A smiling Mo Farah has described the emotional moment he saw his family run on to the track to congratulate him after winning the Olympic gold in the ...

I've a confession to make. It's something I probably knew, but couldn't admit, not even to myself until now. Before the Olympics started, I'd have described myself as a pretty rock-solid sports fan - but that belief has been shaken to its core. There were things I knew I knew. I knew I could explain the football off-side rule in simple terms, I know what position silly mid off is in cricket. I could even have a stab at explaining netball (it's basketball for girls, right?) But a week spent following the epic extravaganza that is the Olympics has opened my eyes to the "unknown unknowns".

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...

Dai Greene, Team GB captain and world hurdles 400m champion, had the scare of his life after inexplicably failing to finish in the automatic qualifyin...

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 ...

Super Saturday got off to a sensational start as Britain's rowers claimed two golds and Jessica Ennis continued her march towards Olympic glory. Ch...

While you're waiting to watch Team GB win another medal, amaze your friends with these amazing Olympic facts.. In the ancient Olympics trainers had...

Jessica Ennis is hoping to build on her sensational start in the heptathlon as the Games' Super Saturday gets under way in the Olympic Stadium. The...

Andy Murray beat Novak Djokovic in straight sets at Wimbledon to progress to the final of the Olympic tennis tournament on Friday. The Wimbledon fi...

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

On Monday morning, 6 August, at approximately five minutes past ten a 30-year-old Italian will take to the track to compete in her very first Olympic Games. To the ranks of media her name will just be one of many on a list. Indeed when I tried to sell her story to the British press, they didn't have room to tell it.

After three Olympics and 12 long years, British rower Katherine Grainger has finally won her elusive gold medal, which she has dubbed "the people's me...

In case you've been living in a hole for the past few week or don't actually spend your life on social media, you may have noticed that the London 2012 Olympic Games are currently happening.

Day 5. Women's Beach Volleyball. The feminist side of my brain was egging me on to complain before I even arrived. I was about to sit through three hours of a male dominated audience ogling at toned women bending over in their ready position.