Eleven-time Olympic medallist Ryan Lochte has predicted that 18-time champion Michael Phelps will return to compete at the Rio de Janeiro Games in 201...

Michael Phelps, not content with winning 18 gold Olympic medals, showcased his golfing ability at St Andrews on Friday with a mammoth 150-foot putt at...

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London 2012 may have ended, but what it's created will endure for generations.

Apparently some badminton doubles players have been throwing matches so that they could finish in their desired place within the chosen group. Two pairs played against each other trying to lose with no subtlety whatsoever, taking it in turns to serve in to the net several times. The Badminton Federation consequently disqualified offending teams and players.

The Olympic Games can be a cruel mistress at times. For every winner, for every athlete who stands on the podium, medal around neck, listening to the roar of the crowd and the strains of their National Anthem, there are a handful of... non-winners, shall we say. Losers seems like too strong a word.

Not every sporting challenge can be solved by money, but if Britain wants to improve its Olympic performance, a few national centers of excellence just aren't going to get it done.

For years the BBC's voice of swimming was the unfortunately named Hamilton Bland, whose TV career ended in controversy in the late 90s. There's nothing bland about his successors, former Olympians Adrian Moorhouse and Andy Jameson, who sounded as though they'd swallowed several gallons of Red Bull as they jabbered their way through last night's pool action at London 2012.