coventry
I know a lot of people have been critical of the Olympics being awarded to London, but personally I
am massively in favour of it. This opinion is rather obviously swayed by the fact that I love
watching sport whether it be cycling, rugby or american football, though it you are reading this
association football or soccer is my main passion sports wise.
Blending the look of Milk Tray Man and James Bond, a tuxedo wearing David Beckham transported the
Olympic torch to last night's opening ceremony in London via a flashy speedboat a super-slick
looking journey that included whizzing under Tower Bridge with spectacular fireworks leading his
way. Everybody predicted that Ex-England captain David Beckham would [.
West Ham supporters were not the only ones celebrating the Hammers' victory in the Championship
play-off final on Saturday, writes the Telegraph's Paul Kelso. The beleaguered London Legacy
Development Corporation (the new name for the Olympic Park Legacy Company) and its political
paymasters will also have been relieved as it should, in theory, make a viable solution to the
Olympic Stadium saga more likely.
Reports on Tuesday suggested the deal struck between the club and the Olympic Park Legacy
Company (OPLC) has come to a halt after complaints from the Premier League outfit, with the OPLC,
the Mayor of London and the government agreeing instead to keep the stadium in public
ownership.
Tottenham Hotspur won legal clearance on Wednesday to challenge a decision to hand the 2012 Olympic
stadium to rivals West Ham United after the Games. The Premier League club had sought a judicial
review after the Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC)...
You see the truth is like lightning, it always follows the line of least resistance. So, for what
we do, the trick is simple. All we have to do is find the line and then follow it back up. And,
whatever it is, it's all going to be sorted out neat and tidy, 99% of the time. But with this, with
what we see here.
Ministers are said to be closely monitoring allegations of inappropriate payments made by West Ham
to a director of the Olympic Park Legacy Company, after the bitter public row over the future of
the Olympic Stadium escalated yesterday. The Government is alarmed by revelations, first exposed on
Friday, that an OPLC director was paid £20,000 while moonlighting as a consultant for West Ham,
and has sought reassurances about the OPLC's processes and the decision to award the Olympic
Stadium to West Ham.
West Ham United plan to sue the Sunday Times and Tottenham over allegations of corruption during
their successful bid to take over the Olympic stadium. The club were awarded the right to move to
the new stadium after the 2012 games, beating Tottenham in the process. A report in today's The
Sunday Times claimed that secret payments had been made to an executive on the Olympic Park Legacy
Company (OPLC), the body which unanimously made the decision, during the selection process.
For years there's been peace - everyone to his own patch. We've
all had it sweet. I've done every single one of you favours in the past - I've
put money in all your pockets. I've treated you well, even when you was out of
order, right? Well now there's been an eruption.
Tottenham Hotspur have decided to continue their battle over the Olympic Stadium, and have gone
back to the High Court in attempt to force a judicial review of the decision to award the venue to
West Ham United. Spurs are refusing to accept defeat after last week's decision by Judge Mr Justice
Davis to reject their bid and that of Leyton Orient's.
West Ham have moved a stage closer to occupying the Olympic Stadium after a high court judge
rejected applications from Tottenham Hotspur and Leyton Orient to challenge the decision to select
West Ham as the preferred bidder for the stadium after the 2012 Games. Hotspurned and Disoriented
were both seeking judicial review of the OPLC's decision taken in February and the Government's
endorsement of their recommendation, as well as that of the Mayor, and also Newham Council's
decision to agree a potential £40m loan to fund conversion of the stadium in a joint venture with
West Ham.
Tottenham Hotspur and Leyton Orient face a crucial week in oppostion to West Ham's Olympic Stadium
move, writes Paul Kelso in this morning's Telegraph. The clubs will discover within days whether
their challenge to United's tenancy of the Olympic Stadium has been successful after a High Court
judge spent the early part of this week considering their case.
Shopping centre giant Westfield could contribute around £20m to help West Ham United transform the
Olympic Stadium into a football ground, according to reports surfacing today. The Construction
Enquirer understands that Westfield has held preliminary discussions with the club about sponsoring
the stadium when West Ham move in after the 2012 Games.
Manchester City, Blackburn Rovers, Wigan Athletic and Sunderland are all that now stand between
West Ham United and oblivion, writes Jamie Jackson in today's Guardian. Six years after Alan Pardew
guided the East End club back into the Premier League, Avram Grant has four games to prise his side
off the bottom of the table, starting with Sunday's Eastlands meeting with Roberto Mancini's
fourth-placed team.
