Oar-inspiring win for Lea Rowing Club
Lea Rowing Club glide to victory without getting wet at last month’s National Junior Indoor Rowing Championships
Sport
Segregation row at Stoke Newington swimming pool
Children’s swimming group told it is ‘essential’ they use a separate exit to avoid mixing with Jewish youth club
An alternative Olympic tour takes in Hackney’s art, history and fashions
As the Olympics loom, Alexandra Topping takes a tour within sight and sound of the London 2012 site Interactive: an alternative tour around the site [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/london-2012-olympics-blog/interactive/2012/feb/20/olympic-park-alternative-tour]
Olympics organisers urged to ban tents for fear of Occupy-style protests
Theresa May vows to prevent ‘encampments’ – but London 2012 security chiefs argue against prohibiting tents
London Olympic press and media centre legacy shortlist revealed
• David Cameron calls for establishment of ‘tech city’ • Venue generates ‘huge amounts of commercial interest’
Olympics synchronised swimming fans left high and dry
Swim fans asked to swap events as Olympics organisers admit 10,000 tickets oversold
Olympics handball thrills Hackney kids
A lucky few have become the first in the world to sample the 2012 Olympics site
BBC to mark 2012 Olympics with ‘biggest ever free live music event’
Elbow commissioned to write BBC Olympic theme tune as plans for Proms, Shakespeare season and Radio 1 event revealed
Anger grows over Olympic proposal for Fish Island
Residents complain that second corporate Olympic venue on small industrial area in Stratford, which will include the UK’s largest TV screen, is a disaster waiting to happen
From Hoxton to Harlow: Hackney karate kids take on Essex
Legends ‘old school’ Karate students from Hoxton visit Harlow to learn new ways of self-defence and self-discipline
Skate Wars: The Empire Skates Back
Fast, feisty and furious, London Rockin’ Rollers face Stuttgart Valley Roller Girlz in what promises to be a hard-fought battle. Skate Wars women’s roller derby thunders on Hackney’s borders
Phillips Idowu awarded MBE
The Hackney-born triple jumper is recognised for services to athletics
Hackney cycle champ set for Olympic stardom
Cycling sensation Tao Geoghegan Hart tells the Citizen about his extraordinary journey from thrashing a bike round the streets a couple of years ago to aiming for a place at the Olympics
Third London Fields aquathlon announced
The increasingly popular multi-sport event is to be held on Sunday 2 October
Young, gifted and back
Kids are coming back to sport as Olympics organisers target couch potato youngsters with enticing outdoor events aimed at reversing negative associations with regimented PE lessons
Olympics Aquatic Centre – review
Zaha Hadid’s London 2012 Aquatic Centre hasn’t come cheap at £269m, but it is the Olympics’ most majestic space