US sprinter Manteo Mitchell revealed he broke his leg half way round the track but still managed to finish the…
London's Olympic Stadium will welcome the athletics events later in the day, ensuring the Olympic Park's busiest day since the…
Li Yongbo, China's Olympic badminton head coach, has apologized for his role after his two top players were disqualified for…
A cyclist has been killed in a crash with what police are describing as an "Olympic bus" on the border…
The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has charged eight female Olympic badminton players with "not using one's best efforts to win a…
Chinese Olympic swimmer Ye Shiwen has denied taking performance-enhancing drugs, after smashing a world record at the London Olympics. Ye…
A number of Olympic swimmers are walking out to the pool wearing headphones - and keeping them on right up…
Organizers LOCOG announce that more Olympic tickets will go back on sale after the row over empty seats. It said…
The first gold medal of the London 2012 Olympics has been won by China, which ended the first day on…
Metropolitan Police in London has announced that sixteen people have been arrested over ticket touting at the Olympics during the…
Queen Elizabeth II has declared the London Olympics officially open, before seven young athletes were given the honor of lighting…
Nick Green, the Australian Olympic team chief, has slammed a newspaper as “disgraceful” for describing triple-gold medallist Leisel Jones as…
Members of Egypt's Olympic team have been given fake Nike gear, Yomna Khallaf, a synchronized swimmer, has alleged. Yomna Khallaf…
Greek Olympian triple jumper Voula Papachristou has been expelled from her country's Olympic team over comments she posted on Twitter…
Women’s football is the first event of the Olympics and is to kick off later, two days before the official…
Triple jumper Phillips Idowu, former gymnast Nadia Comaneci and ex-basketball star John Amaechi will carry the flame on day 64…
Jerri Peterson from Atlanta in the US, who got a new tattoo to celebrate her role in the Olympic torch…
Nick Buckles, the chief executive of security firm G4S, will go before MPs later to explain why his company was…
The Kazakh Olympic team is hoping to boost its chances of sporting success at London 2012 with horsemeat sausages. Sports…
Danny Boyle, artistic director of the London 2012 Olympic opening ceremony, has apologized to volunteers over "spoilers" appearing in the…
Zara Phillips, Queen Elizabeth’s granddaughter, will not only look the part at the upcoming London Olympic Games, she will be…
A torchbearer has proposed to his eight-month pregnant girlfriend during day 31 of the Olympic torch relay from Middlesbrough to…
Angelina Jolie has invited the Duchess of Cambridge to the Olympics party she is throwing alongside fiancé Brad Pitt. The…
The Olympic Stadium will be transformed "into the British countryside" for the opening ceremony of the Games on 27 July,…
Olympic Orbit, the looping red tower that looms over London's Olympic Stadium, is being officially unveiled today. The completed steel…