Enjoy the Games on the cheap
Enjoy the Games on the cheap
It may cost a fortune to host the Olympics, but, as Sylvia Hui discovered, you won't need to spend one to enjoy the Games.
London Olympics 2012
Olympics: Britain doubles up on Games security
Olympics: Britain doubles up on Games security
Britain will have up to 13,500 troops deployed on land, at sea and in the skies to help protect next summer's Olympics - twice as many as had been expected.
Olympics: London risks breaking Games budget
Olympics: London risks breaking Games budget
London is in danger of exceeding its 9.3 billion pound ($NZ18.6b) budget for the 2012 Olympics unless rigorous action is taken to curb costs, Britain's spending watchdog says.
Cycling: Event loss hurts but Shanks refocusing
Cycling: Event loss hurts but Shanks refocusing
On a break from dodging Amish horses and carts while spinning her wheels through the rolling countryside of Kutztown, Pennsylvania on the East Coast of the United States, Alison Shanks admits she cannot escape thoughts of an event that is no more - her event.
Olympics: Six Kiwis already qualified for games
Olympics: Six Kiwis already qualified for games
The athletics qualifying standards for the London Olympics have been announced and it points to a large team being sent to London.
Olympics: 'Massive' interest tipped in Games as tickets go on sale
Olympics: 'Massive' interest tipped in Games as tickets go on sale
Sebastian Coe is predicting massive demand when tickets go on sale to mark the 500-day countdown to next year's Olympics, another milestone in the multi-billion-dollar project that is changing the face of east London.
Rowing: Drysdale says arthritis won't stop Games bid
Rowing: Drysdale says arthritis won't stop Games bid
Mahe Drysdale has revealed he has arthiritis but the champion single sculler says his goal of competing in London next year in search of an elusive Olympics gold medal to go with his four world titles remains intact for the moment.
Swimming: Thorpedo back in swim for London Games
Swimming: Thorpedo back in swim for London Games
Five-time Olympic gold medalist Ian Thorpe will end more than four years of retirement with the goal of swimming at next year's London Games.
Rowing: Third world title puts Bond on path to Olympics
Rowing: Third world title puts Bond on path to Olympics
Hamish Bond enhanced his status as one of the greats of Otago sport when he rowed to the top of the world for a third time.
Olympics: London unveils one-eyed mascots
Olympics: London unveils one-eyed mascots
They're not furry animals, neither male nor female and have no cutesy names.