West Ham to move to Olympic Stadium - report

West Ham United football club are to become the main tenants of London's Olympic Stadium, the BBC reported on Friday ahead of an official announcement expected later in the day. The long-term future of the 429 million ($648-million, 503-million-euro) venue in Stratford, east London, was supposed to have been decided before last year's Games but a series of legal challenges have led to a drawn-out process.

The BBC said the British government have agreed to put in an extra 25 million towards the cost of converting the venue, taking their total spend to 60 million with the final bill for adapting the venue potentially reaching 190 million in all.

AFP