A year to go to the London Olympics! And all is on track for a great Olympics and Paralympics Games in 2012 – 90% of venues (and all the major ones) are complete and the Olympic Park will be delivered on time and within budget. These are sustainable and cutting-edge designs too, that will ensure a legacy economically and socially. And with the best prepared British Olympic team in history, we are hoping for national sporting success too.
Today, President Rogge of the International Olympic Committee is formally inviting the world’s top athletes to form teams to compete at the Games. We look forward to welcoming our Hungarian friends to Britain next year for the greatest and most exciting show on earth!
Stop press: adidas, the Official Sportswear Partner of London 2012, has announced that – after a public competition to name it – the Olympic football will be called ‘The Albert’. (Albert Hall = ball in Cockney rhyming slang, the traditional London dialect.)