A special replica Jules Rimet trophy presented to Pelé has fetched £395,000 ($571,000/€505,000) at an auction of the Brazilian football legend’s personal memorabilia in London.

Brazilian football legend Pelé has decided to auction off all of the sporting and cultural memorabilia he has accumulated throughout his career.

Rio 2016 today launched the final set of coins commemorating this year's Olympic and Paralympic Games at a special event at the Brazilian Central Bank attended by mascots Vinicius and Tom. 

Watch company Omega has launched a new luxury timepiece to mark the two-year countdown to the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Posten, the Norwegian postal service, has launched a set of special stamps in conjunction with Lillehammer 2016 to mark the country hosting the Winter Youth Olympic Games. 

A gold medal from the first-ever Winter Olympics at Chamonix in 1924 has sold at an auction for $47,746.83.  

A boxing gold medal won by American light middleweight Wilbert McClure at the Rome 1960 Games will be among items up for sale at an "Olympic Records and Rivals" online auction due to begin on Thursday (January 14).

A jersey worn by double Olympic gold medallist Kobe Bryant in his final regular season home opener for Los Angeles Lakers has been sold at an auction for $22,020 (£14,769/€20,078)

The third and final batch of Rio 2016 commemorative postal stamps has been launched, featuring Olympic and Paralympic mascots, Vinicius and Tom.

Fans are being given the opportunity to purchase commemorative coins from the Toronto 2015 Pan American and Parapan American Games at a special offer price, with each of the three specially made coins available for 15 per cent off.

A latest set of Rio 2016 commemorative coins have been unveiled as part of the celebrations marking one-year-to-go until the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games, while a special set of sporting stamps have also been released.

An exceptionally rare Helsinki 1952 Summer Olympic Games silver bearer’s torch is expected to make up to £400,000 ($610,000/€537,000) at a sports memorabilia auction in London this month.