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The future of the Olympic Stadium could be just a little bit clearer after Tottenham Hotspur dropped their legal challenge over the decision to award the venue to West Ham United.

Spurs and Leyton Orient had both applied for a judicial review into the process that saw the Olympic Park Legacy Company decide in West Ham's favour earlier this year.

Confusion surrounds the apparent collapse of the deal for West Ham to move into the Olympic Stadium after the 2012 Games.

A statement will be made by the Government at around lunchtime today about the future of the £500million venue, after a complaint was made to the European Union about Newham Council's £40million contribution as part of the deal.

West Ham have claimed that Tottenham offered to drop their legal challenge over the Olympic Stadium if the Hammers asked the police to drop their inquiry into Spurs' use of a private investigator.

The Irons refused the request, which was made yesterday - just as Spurs and Leyton Orient were granted leave for a judicial review on October 18.

Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur have won the latest round in the battle to take possession of the Olympic Stadium after 2012.

The club has won permission to mount a legal challenge to the decision by the Olympic Park Legacy Company to award the stadium to West Ham.

Leyton Orient have announced it has launched a judicial review against Newham Council over its role in helping West Ham United win the Olympic stadium post-2012.

It comes just hours after Tottenham Hotspur revealed they was also taking the borough to court over the same issue.

Charlton boss Chris Powell remained coy about which of the club's out of contract players will be offered deals to stay at the club.

The Addicks manager who took over at The Valley in January was speaking after the 3-1 victory over Leyton Orient on Saturday.

The legacy use of the Olympic Broadcast and Media Centres are causing the most concern for the team charged with making a commercial success of the venues after the 2012 Games.

Baroness Ford and Andrew Altman, chair and chief executive of the Olympic Park Legacy Company, made the admission when they were questioned by the London Assembly this morning.

The Government and the Mayor of London have approved plans for West Ham to move into the Olympic Stadium after the 2012 Games.

The decision was not unexpected, with the Irons being named as preferred tenants by the Olympic Park Legacy Company three weeks ago, when they saw off a rival bid from Tottenham Hotspur.

Flying winger Scott Wagstaff was the matchwinner for Charlton on Friday night, scoring one and setting another up as the Addicks took all three points in east London.

After taking the lead through an Alan McCormack goal it turned sour in the second half when Scott McGleish equalised early in the second period and moments later Christian Dailly was sent off.

As Leeds found last year, cup runs can be detrimental to your promotion hopes.

So finding themselves 3-0 up against bottom tier Shrewsbury in the League Cup in midweek, the Addicks performed a major feat in reversing that scoreline.

Millwall kept their hopes of automatic promotion from League One alive with a win over Leyton Orient - but they left it late.

It took the Lions 69 minutes to breach a resolute Orient defence, with skipper Paul Robinson slamming home the opener.

Millwall entertain east London rivals Leyton Orient at The Den tomorrow boosted by the return of defenders Alan Dunne and Andy Frampton.

But left-back Tony Craig picked up an ankle injury at Huddersfield last Friday and will miss the game.

Charlton fell to their first home loss in 10 months with a shock defeat against Leyton Orient on Monday night.

One-time Addicks striker Scott McGleish stunned the hosts with a headed goal early in the second half to give the east Londoners a deserved three points.

Charlton will go joint top of League One at The Valley on Monday night if they can beat east Londoners Leyton Orient.

The Addicks are hot favourites for this match in front of the Sky cameras, with an unbeaten run stretching back to October.

Millwall's dismal away form continued as they made it 11 winless games in a row on the road with defeat at Leyton Orient.

An Andros Townsend goal was the difference between the two League One outfits, with Millwall having only themselves to blame for not taking at least a point back to south London.

Will Gary Alexander be celebrating a goal against his former club this weekend?

There may not be any Adebayor-style slides if the former Leyton Orient striker nets at Brisbane Road, but the Lions will be glad to get a run going after their mixed start to 2009/10.

Charlton overcome their first real setback of the season to record their third straight win of the season.

A header from Tamkia Mkandawire gave Leyton Orient the lead in a physical and competitive first-half at Brisbane Road.

Charlton travel to Brisbane Road on Tuesday night looking to maintain their 100 per cent record in League One this seaon.

The Addicks look to have a near fully squad to choose from with Miguel Angel Llera was declared fit after aggravating his head injury in Saturday's game against Hartlepool.

There was an unusual feeling for Charlton fans on Saturday after their side recorded back-to-back league victories for the first time in 19 months.

First half goals from Deon Burton and Nicky Bailey helped Charlton to a 2-0 win at Hartlepool, making it two wins out of two matches so far this season.

Gary Alexander scored two late goals to secure a come-from-behind victory against his former club Leyton Orient.

Simon Church put the O's ahead just after half-time, but Alexander levelled the scores on 70 minutes before securing the win three minutes from time.