Premier League soccer club Tottenham Hotspur have ended their
protracted dispute over the decision to award West Ham United the right to move
into the London Olympic stadium after next year's Games, dropping their judicial
review and settling costs.

The move was a formality after a judge
dismissed the case in London's High Court last week when the government
cancelled the West Ham deal, saying it had become "bogged down" in legal
challenges which threatened the date for the stadium's re-opening and its bid
for the 2017 world athletics championships.

Tottenham had threatened to
take various parties to court over legal costs, but all sides on Monday agreed
to pay their own.

Third-tier soccer club Leyton Orient, which had also
challenged the stadium decision on the grounds that it could force them out of
business, will pursue their case for legal costs against West Ham's bid partner
Newham Council.

West Ham, who were relegated from the Premier league
last season, could still end up renting the venue under a new plan to keep the
stadium in public ownership although Orient chairman Barry Hearn stole a march
on Tuesday when he formally applied to the Football League for his club to
relocate to a slimmed-down, 25,000-seater Olympic Stadium.

"We have
submitted an application for permission to move to the Football League, and that
permission is something that West Ham don't have yet," Hearn said in a club
statement.

"It was the Premier League who gave (West Ham) the green
light to move in their original plan, but they are no longer members of the
Premier League."

Tottenham, who have an alternative plan to build a new
stadium adjacent to their current north London home, have yet to comment on
whether they will bid to become tenants. ($1 = 0.634 British Pounds)