Heptathlete Jessica Ennis and wheelchair racer David Weir rounded off a golden year of success by being voted British Olympic and Paralympic Athlete o...

The golden throne in which Bradley Wiggins celebrated his Olympic win with a laid-back double-handed peace sign is set to fetch up to £15,000 at auct...

Cyclist Sarah Storey has been hailed as ParalympicsGB's golden girl as she became the first Brit to bag a gold medal at the Games. The star of the ...

Andy Murray was denied a second Olympic gold medal of the day after he and Laura Robson were defeated in the mixed doubles by number one seeds Max Mir...

Jessica Ennis, Mo Farah and Greg Rutherford set the country alight on "Super Saturday" after each winning gold medals in what is surely one of the mos...

Jessica Ennis made Olympic history on Saturday after destroying the opposition to win the heptathlon gold medal at her home games. Ennis crosses ...

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Rebecca Adlington failed to repeat the heroics of Beijing in front of her home crowd, finishing third in the 800m freestyle at the Aquatic Centre on F...

Britain was left buzzing on Wednesday after storming up the medal table to 11th with two golds, one silver and two bronzes. The nation had started ...

At the USA's track and field press conference on Monday, sprinter Sanya Richards-Ross admitted the Olympic Village was a "relaxed" environment but the...

The world would be watching with intent, as London would officially kick off all proceedings. Would it live up to the hype, would the transport system cope, would security hold up? The answers were all in the positive!

For the past four years, ever since that bus exploded in the Beijing stadium and Catweazle played a guitar while the world's most famous custodian of haircuts booted a ball who knows where, we as nation have been moaning about the Olympics.

So, finally they are here. After seven years of counting down the days, the Olympic Games are no longer an expensive and controversial smudge on the horizon. Like, love or loathe them, few can deny the Olympics provide plenty of drama - not all of it sporting - and the Great Britain football team has been a particularly inflammatory subject in the protracted lead-up.

“It's hard to know just how well it will turn out," said Mitt Romney on Wednesday when asked about London’s hosting of the Olympics. It is a s...

Carl Lewis electrified the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics when, at the tender age of 23, he built on his 1983 World Championships title with four gold meda...