Paper chase: as the world tunes in to the Beijing Olympics, businesses are limbering up for London 2012. The organisers insist that any company can win a lucrative contract, writes Christian Doherty, but do small players have a sporting chance?

Ken Livingstone, recently ousted from City Hall, made a candid admission during his ill-fated campaign for re-election as London's mayor. Confessing that he had no interest in the Olympics as [...]