Ticket prices for the next year's Olympics in Paris are broadly similar to those at previous Games and used London 2012 as a benchmark, organisers have claimed.

Plans to install solar panels on the roof of London Stadium have been revealed, so the venue can create its own energy.

Despite the Mayor of London’s plans for a "comprehensive renovation" of the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre the future of one of the world’s most affectionately regarded athletics stadiums remains in serious doubt.

Karok Salih Mohammed, coach of sprinter Dana Abdul Razak Hussain, Iraq’s flag bearer at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, has been given a life ban by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for supplying her with banned substances clenbuterol and stanozolol without her knowledge.

Paris 2024 President Tony Estanguet has defended ticket prices for the Olympic Games, insisting that they are in line with London 2012 and World Cups in football and rugby.

Another Russian volleyball player who competed at the 2012 Olympic Games in London has been banned after being caught following evidence provided by Grigory Rodchenkov, the former head of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)-accredited laboratory in Moscow.

Dmitry Ilinikh has become the third member of Russia's Olympic gold medal-winning volleyball team from London 2012 to be given a doping ban thanks to evidence provided by the former head of Moscow's World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)-accredited laboratory.

Paralympic archery silver medallist Matt Stutzman has explained that he was forced to miss the indoor season last year to protect his long-term health, and that he is set to do the same again.

Any head-hunting agency tasked with selecting candidates to become the next President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) would need to look no further than the CV of Sebastian Newbould Coe, aka Baron Coe of Ranmore.

Jamaica’s former world 100 metres champion Yohan Blake plans to hang up his spikes after next year’s Olympic Games in Paris, he has revealed.

The Swiss Equestrian Federation has applied for a provisional suspension against Olympic showjumper Paul Estermann after he was found guilty of animal cruelty.

Another three Russian athletes were today banned for doping by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) based on evidence obtained from the laboratory in Moscow.

Russian hammer thrower Sergey Litvinov is set to be stripped of the bronze medal he won at the 2014 European Athletics Championships after he admitted doping in an unsuccessful bid to qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

A decade on from London 2012, grassroots sport in the UK - like so many other areas of British national life at present - faces a crisis.

London 2012 Olympic high jump champion and drugs cheat Anna Chicherova of Russia has announced her retirement.