Manchester United defender Rafael has been singled out for criticism by the Brazil Football Confederation following Brazil's 2-1 defeat to Mexico in the gold medal match at the London 2012 Olympic Games.

The London 2012 Olympic Games are over and attention now turns to the 2014 Winter Olympics.

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 final of the men's Olympic 4x100m relay final takes place at Olympic Stadium tonight, with Jamaica the huge favourites to take gold.

Brazil take on Mexico this afternoon at Wembley Stadium in the final of the Men's Olympic Football at the London 2012 Olympics.

There is one game taking place today in the Men's Olympic football at London 2012, as Brazil take on Mexico in the gold medal match.

There is one game taking place today in the Men's Olympic football at London 2012, as South Korea take on Japan in the bronze medal match.

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 final of the men's 200m takes place tonight at Olympic Stadium, with Usain Bolt favourite to take gold at the London 2012 Olympic Games.

There are two games taking place today in the Women's Olympic football at London 2012, with United States taking on Japan in the gold medal match.

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.

100m Olympic champion Usain Bolt wants a trial with Manchester United.

Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake cruised through to the semi-finals of the 200m on Tuesday at the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Four-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt is the huge favourite to win the 200m after defending his 100m title in style on Sunday night.

Maria Sharapova admits she is happy to have won a silver medal having lost the women's singles Olympic final to Serena Williams at the weekend.

Mo Farah has been backed to add the 5,000m title to his 10,000m crown at the London 2012 Olympic Games this week.

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.

There are two games taking place today in the Men's Olympic football at London 2012, with favourites Brazil in semi-final action.

Roger Federer has paid tribute to Andy Murray after losing to him in the gold medal match in the men's singles at the London 2012 Olympic Games on Sunday.

Andy Murray beat Roger Federer in the final of the Olympic men's tennis singles on Sunday claiming yet another gold medal for Team GB.

Andy Murray recorded a superb straight sets win over world No. 1 Roger Federer at Wimbledon on Sunday to win the gold medal in the men's singles at the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Jessica Ennis won gold in the Heptathlon on Saturday night and kick-started an amazing night for Great Britain as Greg Rutherford and Mo Farah also took gold in the Olympic Stadium.

Bookmakers believe Great Britain will NOT send a men's football team to the 2016 Olympics after Team GB crashed out of the London 2012 Olympic Games on Saturday night.

Dai Greene is out to add to Team GB's gold medal haul tonight when he competes in the men’s 400 hurdles final.

There are two games taking place today in the Women's Olympic football at London 2012, with Canada taking on the United States in one of today's semi-final clashes.

The semi-finals and final of the men's 100m take place tonight at Olympic Stadium, with Usain Bolt favourite to take gold at the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Serena Williams lost just one game against Maria Sharapova on Saturday afternoon as she won gold in the women's singles final at the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Few - if any - basketball fans outside of Croatia probably hadn't heard of Antonija Misura prior to the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Oscar Pistorius made Olympic history on Saturday, becoming the first double amputee to race at the Olympics, and qualifying second from his 400m heat.