London Welsh prepare for appeal over Premiership exile - The Guardian
London Welsh's appeal against a decision barring them promotion to the Aviva Premiership looks set to be heard this month.
The Exiles won this season's Championship after beating Cornish Pirates in both legs of the final.
However, the Richmond-based club were told just hours before the first leg kicked off in Cornwall that they did not meet minimum standards criteria set down by English rugby's Professional Game Board for Premiership entry.
London Welsh played the final's second leg at the Kassam Stadium in Oxford, which is thought to be their preferred venue should they gain Premiership status.
As things stand, Newcastle will remain in the Premiership next season despite finishing bottom, a point behind Wasps, this season. However, should London Welsh succeed in overturning an original decision that went against them then they will go up and the Falcons will be relegated.
In a statement, the RFU said: "The Rugby Football Union has today received London Welsh's appeal against the decision that the club failed to meet the minimum standards criteria set out by the Professional Game Board for promotion to the Aviva Premiership.
"It is proposed that the appeal hearing, which will take place before an independent panel, will be held on 21 June at the London Bloomsbury Hotel.
"An expedited timetable has been agreed with London Welsh, with the proposed date of 21 June the earliest possible time to allow for the exchange of cases and evidence. During the appeal, no further comment will be made."
London 2012 Organising Committee Supports 100 Days of Peace Project - ibtimes.co.uk
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The objective of 100 Days of Peace, which is a London 2012 Inspire Mark project, is to promote a safer and more tolerant society across the Games period and is specifically aimed at young people. It is strongly linked to London 2012's work around the Olympic Truce and seeks peace in London for 50 days ahead of the Games and for 50 days afterwards. At the end of this period, on October 28th, London Citizens will publish a new map of London with CitySafe Zones marked on it.
An integral part of the 100 Days of Peace project is the CitySafe Campaign where young people and adults will work on a number of initiatives. In all, there will be 18 other CitySafe rallies organised by London Citizens taking place across London on the same day in 18 other Boroughs.
These include encouraging local businesses and organisations to offer their premises as CitySafe Havens, pledging to report 100 percent of crime and organising events that facilitate dialogue between police and young people, led by CitySafe Champions.
The CitySafe Campaign is led by London Citizens member communities which include Families United and The Jimmy Mizen Foundation
Both 100 Days of Peace and the CitySafe Campaign are coordinated by London Citizens, the UK's largest independent civic alliance with over 250 schools, churches, mosques, trade unions, charities and local associations. One of the four sub-regional groups of London Citizens is the East London Communities Organisations (TELCO) which has been working with London 2012 from the start of the bid process.
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Pure gold to have Becks at the London Olympics - Daily Mail
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Kick it: David Beckham is still a fans' favourite
Anyone who was at Wembley last Saturday could not fail to understand why David Beckham had to be in Great Britain's Olympic football team at London 2012.
The wall of noise, the palpable sense of excitement, that greeted the mere mention of his name is something only Beckham can generate.
It would be madness to be so straight-laced, stuck up and, well, British about it that we overlooked our global superstar.
We have seen where 'football reasons' have got us in the last few weeks, but Stuart Pearce's task was not to pick the best 18 eligible players based on statistics and somehow hope they can all make a go of it next month. He was asked to pick a squad capable of winning a gold medal.
Pearce has recognised that, and while the incredible midfield engine is not what it once was, Beckham's game has adapted and moved on. He hasn't been messing about in the garden with his kids in LA since leaving England almost a decade ago.
He has been winning titles in Spain and the US, a physical league with lots of young players.
He is still a brilliant passer of the ball and lethal at set-pieces but he also brings those intangible but invaluable qualities: experience, leadership and a winning mentality.
And - shock horror - he is passionate about playing for Great Britain. I am sick of unspectacular footballers turning their backs on international duty out of some misguided sense of their own importance.
Hometown hero: Beckham is set to star in London
If you are lucky enough to be picked, you play. And Beckham desperately wants to represent his country, even if it would have been a lot easier just to walk away.
'Legacy' is the watchword of these Games and Beckham's involvement gives Olympic football the chance to reach out to so many - not just here but around the world. Without him, the men's football competition was in danger of limping along from a British perspective.
A manager overlooked by England in charge of a team only one of the home nations wanted in a tournament many do not believe should even be included in the Olympics. But with Becks in the mix, things suddenly feel a lot different.
London 2012: Olympic Torch Relay in Scotland - BBC News
The Olympic flame is set to arrive in Scotland.
The torch will arrive by ferry at Cairnryan in Galloway, at about 18:30 BST, after five days in Northern Ireland.
The official torch relay in Scotland, which will be covered in full by a special BBC website, will begin from nearby Stranraer at 06:00 BST on Friday.
Its week-long tour of Scotland will see it carried from the south-west of Scotland to Glasgow, then to Inverness and Orkney and Shetland. The torch relay will visit the Western Isles before travelling through Aberdeen, Dundee and Edinburgh to the Scottish Borders.
Among more than 700 torchbearers will be some well-known athletes and celebrities.
Rower Katherine Grainger, who has won silver medals at each of the past three Olympics, will travel home to Glasgow to carry the torch on Friday.
Olympic curling gold medallist Rhona Martin and stunt cyclist Danny Mackaskill will also be involved in Friday's relay.
TV personality Jenni Falconer, golfer Colin Montgomerie, rugby player Chris Paterson and cyclist Mark Beaumont will carry the torch during its week in Scotland.
The first day of the torch relay will see it travel from Stranraer and up through Ayrshire, calling at places such as Turnberry, Alloway and Ayr.
On Friday afternoon, the torch will call at Rutherglen and Giffnock on the outskirts of Glasgow before finishing with a celebration in the city's George Square.
Saturday's journey will begin at 07:00 BST on a tall ship outside the city's Riverside Museum and end almost 12 hours later at the Eden Court in Inverness.
On Sunday, the torch will make a flying visit to Orkney and Shetland before heading to Stornoway on Lewis, where the following day's relay begins.
On Monday, the relay will again pass through Inverness on its way to Aberdeen.
The journey on Tuesday is from Aberdeen to Dundee and on Wednesday the route is St Andrews to Edinburgh, where there will be a celebration at Edinburgh Castle featuring a performance by pop star Emeli Sandé.
On Thursday morning, the flame heads south from Edinburgh through the Borders, leaving Scotland at about 16:30 BST.
However, a week later the torch will enter Scotland once again, spending the morning of Thursday 21 June travelling from Dumfries to Gretna.
There may be further Scottish interest in the relay before it ends its journey at the Olympic park in London on 27 July.
Sir Chris Hoy, who won three gold medals in Beijing four years ago, will carry the torch in Manchester and Andy Murray will be the torchbearer in the London Borough of Merton, home of the All England Tennis Club at Wimbledon.
Olympic Torch in Scotland - Full details
Friday 8 June - Stranraer to Glasgow (Day 21)
Saturday 9 June - Glasgow to Inverness (Day 22)
Sunday 10 June - Kirkwall to Lerwick (Day 23)
Monday 11 June - Stornoway to Aberdeen (Day 24)
Tuesday 12 June - Aberdeen to Dundee (Day 25)
Wednesday 13 June - St Andrews to Edinburgh (Day 26)
Thursday 14 June - Edinburgh to the Borders (Day 27)
Thursday 21 June 2012 - Dumfries to Gretna (Day 34)
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