Spain failed to halt the continued dominance of the US men’s basketball team on Sunday, losing 107-100 to the stars of the NBA. The victory mark...

Orwell called sport an "unfailing cause of ill-will". It might seem strange to attach that pejorative to a Games so clearly enjoyed by so many, but witness the Twitter reaction after the US beat Japan in the basketball, or the innuendo thrown at 16-year-old Chinese swimmer Ye Shiwen.

Team GB’s Men’s Hockey team have been denied the opportunity to repeat history and face Germany in Saturday’s Gold Medal match after suffering a...

Welsh fighter Jade Jones on Thursday made history by becoming Britain's first Olympic taekwondo champion. The 19-year-old, from Flint, North Wales,...

Twelve days into The Greatest Show on earth and after weeks of grey clouds and rain, Team GB have found their medal winning form and (at times!) the clouds are clearing. The energy on the streets grows palpably with every new medal win and a rather weary nation is cautiously emerging and daring to start to celebrate a little.

Team GB's track and field stars have a lot going for them, as well as commitment, talent and success. They're also a likeable lot.

It's that time of the four year cycle that Olympic athletes get compared to our more regular, familiar, stars. As comparisons go, it's hugely unfair. Predominantly it's footballers, but the prima donna attitude of other stars such as Kevin Pietersen has seen sportsmen in a whole variety of disciplines compared too.

Dai Greene, the current world champion in the 400m hurdles, failed to make an impact in the Olympic final on Monday night, finishing fifth. The run...

Christine Ohuruogu ran a hugely a gutsy season's best but failed to reclaim the Olympic crown she so impressively captured in Beijing, finishing secon...

Mo Farah became the latest Brit to add to Team GB's burgeoning medal haul, winning gold in the 10,000m on Saturday night. In one of the marquee ev...

The women of Great Briton's Team Pursuit landed gold on Saturday evening, setting a new world record at the Olympic velodrome. Dani King, Laura ...

UPDATE: Since the time of publication, Great Britain has won three more gold medals. The sight of Australian swimmer Emily Seebohm breaking down i...