The London 2012 Olympic Games are over and attention now turns to the 2014 Winter Olympics. Officially known as the XXII Olympic Winter Games, or the 22nd Winter Olympics, the Winter Olympics 2014 are scheduled to take place from February 7th to 23rd, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. Some events will also b...

The closing ceremony at the London 2012 Olympic Games takes place tonight, with the best of British pop and rock set to perform at the Olympic Stadium. The London Games will come to a close with a three-hour musical extravaganza which will feature performances by some of the UK’s top acts past and ...

The final of the men's Olympic 4x100m relay final takes place at Olympic Stadium tonight, with Jamaica the huge favourites to take gold. But Great Britain miss out after being disqualified in their semi-final. The men's 4x100m final is scheduled for 21:00 BST and will air live in the UK on BBC...

Ireland's Katie Taylor is guaranteed at least a silver medal after she reached the final of the women's lightweight competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games with a win over Mavzuna Chorieva. The 26-year-old will now face Sofya Ochigava of Russia in the gold medal fight and she is the huge ...

The final of the men's 200m takes place on tonight at Olympic Stadium, with Usain Bolt favourite to take gold at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Wednesday night saw Bolt win his semi-final, while main rival Yohan Blake also progressed to the final as he looks to take his rival's 200m title. The men'...

The final of the women's 200m take place tonight at Olympic Stadium, with Allyson Felix favourite to take gold at the London 2012 Olympic Games ahead of Sanya Richards-Ross. Richards-Ross of the United States was fastest in her semi-final, narrowing beating Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of...

Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake cruised through to the semi-finals of the 200m on Tuesday at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Bolt is the huge favourite to win the 200m after defending his 100m title in style on Sunday night and cruised to victory in his heat with a time of 20.39secs. The 25-year-old won ...

Four-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt is the huge favourite to win the 200m after defending his 100m title in style on Sunday night. The 25-year-old won in an Olympic record time of 9.63 seconds and afterwards said he is closer to legendary status. "This gold means I am one step closer to being a l...

Lee Chong Wei's last chance to win Malaysia's first gold medal at the London 2012 Olympic Games ended in failure on Sunday as he lost Lin Dan of China in the men's badminton singles final. Lee took the first game of the match 21-15 and looked set to end his Olympic career in style, only for Lin to ...