Olympic athlete Chris Hoy, 37, recently announced his retirement from competitive cycling after winning 11 world titles. Retirement is often treated as a taboo subject in the world of sport so what happens to sports figures when they retire and why do so many struggle to cope?

Six-time Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy is to retire from competitive cycling. The 37-year-old Scot was contemplating continuing until the 2014 Com...

After his gold medal heroics at the London 2012 Olympic Games, Sir Chris Hoy has reflected on 17 extraordinary days for Team GB and the country via a ...

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

"Bloody Olympics lanes, it's bad enough without the extra million, it's going to be a total abortion, the whole thing, and the weather's shit," I said a few weeks ago.

As Sir Chris Hoy became the most successful British Olympian of all time, he also eclipsed fellow British athletes with 208,000 tweet name checks on Day 11.

Sir Chris Hoy has won his sixth Olympic gold medal at London 2012 to surpass Sir Steve Redgrave as the most successful British Olympian of all time. ...

Team GB will aim to continue their gold medal-winning performances on Thursday after cyclist Bradley Wiggins' record-breaking feat in the time-trial. ...

Sir Chris Hoy will carry the flag for Team GB at Friday's opening ceremony of London 2012, the British Olympic Association have confirmed. It is th...