The London 2012 closing ceremony included performances from Spice Girls, One Direction, George Michael and Take That "Our vision is to see millions more young people in Britain and across the world ...

The London 2012 Olympic Games have officially drawn to a close, ending 16 days of competition. IOC President Jacques Rogge described the 30th Olympiad as a "happy and glorious games" and asked the ...

The stadia have been built, the athletes are prepared, and London’s public transport system has been put into disarray, which can mean only mean one thing: it’s time for the Olympic Games. Of course, ...

It was the London 2012 Olympic event that started before the opening ceremony and was played in Cardiff, Coventry, Glasgow, Manchester and Newcastle. It was a global football tournament that featured ...

The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games were delivered £377 million ($601 million) under budget. Figures released by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport show the forecasted cost of the ...

Well, that was that then. The 30th Olympiad of the modern era is over. All of the finals of London 2012 have been played and the last medal has been awarded, as tradition dictates, to the winner of ...

It is the ultimate reward for the greatest sporting event on the planet. More than 10,000 athletes will spend nearly three weeks competing for the chance to receive at least one of 302 Olympic Gold ...

In his closing speech the then IPC President Sir Philip Craven described London 2012 as "the greatest Paralympic Games ever". London 2012 set the benchmark for all future Paralympic Games. The event ...

The eyes of the world were glued to the magnificent opening Olympic ceremony in London and what a spectacle it was with its eye-popping fireworks display, energetic dance routines and toe-tapping ...

Eniola Aluko left her room in the sprawling Olympic athlete’s village in search of the barbeque adjacent to the food court. She summoned the lift and the doors slid open to reveal Mo Farah, emerging ...