Tickets for the Games go on sale on March 15. Matt Majendie guides you through the 16 days of competition and 26 sports that will make up the greatest show on earth. Today the spotlight is sailing and shooting... more
Triple gold-winning cyclist Chris Hoy is the latest sporting star to confirm he will be taking part in the Olympic and Paralympic parade through London's streets... more
Gold medal winning Londoners Christine Ohuruogu, Rebecca Romero and canoeist Tim Brabants will lead a parade of Olympic and Paralympic athletes through the capital... more
Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson finished Britain's dazzling Olympic regatta with a record fourth gold medal in Qingdao after a thrilling climax to the Star class... more
Paul Goodison hoisted the Union flag aloft triumphantly in his dinghy on the waters of Yellow Sea as he secured Britain's third gold medal of the Olympic regatta in Qingdao... more
With the vast majority of British Olympic medal hopes falling around the same time, the success or otherwise of Team GB's campaign is likely to rest on just one extraordinarily hectic weekend... more
British athletes began their push for a weekend Olympic gold rush - with heptathlete Kelly Sotherton leading the way in Beijing's Bird's Nest stadium... more