Olympic Handball News

BASED building contractor Barr Construction was yesterday awarded the contract to build the main structure for the basketball arena for the 2012 London Olympics, making it the 30th Scottish firm to win a contract for the Games.

Northwest businesses were able to see first-hand the business opportunities available as part of the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, in a visit to the Olympic Park last week.

Palisades Elementary students had quite a surprise in store for them last Thursday morning at the school's annual Olympics Day ceremony.

A GRIMSBY school hosted its own mini Olympic Games as a three-year project improving international relations came to an end.

The International Olympic Committee continued its evaluation of Madrid's 2016 Games bid on Wednesday with a tour of the proposed venue sites, considered one of the strongest points of the Spanish capital's candidature.

The Am Hallo Arena in Essen is rocking, because it is handball night. In Germany the sport is massive and attracts indoor crowds of up to 20,000 for top-flight Bundesliga matches.

A CHANCE meeting with Dame Kelly Holmes and Geoff Capes proved to be among the highlights for a group of county athletes in warm-weather training in Portugal.

It would be "an absolute travesty" for London 2012 to take place without British teams in the football tournament, according to British Olympic Association chief executive Andy Hunt.

A HANDBALL arena for the 2012 Olympic Games in London is to be built by a Stowe-based firm.

The IOC evaluation team got a dose of Chicago's fading winter on its city tour Sunday.

In November 2003 he was reaping the plaudits as Jonny Wilkinson's drop-goal famously sailed between the posts.

Design proposals for the basketball arena, the third largest venue on the Park, have gained planning permission.A The building will be home to basketball, the Handball finals, Wheelchair Basketball, Wheelchair Rugby and will become a holding area for athletes for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies.

Raffles Institution's Ko Yuen Hyung , being challenged by Maris Stella's Andrew Ang in the Schools National B Boys' softball final at Bishan.

CERYS Walker is desperately seeking sponsorship to keep her Olympic handball dream alive after a radical cut in funding by UK Sport.

Swimmer Mirna Jukic was spotted at Sunday's handball World Championship final to support the country where she grew up before leaving war-shattered Yugoslavia for Austria.

Success at the 2012 will be made harder by the new funding cuts Photograph: David Davies/PA Eight Olympic sports and four Paralympic sports have been told to expect funding cuts of up to 75% in UK Sport's 2012 ...

The taxpayer may end up paying to build every major venue in London's 2012 Olympic Games because private finance has dried up, the chairman of the Olympic Delivery Authority admitted yesterday.

DenmarkA is hoping to capitalize on their success as European championsA and overcomeA reigning world champion Germany in tonighta TMs decider for placement in the handball world championship finals Every ...

Net gain ... missing out on the Beijing Olympics has given Danny Vukovic extra incentive to break into the national squad.

Think New York City is in tough shape now? Just imagine if Mayor Bloomberg had succeeded in his dream of luring the 2012 Olympic Games to New York.