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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.

Today is the last day you can apply for London 2012 Olympic Games tickets.

The ticket application process closes at midnight tonight and there is no advantage to submitting your application on the first day or the last day.

West Ham and Newham have been selected as the preferred bidder to take over the Olympic Stadium once the Games are over.

Baroness Ford, chairwoman of the Olympic Park Legacy Company, made the announcement this morning, although the result had been widely touted.

Tottenham Hotspur's partners in their bid to take over the Olympic Stadium have today outlined their commitment to create a "viable and sustainable" legacy for the site.

Sarah McGuigan, senior executive director of AEG Europe, claims their scheme would bring in over three million visitors every year to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

London should be fully ready to stage the Olympic Games in 2012 but organisers are not taking anything for granted.

Speaking at Tuesday's celebrations marking two years to go until the Games begin Locog chairman Lord Coe was positive about the progress made so far.

West Ham United and Newham Council have formally submitted their proposal for taking over the Olympic Stadium in Stratford.

They presented the document to the Olympic Park Legacy Company this morning, pledging to use it for both football and athletics after 2012.

He's an Olympic legend but for Sir Steve Redgrave it's Britain's future, not its past, that's important.

For Sir Steve, who won five gold medals at successive Olympics between 1984 and 2000, the 2012 Games in London should be the springboard for sporting success for years to come.

There are just three years to go until the greatest show on Earth arrives on Canary Wharf's doorstep and the excitment is building.

The man in charge of successfully delivering the 2012 Olympics Games is Paul Deighton, chief executive of the London Organising Commitee (Locog).

Greater consultation between football clubs such as West Ham and transport providers has been called for after the news that Tube engineering works forced a game to be moved to a different date.

The change for the Upton Park match against Portsmouth, originally intended for April 5 but now undecided, was announced last week and a London Assembly member is urging better treatment of fans.

It surely strengthens any attempts the Hammers make to move to a new ground. They are interested in land next to West Ham Tube station which has been used as a Parcelforce depot.