By Duncan Mackay
January 30 – Leyton Orient today pleaded not to be “steamrollered out of existence” and blasted the Premier League and Football League for refusing to listen to their appeals about West Ham United or Tottenham Hotspur being allowed to take over the Olympic Stadium after London 2012.
By Andrew Warshaw
January 30 – Tottenham Hotspur icon Gary Mabbutt (pictured) has entered the increasingly bitter Olympic Stadium debate by warning the North London club would struggle to play Champions League football if they do not move to a bigger ground.
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
January 27 – More than 50 MPs have signed their support for the West Ham United and Newham Council joint bid to take over the Olympic Stadium in Stratford after London 2012 as the Premier League club unveiled how it would look if their campaign is successful.
By Andrew Warshaw
January 26 – The global entertainments group backing Tottenham Hotspur’s controversial plans to take over the Olympic Stadium after 2012 today went public for the first time over why they have decided to partner the Premiership club.
By Andrew Warshaw
January 25 – Tottenham Hotspur chairman Daniel Levy (pictured) has revealed the club will almost certainly have to leave their current ground even if they fail to win the right to take over the Olympic Stadium after the 2012 Games.
By Tom Degun in Christchurch
January 25 – Lamine Diack (pictured), President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), told insideworldfootball the Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC) postponing the decision on the future of the Olympic Stadium is not a problem.
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
January 24 – A decision on the future use of the Olympic Stadium has been postponed, it has been announced this afternoon.
By Andrew Warshaw
January 24 – Sebastian Coe waded into the debate over the future of the Olympic Stadium today, declaring there was a “moral obligation” to back West Ham United’s plans over those of Tottenham Hotspur for using the venue after next year’s summer Games.
By Andrew Warshaw
January 21 – Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy (pictured) has urged the club’s fans to understand the motives for moving to the Olympic Stadium after the London 2012 Games, assuring them they would have one of the finest football venues in Europe.
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
January 19 – Former Olympic javelin champion Tessa Sanderson will not be permitted to play any part in deciding the future of the Olympic Stadium, it was announced today.
By Andrew Warshaw
January 19 – Mike Lee (pictured), the man leading Tottenham Hotspur’s public relations campaign to take over the Olympic Stadium after London 2012, insists legacy will form a crucial part of the club’s detailed proposals and rejects growing claims they are merely being driven by money.
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
January 18 – More key figures involved in London’s successful bid to host the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, including former Mayor Ken Livingstone, have come forward to criticise Tottenham Hotspur’s controversial plans to demolish the Stadium and rebuild it without an athletics track.
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
January 16 – Opposition to Tottenham Hotspur’s controversial proposal to take over the Olympic Stadium after London 2012 continues to grow, with the world’s fastest man Usain Bolt and Britain’s former Sports Minister Richard Caborn both adding their voices to the growing anger at the plans of the Premier League club to demolish the arena and rebuild it without an athletics track.
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
January 17 – Tottenham Hotspur’s hopes of moving into the Olympic Stadium after London 2012 are set to suffer a major blow later this week when a rival plan to renovate the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, a key part of their proposal, is unveiled.
By Mike Rowbottom
January 14 – Ed Warner (pictured), chairman of UK Athletics, has explicitly denied the suggestion made this week by those handling Tottenham’s bid to redevelop the 2012 Olympic Stadium that his organisation has refused to engage with them on their plans for an athletics legacy elsewhere.