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Olympic sports get funding boost
BBC News
10 Dec 2009
Britain's Olympic and Paralympic sports are handed an extra £13m to boost medal hopes and help ensure a smooth build-up to the 2012 Games in London.
Sheffield Young Sports Leaders receive London 2012 ‘Inspire Mark’
Sheffield Lighting the Flame
09 Dec 2009
The Sheffield Academy of Young Leaders in Sport (SAYLS), a programme run by Sheffield City Council to provide opportunities for talented young sports enthusiasts to develop their leadership skills in sport, has been acknowledged as an outstanding project and granted the London 2012 Inspire Mark.
British food pledge for Olympics
BBC News
07 Dec 2009
Food and drink at the London 2012 Olympics will be British "wherever possible", organisers say.
Paralympic countdown on for Smith
BBC News
03 Dec 2009
Reading-based adaptive rower Dave Smith continues his conversion from bobsleigh to boat.
Countdown call for Paralympians
BBC News
03 Dec 2009
With 1,000 days to go until the 2012 Paralympics, disabled athletes still have time to take up new sports and win gold in London, says UK Sport.
