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Olympic Games 2012

August 2024

  • Kieran Pender in Paris

    A joie de vivre in Paris revived the Olympic spirit to leave Tokyo Games in alternative universe

    Kieran Pender in Paris
  • Noémie Fox and her sister Jess vie with Martina Wegman of the Netherlands and Maialen Chourraut of Spain

    Noémie wins Fox family battle as Jess’s hopes of golden Olympic treble end

June 2024

  • Mo Farah, crouched as if at the starting line of a race, against a gold backdrop

    Fascinating Olympians
    ‘I went a bit crazy’: Mo Farah on rebellion, love, ruthlessness – and being forced to live a lie

    In the first of a series of interviews with remarkable Olympians, Britain’s most celebrated track athlete opens up about his relentless spirit, his disgraced ex-coach and the terrible secret he kept for 30 years

December 2023

  • Sections of the Parthenon marbles in London's British Museum

    Blair considered loan of Parthenon marbles to help London Olympics bid

    Then PM was advised to ‘encourage’ British Museum to agree long-term loan in return for Greek support

August 2023

  • "Bouquinistes" In Paris Will Have To Leave The Seine, France - 01 Aug 2023<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Telmo Pinto/NurPhoto/Shutterstock (14032367h) Paris, 01/08/2023 - The 200 open-air booksellers who line the Seine will have to remove their boxes due to the opening of the Olympic Games next year in Paris. This will be the first opening to take place outside a stadium and French police say it is essential to have a perimeter to regulate access and movement of people to ensure the security of a site exposed to acts of terrorism. "Bouquinistes" In Paris Will Have To Leave The Seine, France - 01 Aug 2023

    Beware the brutal side of the Olympic spirit

    Letter: The London Games destroyed allotments; now Paris is doing away with its bouquinistes, writes Sue Miller

January 2023

  • Young fans at the Olympic Stadium during the London 2012 Games.

    Charity calls for UK cities of sport to match cities of culture

    A charity is calling on the government to set up a sport version of UK City of Culture to boost participation, after a two-year inquiry into the legacy of the 2012 Olympics

August 2022

  • Gary Connery pictured in 2012

    Queen’s Olympic stunt double jailed for pushing girlfriend down stairs

    Gary Connery, who parachuted into London 2012 opening ceremony, convicted of grievous bodily harm

July 2022

  • A giant Jessica Ennis poster on the shop front of the John Lewis building in Barkers Pool in Sheffield.<br>CW0378 A giant Jessica Ennis poster on the shop front of the John Lewis building in Barkers Pool in Sheffield.

    Sheffield’s healthy legacy from the 2012 Olympics

  • Charlotte Higgins

    Imagine the culture war the 2012 Olympic opening ceremony would spark now

    Charlotte Higgins
  • The National Aquatic Centre, London’s first 50m pool, and the redeveloped Stratford in the background.

    Defiant Sebastian Coe flies flag for London Olympics with a murky legacy

  • Fireworks at the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

    London 2012, 10 years on: wrestling with a sporting legacy built on false assumptions

  • ‘A Jerusalem for everyone’: was the 2012 Olympics the last gasp of liberal Britain?

  • The Audio Long Read
    ‘A massive betrayal’: how London’s Olympic legacy was sold out – podcast

  • London lost the Olympic housing prize, but local people did benefit

June 2022

  • The ArcelorMittal Orbit tower surrounded by cranes in the Olympic Village area in east London.

    The long read
    ‘A massive betrayal’: how London’s Olympic legacy was sold out

  • Barney Ronay

    Sportblog
    Legacy of London 2012 is one that has sold Britain’s fitness short

    Barney Ronay

May 2022

  • London 2012 Olympic village

    ‘Ponzi-style’ conman jailed for failing to repay victims of £72m fraud

    London magistrates sentence Michael Strubel to more than six years for failing to pay compensation

January 2022

  • Mo Farah, Sports magazine UK, July 28, 2016<br>LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 06: Distance runner Mo Farah is photographed for Sports magazine on June 6, 2016 in London, England. (Photo by Hamish Brown/Contour by Getty Images)

    This much I know
    Sir Mo Farah: ‘I would have loved to play for Arsenal’

    The athlete, 38, tells Rich Pelley about winning the Olympics in London, jogging down the Thames, his strict training regime and how often he shaves his head

September 2021

  • Rio 2016 red boxing gloves

    Six key points from the McLaren Olympic boxing investigation

  • The boxing ring at the Rio Olympics

    Judges ‘used signals’ to fix Olympic boxing bouts, McLaren report finds

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