All news on the topic: London 2012 Olympics

Strictly Come Dancing star Ellie Simmonds shares how she reconnected with her birth mother and found answers to the questions she has 'carried around for years'

Frazer Clarke has undoubted potential but there are steps the Olympic bronze medallist MUST take to begin being able to mix it with the heavyweight elite

Aged just four, my dad followed his own father from a small town in the west of Jamaica to the UK along with his family, making a life for us all - before it felt like the government might try and take it all away

The headquarters of the 2024 Paris Olympics organisers have been searched by police looking into suspected corruption, France's national financial prosecutor's office have announced

The Japanese international's absence from this summer's Women's World Cup squad has sparked a divide amongst women's football fans

Lioness Jill Scott will be joined for the UNICEF fundraiser at Old Trafford by stars including Liam, Scarlette Douglas, Mel C, Usain Bolt and Sir Mo Farah

The boxer and social media personality is gearing himself up for a change of sport on Sunday evening when he lines up for the World XI at this year's Soccer Aid at Old Trafford

The 28-year-old confessed his depression and drinking worsened last year as he struggled with motivation and injury, and a split from artist Eiri Munro

“It’s a bit like a hard season, you’ve got to work your way through it. We’re going to be okay. I’m optimistic I’ll be in front of you for a few years yet. But I’m not jumping around”

Last year she was sectioned and placed in an induced coma for 25 days, now the Olympic rugby sevens star is raising awareness of autoimmune encephalitis

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Alejandro Garnacho, who is currently recovering from an ankle injury that has sidelined him for almost two months, was desperate to play in the tournament being hosted in his homeland

England v France: 53,000 tickets sold for Saturday's Six Nations Grand Slam decider at Twickenham - the latest big crowd occasion for female sport

"This is a guy who holds British records from 1500m to marathon. Nobody has done that from 1500 to the Marathon ever, in the whole history of the sport"

"The Olympics is the races everybody sees and to not perform on that stage was tough. But you just have to bounce back, which we have done”

Other top moments in sporting history include Usain Bolt's 100-metre gold medal at the London 2012 Olympics, and Roger Bannister breaking the four-minute mile in 1954

I’m A Celeb star Mo has ditched any showbiz trappings and is back in full bootcamp mode ahead of the event in April after being forced to pull out last year

Marcus Wyatt and Laura Deas bag silver medals in season finale in Latvia to banish memories of last year's Olympic horror show

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has come under fire after it moved to water down the outright ban on athletes from Russia and Belarus at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris

UFC heavyweight champion Ngannou is plotting a move into boxing, with the likes of Joshua, Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder his main targets for his foray into the ring

Tributes have been paid to veteran sailor Felix Sienra, who represented Uruguay at the 1948 Summer Games in London and was the grand age of 107 when he died on Monday

"When I do finally stop I’d love to show what you can do with hard work and grafting. I have my coaching licence and would love to go down that route and give back, particularly to British athletes"

Following the success of 2012, London's mayor has fuelled excitement among fans by hinting that the capital could host another Olympic Games less than two decades from now

Exclusive: Double Olympic champion heaps praise on former rugby player for becoming only Britain's second ever male world champion

American athlete Lolo Jones has lifted the lid on her recent hell and revealed she's had three different men stalk her in the past 12 months, including one who attempted to enter her house