London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe has insisted preparations for the Olympic Games remain within budget after a report claimed that the cost of staging the event has increased to more than £12 billion. The UK government’s public sector budget for the Games totals £9.3 billion, which includes all venue construction and infrastructure projects. That figure [...]

TUI Travel PLC’s Specialist and Activity Sector’s Marine Division, has today announced the appointment of The Sports Consultancy as part of a business wide approach to building strategic brand partnerships. The world leaders in water-based vacations offer a portfolio of leading brands including Sunsail, The Moorings and Le Boat. The company has initially instructed The [...]

Argentine Olympic Committee (COA) president Gerardo Werthein has announced that Buenos Aires would bid to host the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. They will compete with Monterrey, Mexico; Medellin, Colombia; Abuja, Nigeria; and Kaspiysk, Russia when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) choose the host city in June 2013. “We believe that Buenos Aires would be an [...]