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Sheffield Lighting the Flame: Sheffield’s two-year countdown to the 2012 Olympics begins

2010-07-27T00:00:00+00:00

With two years to go until the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games Sheffield is celebrating a year of outstanding achievements and is firmly focused on maximising opportunities for the city in the two year countdown until the games start in 2012.

Sheffield Lighting the Flame: London 2012 Cultural Olympiad launches the Discovering Places campaign - inspiring communities in Yo

2010-07-16T00:00:00+00:00

London 2012 Cultural Olympiad campaign 'Discovering Places' will launch on the weekend of 23-25 July 2010 with a host of exciting, free public events taking place in Yorkshire and Humberside.

Sheffield Lighting the Flame: GB Boxers set for Sheffield Four Nations Challenge

2010-07-14T00:00:00+00:00

A squad of Sheffield-based GB boxers will be hoping to make home advantage count when they take on the rest of the world at an international tournament in the city.

London 2012: 100 teenagers selected for new London 2012 development programme supported by BP

2010-07-07T00:21:00+00:00

Teenagers from Aberdeen, Hull, east London (Greenwich, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets & Waltham Forest), west London (Hillingdon, Hounslow and Wandsworth) and Surrey (Spelthorne) have been selected to take part in a major new personal development programme which will, with guidance from BP employees, give the young people the chance to make a positive and significant change to their lives and local communities. The selected Young Leaders will then also have the opportunity to contribute to the delivery of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Sheffield Lighting the Flame: Celebrating two years to go to the games

2010-06-30T00:00:00+00:00

Sheffield Lighting the Flame: Celebrating two years to go to the games

2010-06-29T00:00:00+00:00

Sheffielders can look forward to a host of activities, events and challenges coming their way next month to celebrate two years to go to the London 2012 Games.

Sheffield Lighting the Flame: LONDON 2012 THE GOAL FOR LOCAL VOLUNTEERS

2010-06-22T00:00:00+00:00

A group of South Yorkshire youngsters are set for a key role at the 2012 London Paralympic Games thanks to world-class sporting event being hosted in Sheffield.

Sheffield Lighting the Flame: UK public invited to take a London 2012 Open Weekend challenge
2010-06-21T00:00:00+00:00
Today top sport stars from across the UK join Sebastian Coe, Chairman of the London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) to invite people to celebrate the two year countdown to the start of the London 2012 Games by participating in Open Weekend 2010.

Sheffield Lighting the Flame: UK public invited to take a London 2012 Open Weekend challege UK public invited to take a London 201

2010-06-21T00:00:00+00:00

Today top sport stars from across the UK join Sebastian Coe, Chairman of the London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) to invite people to celebrate the two year countdown to the start of the London 2012 Games by participating in Open Weekend 2010.

Sheffield Lighting the Flame: LONDON 2012 THE GOAL FOR LOCAL VOLUNTEERS

2010-06-21T00:00:00+00:00

A group of South Yorkshire youngsters are set for a key role at the 2012 London Paralympic Games thanks to world-class sporting event being hosted in Sheffield.