Summer Olympics


ODA boss tops list of highest-earning quango employees

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

July 2 - David Higgins (pictured), the chief executive of the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA), tops Britain's list as the highest-earning boss of a taxpayer-funded Government guango with an annual salary of £394,999 ($599,664), it was revealed today.














Sao Paulo football stadium remains on list of Rio 2016 venues

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

June 26 - Estádio do Morumbi is still one of the venues due to stage football during the 2016 Olympics despite the Brazilian organisers having been forced to drop it from the list of grounds for the 2014 World Cup by FIFA due to lack of financial guarantees for renovation, Rio de Janeiro officials have claimed.