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Joy as Olympic torch relay reaches Wales

Fri, 25 May 2012 07:12:16 GMT

The Olympic Torch has arrived in Wales on the first of a five-day relay through the principality.

Olympic torch relay reaches Wales

Fri, 25 May 2012 07:12:16 GMT

The Olympic flame is set to enter Wales on the seventh day of the UK torch relay.

BBC Olympic torch strike called off

Thu, 24 May 2012 10:54:20 GMT

A planned strike targeting the BBC's coverage of the Olympic torch relay in Wales tomorrow has been called off.

GB’s Beach Volleyball squad ‘stop traffic’

Thu, 24 May 2012 10:05:47 GMT

Team GB’s female Beach Volleyball squad literally stopped traffic this morning to launch TfL’s Temporary Road Changes - a planning tool encouraging commuters to avoid busy roads during the London 2012 Olympic Games this summer.

Doha and Baku out of running for 2020 Olympic Games

Thu, 24 May 2012 08:27:20 GMT

The cities of Doha and Baku have been cut from the list of candidates to stage the 2020 Olympic Games.

Torch takes a wrong turn near Bristol

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:00:01 GMT

The Olympic torch took a wrong turn as it headed for Bristol yesterday. Tens of thousands of people had lined the streets of the city to catch a glimpse of the flame, but Clifton Suspension Bridge was left curiously empty.

VIP treatment: Life is golden in the Olympic fast lane

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:00:01 GMT

Time at the web browser, please, ladies and gentlemen, that's your lot. With last orders called on Olympics tickets yesterday as the final batch went on sale, if you haven't already got your pass to the greatest show on earth, football notwithstanding, the overwhelming likelihood is that you never will. A few tickets for boxing, diving, taekwondo and a smattering of others remain, almost all with prices tags reaching well into the three figures, but that is it.

Jessica Ennis: Olympic hope faces new hurdles

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:00:01 GMT

Jessica Ennis is sitting at a table next to a deserted dance floor in the Olympian Suite at the Dorothy Hyman Sports Centre. She is happily chewing the cud in Cudworth, the mining village on the outskirts of Barnsley that gave the world both the king of the chat show, Michael Parkinson, and Hyman, who took 100-metre Olympic silver behind America's Wilma Rudolph in Rome in 1960.

Chambers hopes Bolt can help him secure Games qualifying time

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:00:01 GMT

There might have been a shortage of them for Jessica Ennis in Manchester on Sunday, but for Dwain Chambers the hurdles just keep coming. The metaphorical ones, at any rate.

Didier Drogba mobbed by fans as he carries Olympic torch through Swindon

Wed, 23 May 2012 13:54:30 GMT

Chelsea star Didier Drogba was mobbed by thousands of screaming fans today as he carried the Olympic flame through Swindon.

Team GB basketball side miss out on lucrative match with US 'Dream Team' at Olympics

Wed, 23 May 2012 12:23:52 GMT

The schedule for the basketball competition at the London 2012 Olympics has been revealed, with Team GB missing out on a lucrative match with the United States.

Australia hockey team unhappy with early schedule for Olympics

Wed, 23 May 2012 12:02:49 GMT

Australia men's coach Ric Charlesworth has criticised the Olympic match schedule after claiming it disadvantages his side and benefits their major rivals.

Olympic torch takes a wrong turn in Bristol

Wed, 23 May 2012 10:30:55 GMT

The Olympic torch took a wrong turn today shortly before it crossed the Clifton Suspension Bridge in a spectacular display of fireworks.

Games visitors face four-hour airport wait

Wed, 23 May 2012 07:00:01 GMT

Passengers travelling to the London Olympics could face four-hour queues at airports, the head of the UK Border Force admitted.

Scotland winger James Forrest ruled out of Team GB

Tue, 22 May 2012 23:00:01 GMT

The Celtic manager, Neil Lennon, has told the Team GB coach, Stuart Pearce, that James Forrest will not be available for the Olympics.

James Lawton: The Olympics is a place for serious football, not a David Beckham-Ryan Giggs sideshow

Tue, 22 May 2012 23:00:01 GMT

Five years ago, at a mere 33, Ryan Giggs turned his back on international football, a prudent decision, most agreed, by someone wishing to extend his career with Manchester United. But now that he wants to join David Beckham in Great Britain's Olympic team, is it too much to hope that he will be effectively discouraged?

Lottery gets Olympic gold with record sales

Tue, 22 May 2012 23:00:01 GMT

Camelot, the National Lottery operator, has hit its target of raising £750m for the Olympic and Paralympic Games early after delivering another record year of sales.

James Lawton: The Olympics is a place for serious football, not a Becks-Giggs sideshow

Tue, 22 May 2012 23:00:01 GMT

Forrest ruled out of Team GB

Tue, 22 May 2012 23:00:01 GMT

The Celtic manager, Neil Lennon, has told the Team GB coach, Stuart Pearce, that James Forrest will not be available for the Olympics.

Oliver Townend: Gold top for milkman's son?

Tue, 22 May 2012 23:00:01 GMT

It is raining and the sound of water falling from the roof of Oliver Townend's stables is that of opportunity dripping away. If the British equestrian team for the Olympics were chosen on sheer ability and the bloody-minded qualities needed to snatch improbable victory, then the young Yorkshireman's selection would be automatic.

Needle on the cards as GB hockey men play Argentina first

Tue, 22 May 2012 23:00:01 GMT

Great Britain's men will begin their Olympic hockey campaign against Argentina. The high-profile opener will come just weeks after a controversial advert showing Argentina's former captain training on the steps of a British war memorial in the Falklands was condemned by the International Olympic Committee.

Ukraine Olympic chief filmed offering to sell thousand pounds worth of Olympics tickets on black market

Tue, 22 May 2012 16:59:03 GMT

The General Secretary of Ukraine’s National Olympic Committee has been filmed offering to sell several thousand pounds worth of Olympics tickets to an undercover reporter posing as a ticket tout.

Olympic torch mum in delivery dash

Tue, 22 May 2012 08:00:29 GMT

An expectant mother is due to carry the Olympic torch in Bath - just 24 hours before she gives birth.

Olympic news you may have missed...

Mon, 21 May 2012 23:00:01 GMT

British canoeist Ed McKeever made a perfect start to his season by winning gold at the World Cup in Poznan over the weekend. After a blistering start the 28-year-old kept Spain's Saul Craviotto and Russia's Maxim Molochkov at bay to finish as the only man under 37sec.

Jonathan Edwards: 'The overriding emotion was not of happiness but relief'

Mon, 21 May 2012 23:00:01 GMT

It was 8.10pm before I finally took to the track for the final of the triple jump at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. For the entire day, I'd been trying to kill time – speaking to people at home, having a snooze... anything I could do, really. I'd never have thought that training as a youngster at West Buckland School, in Devon, would have led to this moment. But here I was.