Remember, men. There is nothing wrong with surrendering to overwhelming powers, as long
as it is done in a military manner...
West Ham United's proposed tenancy of the Olympic Stadium faces a barrage of legal challenges after
Leyton Orient joined Tottenham in arguing that the financial basis of their bid is illegal, and
implored the Premier League to withdraw its approval for the move from Upton Park.
To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the
suffering
Tottenham Hotspur yesterday took their first predictable step in their legal battle to challenge
the decision to hand the Olympic Stadium to West Ham United. The club are seeking permission from
the High Court to bring a judicial review of Newham council's involvement in the provision of a
£40million loan to finance West Ham's move to the stadium after the 2012 Games.
Spurs are gearing up for possible legal action over the allocation of the Olympic Stadium to
West Ham. Their lawyers have sent a series of questions to the Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC)
to which it has four weeks to respond. The UK Government and the office of the Mayor of London are
joint owners of the OPLC and would be involved in any court action.
Headlines began to emerge yesterday that Spurs were taking legal action over the OPLC's decision
to award the 2012 Stratford stadium to West Ham after next year's Olympics.
Although it appears that we haven't quite got to that stage yet, this is what the official
statement reads on the club website:
‘At this stage the Club has not issued any proceedings against the Olympic Park Legacy Company
(the OPLC) or any other party in respect of the decision regarding the award of the Olympic
Stadium.
With West Ham United squarely looking at the trap door to the Championship, could their move to the
Olympic Stadium be on hold? It's a question that needs to be asked.
On 11 February 2011 the Olympic Park Legacy Committee selected West Ham United and Newham Council
as the preferred bidder to take over the Olympic Stadium after the 2012 Games.
Our poor run of results up until the Blackpool game had just depressed me, seeing us slip out ofÂ
the top four without even putting up a fight. Then we drew at home to Blackpool, it made me angry.
Redknapp whining about not wanting to be in the Europa league made me angry. Gareth Bale having his
ligaments ruptured made me angry.
Our poor run of results up until the Blackpool game had just depressed me, seeing us slip out ofÂ
the top four without even putting up a fight. Then we drew at home to Blackpool, it made me angry.
Redknapp whining about not wanting to be in the Europa league made me angry. Gareth Bale having his
ligaments ruptured made me angry.
As most of you will by now be aware, the 2012 Paralympic Games opening ceremony is now complete
and this means that we can all look forward to its forthcoming football tournaments. There is no
womens event at this games, but there are two mens events, the 5-a-side event, which is played by
athletes that are visually impaired using a ball containing a noise-making device, and a 7-a-side
event, which is played by athletes with a physical impairment which affects their coordination, the
majority of which have cerebral palsy.
Okay, maybe 'leaps out' is a tad over-dramatic. It's just that 'Becks repeatedly sidles
sheepishly into a photobooth with a rubber duck in his hand' didn't make for a particularly snazzy
headline. Don't hate the player and all that...
Any road up, as part of Adidas' pre-Olympic #takethestage promo, they rigged up a photobooth in
a shopping centre next to the Olympic Park in East London for fans to get their photos taken in
Team GB clobber and show their support that was until some Hairy Herbert kept wandering out into
every shot.
This article titled "Olympics 2012: tube flood raises fears over London's transport system" was
written by Gwyn Topham, transport correspondent, for guardian.co.uk on Thursday 7th June 2012 10.29
UTC
Fears for the resilience of London's transport network during the Olympics have been heightened
by the closure of a major tube link to Stratford after flooding.
Featured image: Courtesy Dan Morrison and bethlehemsteelsoccer.org
The 1913-14 season saw the launch of the National Challenge Cup, the competition now known as
the US Open Cup, by the recently founded United States Football Association. While the National
Challenge Cup would quickly become the singular competition for the title of Champion of the United
States, the American Cup tournament had been founded in 1885 by the American Football Association,
the first soccer governing body in America.
A little over a decade ago, South Melbourne FC took part in the FIFA Club World Championship as
champions of Oceania, trying their luck in a group containing England's Manchester United, Brazil's
Vasco da Gama and Mexico's Nexaca. South Melbourne could then claim to be Australia's most
successful club, winners of four National Soccer League titles.
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