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This case study considers how the Olympic stage has been utilised as a key arena for the expression of competing dominant political ideologies in modern history.

When London first one the right to stage the 2012 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games, the city anticipated a major boost to sports tourism based revenue as a result. However, claims of failures to exploit these opportunities have recently been levelled at the Government.

Climate change and global warming continue to dominate international political discussion, and the discussions of the IOC and host countries are no exception. The upcoming Vancouver 2010, London 2012 and Sochi 2014 Organising Committees are all committed to leaving a legacy that their Games are remembered as being green.

LOCOG came under fire (if one can excuse the pun!) recently, for failure to budget appropriately for Security provisions for the Games. Such a provision would have included significant provision for fire-related activity. Although LOCOG have now revised their original budget to better cater for security and fire concerns, they may have been relying additionally on the major financial investments that the Government had recently made in the development of a £1bn network of fire centres, powered by impressive IT systems costing a cool £2m.

''To make an Olympic champion it takes eight Olympic finalists. To make Olympic finalists, it takes 80 Olympians. To make 80 Olympians it takes 202 national champions, to make national champions it takes thousands of athletes. To make athletes it takes millions of children around the world to be inspired to choose sport.' So began Sebastian Coe, the Chief Executive of the London 2012 bid team, in his opening statement to the IOC Commission in Singapore on July 6th, 2005.

South Ossetia has been in conflict with the state of Georgia since just before the dissolution of the Soviet Union in the early 1990's. The dispute is essentially based on South Ossetia's wish for independence; a wish supported by The Russian Federation. Despite great tension and armed conflict between Georgia and Sochi, Russia still managed to emerge victorious in the competition to win the right to host the Sochi 2014 Winter Games.

For the British people, Wednesday 6th July, 2005, was a momentous and historic day. That was the day that Britain was awarded the right to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2012. Such an announcement transformed the image of Britain as a nation capable of hosting large scale sporting mega-events.

The 2012 Games will continue the great Olympic legacy of London and Britain. We will now take a brief look back at the history of the Games in London.

The new Conservative - Liberal Democrat Government coalition recently announced an emergency budget to fight the financial woes that Britain is currently facing. One significant element of their austere approach was to effectively wage war on publically funded quangos in a bid to eliminate unnecessary spending and re-establish public faith in the Governments' ability to financially manage the country.

For the British people, Wednesday 6th July, 2005, was a momentous and historic day. That was the day that Britain was awarded the right to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2012. Such an announcement transformed the image of Britain as a nation capable of hosting large scale sporting mega-events. The venue of the announcement was Singapore: the voice delivering the decision was IOC President Jacques Rogge.

The new Conservative - Liberal Democrat Government coalition recently announced an emergency budget to fight the financial woes that Britain is currently facing. One significant element of their austere approach was to effectively wage war on publically funded quangos in a bid to eliminate unnecessary spending and re-establish public faith in the Governments' ability to financially manage the country. A quango, for those unfamiliar with the term, is a quasi nongovernmental organisation; an organisation that is financed by the government yet acts independently of the government.

The Olympic Charter exalts a philosophy of life that seeks to use sport to communicate positive values of peace, understanding, fair play and other moral and ethical principles. In this way, Olympism shares many of the goals of other sports movements, such as Muscular Christianity, Muscular Judaism and Athleticism.

The legacy impact of the 2012 Games for London – and, by extension, South East England and the country as a whole – has been debated and discussed at length. But the victory of London should be a victory for the UK. Have Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales benefited from our victory to secure the Games? This case study takes a special focus on Wales.

The Olympic Charter exalts a philosophy of life that seeks to use sport to communicate positive values of peace, understanding, fair play and other moral and ethical principles. In this way, Olympism shares many of the goals of other sports movements, such as Muscular Christianity, Muscular Judaism and Athleticism.

The legacy impact of the 2012 Games for London – and, by extension, South East England and the country as a whole – has been debated and discussed at length. But the victory of London should be a victory for the UK. Have Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales benefited from our victory to secure the Games? This case study takes a special focus on Wales.