Olympics


Political stability will help Tokyo 2020, claims new Governor

By Duncan Mackay at St. Pancras Renaissance London Hotel

Naoki Inose with Takeda London January 10 2012January 10 - Tokyo's new Governor Naoki Inose hopes a relative period of political stability in Japan will help the city's bid to bring the Olympics and Paralympics back to the capital for the first time since 1964, also claiming that the simmering territorial dispute with China over control of islands in the East China Sea will not derail the campaign.


London 2012 DVD becomes best-seller in UK

By James Crook

BBC London 2012 DVDJanuary 10 - The official BBC DVD of the London 2012 Olympic Games has become the best-selling sports DVD in the United Kingdom, according to figures from the Official Charts Company and the British Video Association.