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London 2012: Olympic flame will be lit in one year’s time, but still much to do

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 27 July 2011 at 10:55

IOC hail progress as Tom Daley dives into Aquatics Centre pool, completed on time and budget

Olympic chief calls for ‘mandatory’ funding for local sports facilities

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 25 July 2011 at 10:15

Local authorities must protect budgets, says Lord Moynihan, as drive to get more people playing sport falters

Let the games begin

By Hackney Citizen | Saturday 23 July 2011 at 12:06

It’s a year to the start of the 2012 Olympics. Iain Sinclair, writer and arch critic of the project, takes on Labour’s Tessa Jowell who played a key role in the London bid

The London Open 2011

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 13 July 2011 at 08:55

Pimp your bike and join the sport of kings on Hackney Downs, 30th and 31st July

London 2012 Olympics ticket sales spark second round of anger

By Hackney Citizen | Sunday 26 June 2011 at 21:44

• Thousands who missed out in first ballot disappointed again
• 18 out of 24 sports sold out by Friday evening
• Only football, volleyball and wrestling left by Sunday

Olympic land saga: salmon and compensation

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 21 June 2011 at 15:17

With London 2012 less than a year away, the land on which the games will take place has yet to be fully paid for

Libya allocated Olympic tickets

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 15 June 2011 at 12:27

Organisers confirm Libya’s Olympic authorities – headed by Gaddafi’s eldest son – given passes to London Games

Government to defend its 9,000 Olympic tickets

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 13 June 2011 at 15:41

An aerial view of the Olympic Stadium. Photograph:ODA

Allocation breakdown shows 450 tickets set aside as prizes at School Games and 1,500 reserved for foreign business guests

2012 Olympic torch ignites row over Games’ green credentials

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 8 June 2011 at 23:09

London 2012 offers first look at Olympic Torch design

The 2012 torch was supposed to be low carbon, but the scientists at EDF, the Games’ sponsors, simply ran out of time

The 21 strides Phillips Idowu hopes will take him to Olympic gold

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 26 May 2011 at 11:54

The British triple-jumper is getting closer to Jonathan Edwards’ 16-year-old world record

McDonald’s opens farm gates for Olympic borough schools

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 19 May 2011 at 18:33

McDonald's - FAI Open Farms visit tractor tour

Hackney school children find out how the food that will feed London 2012 spectators and athletes is reared, grown and harvested – just don’t mention the chickens