The British government and Olympic organisers are drawing up contingency plans to deal with the inclement summer, writes Owen Gibson.
Despite the organisers’ best efforts, officials in 27 countries are likely to cash in on the black market, writes Owen Gibson.
The run-up to London 2012 has been remarkably smooth but there’s one dark cloud — the weather.
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/ 2 September 2011
Outlay at Stamford Bridge and Eastlands shows era of profligacy is not over yet.
The former chairperson of England’s Football Association has reignited the row over allegations of corruption in football’s governing body.
Anger over Fifa president’s remarks about gay football fans in Qatar.
Britain’s FA TV has been a success with fans who want inside access to England’s camp. <b>Owen Gibson</b> reports.
Although Google’s motto is "don’t be evil", the setting couldn’t more closely resemble a Bond villain’s lair. Amid rolling English countryside in the county of Hertfordshire, a country house hotel is playing host to the company’s Zeitgeist conference.
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/ 30 January 2007
Some technology boffins predict that the way we watch television will change irrevocably. Technology has already turned huge international industries upside down. When the peer-to-peer file sharing service Kazaa appeared, it sent music companies into a panic. Kazaa was followed by the internet phone service Skype, which quickly attracted millions of users and was sold to eBay for £1,3-billion.
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/ 2 November 2004
Racehorces are the traditional plaything for moneyed royals in the Middle East, but Sheikh Maktoum Hasher Maktoum al-Maktoum, the nephew of the crown prince of Dubai, prefers burning rubber. He plans to launch a rival to formula one (F1) grand prix racing.