London 2012 Olympics

Military veteran Dame Kelly Holmes has slammed Rishi Sunak for “disrespecting” D-Day heroes after he left the 80th anniversary commemorations in Normandy early.The Olympian, who is Honorary Colonel of the Royal Armoured Training Corps, said…

Let's hope the Chancellor's Spring price range does not go away him as red-faced as his notorious Olympic blunder.Today, Jeremy Hunt will ship what may very well be the final price range earlier than a normal election is known as. It is…

Former PM Tony Blair was in favour of returning the Elgin Marbles to Greece in a attraction offensive to spice up London's bid to host the Olympic Games, it has emerged. Papers launched by the National Archives present his advisers…

Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to urge world leaders to oppose the prospect of Russian and Belarusian athletes at the upcoming Olympics. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has come under fire after it moved to water…

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has teased a possible bid to host another Olympics in the capital. He spoke on the prospect of London welcoming the world for a fortnight of sporting brilliance once again in 2040, less than 30 years after the…

The aim of the £8.8billion London Olympics championed by Boris Johnson to get more people playing sport has fallen flat, say MPs. A devastating report by the Commons spending watchdog, the Public Accounts Committee, says in the three years…