The Olympic rings have been emblazoned on Manchester United's stadium, Old Trafford, ahead of the London 2012 Games. Team GB's first football m...

All the physical preparation for the Olympic Games will be wasted - unless athletes are prepared for the 'anger games' on a psychological level.

Walking in through airport style security on my first day in the Olympic Village it was finally sinking in that I'd be working in what is in essence the most secure gated community in the world.

The combined turnover of Kraft (Cadbury), McDonald's and Coke is £116 billion - which, funnily enough is equivalent to the entire sport industry worldwide. We accept that the product they provide is not good for you if consumed in excess. But if they don't use sport then they will spend their advertising dollars elsewhere and I would prefer them to be driving their money into sport.

Only 20 out of 300 G4S staff members have turned up for the Box Hill circuit in Surrey, as the farce over London 2012 Olympic security continues. P...

Yesterday the Olympic torch relay passed the top of my road. As a graduate (or "NEET" as we're called in the current climate), it was more intrigue than patriotism that caused me to break from my Jeremy Kyle marathon and leaving the house. For one reason or another, people were in excellent spirits.

The London 2012 build-up became more tangible on Monday when Team GB's football team moved into their Olympic village accommodation for the Games. ...

I love the Olympics, love the endeavour, the challenge to push the limits of human capability. I love the competition, the striving, the winning and the losing; the podium moments, the team hugs and the heartbreak interviews. But that is not what the torch relay or indeed, these Games themselves are about. They are about consumption.

The Olympics, like all major sporting events, offer us a rare chance to shed our snotty London skins, and British reserve, and cry, shout and hope with everyone else. This Summer, London is going to be a Nike ad. Only with more sex. And queues.