The chairman of UK Athletics has branded the joint bid from Tottenham Hotspur and AEG to take over the Olympic Stadium but ditch the running track "an insult to the whole Olym...More>
The 2012 Games site in east London will be named the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, it has been announced.
The site in Stratford – which includes the velodrome, the wave-sha...More>
London 2012 chairman Lord Coe says he is “thrilled” by the public’s response to his call for volunteers for the Olympic and Paralympics Games.
Coe revealed more than 100,0...More>
Sport and Olympics minister Hugh Robertson has vowed to do everything he can to protect funding for athletes in the run up to London 2012 and beyond as the Government prepares...More>
West Indies cricketing legend Sir Viv Richards believes the sport should be included in the Commonwealth Games and Olympics to help it grow around the world.
Richards, at t...More>
At least £10 million is available to invest in facilities which will bring the venues up to world-class standards for use by athletes during the London 2012 Games.
Sc...More>
International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge revealed his confidence that India can bid for the Olympics, despite the chaotic preparation for the Delhi Common...More>
The deadline for bidding to take over the Olympic Stadium site after the London 2012 Games has passed and the Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC), which is overseeing the proce...More>
Over £650m has been raised in domestic sponsorship revenue for the London Olympic Games two years before the start date.
The figure was revealed at the announcement o...More>
The chief executive of the company responsible for building the venues for the 2012 London Olympics David Higgins changed jobs with 22 months to go before the opening ceremony...More>
International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge indicated that negotiations for US TV rights to the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, and the 2016 Summer Games in Ri...More>
The biggest challenge for the next president of Brazil will be the hosting of the World Cup 2014 and the Olympic Games in 2016.
This week presidential elections will be he...More>
The US Olympic Committee decided to withdraw from the competition for hosting the 2020 Summer Games. USOC chief executive officer Scott Blackmun explained it with the desire t...More>
International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge says India should not be written off as a potential Olympic host because of the problems with the Commonwealth Ga...More>
Organisations interested in taking over London's Olympic media centre after the 2012 Games have been invited to register their interest.
The vast building, in the north-wes...More>
Former Liberal Democrat leader and British 100 metres record holder Sir Menzies Campbell has been appointed to the Olympic Board for London 2012.
Campbell, who held the Bri...More>
Cape Town has asked South Africa's Olympic Committee (SASCOC) if it would consider a bid from the city for the 2020 Olympic Games.
SASCOC announced recently that Cape Town ...More>
