LONDON will host the Olympics in 2012 after International Olympic Committee members voted to bring the Games to the capital for the first time in over 50 years.
Paris, which had been hot favourite to win the vote, was beaten into second place when the result was announced in Singapore.
Wembley Stadium will stage the men's and women's football finals, archery will take place at Lord's, with baseball and softball played at Regent's Park, which also forms part...

Mediterraneans are opened now...
Last Friday Spanish King Juan Carlos officially opened the 'XVth Mediterranean Games Almería 2005 to a full house and after a spectacular ceremony organized by “La Fura dels Baus”.
In front of an enthusiastic audience that filled the Mediterranean Stadium, “Al-Mariyat Bayyana” traced back the history of Almerian civilization as a tribute to the combination of different cultures.
Eleven nations have sent gymnasts to this quadrennial multi-sport event for European and...