It's a decade this week since the announcement of the new tenant of the Olympic Stadium was making our headlines.

West Ham United has been recommended as the best club to take over the Olympic Stadium after the Games in 2012.

The Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC) executives unanimously chose the Hammers' bid over a proposal from Tottenham Hotspur.

The recommendation must now be ratified by the OPLC board, the Government and the mayor of London.

West Ham has promised to retain the athletics track in the Stratford stadium, while Spurs had planned to knock down part of the venue and remove athletics provision.

Baroness Ford, head of the OPLC, said: "We have made a unanimous recommendation to back West Ham and the borough of Newham as the long term tenant.

"This represents the very best legacy for the stadium.

"It is cracking for the communities of east London and a really good outcome for sport."

Hammers co-owner David Gold said: “We are very, very excited about what happened today and it is nice to be on the winning side.

“We represented what is right, what is fair and what is honest.

“It is a great day for England and Great Britain because we are keeping our promise.

“Lord (Sebastian) Coe gave a promise on behalf of us all and it would have been a tragedy if that had been broken.”

Gold was referring to West Ham’s proposal to retain the running track in their redeveloped stadium, thus leaving an athletics legacy that was promised when London won the bid to stage the Games back in 2005.

Spurs chairman Daniel Levy has suggested that the club may mount a legal challenege to the decision.

Leyton Orient chairman, Barry Hearn, has threatened to launch a legal challenge if West Ham is chosen to take over the stadium.

He has previously said the move would have a detrimental effect on levels of support at Brisbane Road.

The club has refused to make a statement on today's news until a press conference.