Australia’s most successful male Olympic athlete, race walker Jared Tallent, will miss Tokyo 2020 after injury forced him to announce his retirement at the age of 36.
The London 2012 Opening Ceremony has been declared the "most viewed" on social media platforms in a new survey which lists the top 15 since the 1988 Summer Games in Seoul.
To mark my last day at insidethegames, I wrote down every trip I embarked on during my two-and-a-half years with the company.
Plans have been unveiled for a National Centre for Child Health Technology (CCHT), a diagnostic imagery research hub, a community arena and stadium at the Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park.
Olympic gold medals awarded to long jumper jumper Iván Pedroso and shooter Leuris Pupo have both sold for more than $70,000 (£51,000/€58,000) at an online auction as both exceeded their estimates.
A pair of Olympic gold medals won by Cuban athletes are up for auction with the price expected to soar in the closing days.
The Versace fashion house and designer Stella McCartney have led tributes to model Stella Tennant, who has died suddenly five days after her 50th birthday.
It was something of a shock when it dawned on me that I should now be "celebrating" - if that is a word we are allowed to use in these dark days by our ramshackle leaders - my 65th year in journalism.
The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, which served as the main venue hub when London hosted the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, has been named on a list of the country's 10 favourite parks.
A memorial garden is set to be created at London's Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park as a tribute to key workers and those that lost their lives to coronavirus.
Iran's Navab Nasirshelal has officially been confirmed as the men's under-105 kilograms weightlifting champion from London 2012 by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
A former Treasury official in the United Kingdom who was responsible for setting the budget for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games has been appointed as the new chief of staff of Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Roxana Cocos and Răzvan Martin are set to be stripped of their London 2012 Olympic medals after three Romanian weightlifters were disqualified following positive retests from the Games.
Uzbekistan's Davit Modzmanashvili has been banned for eight years after he was stripped of his Olympic wrestling silver medal for doping following the re-analysis of his sample from London 2012.
Australian swimmers James Magnussen and Christian Sprenger have claimed it would be unfair if they were to lose their Olympic relay bronze medals after London 2012 team mate Brenton Rickard revealed a sample he provided at the Games had tested positive for a banned substance.
Denver were awarded the 1976 Winter Olympic Games ahead of Sion in Switzerland, Tempere in Finland and Vancouver in Canada at the International Olympic Committee Session in 1970. But in a Colorado referendum in November 1972, voters rejected funding for the event. It is the only time a city has been awarded the Olympics but pulled out. The IOC then offered the Games to Whistler in Canada, but they too declined owing to a change of Government following elections. Salt Lake City offered to host the Games, but the IOC, still reeling from the Denver rejection, declined and selected Innsbruck, the 1964 host city, as a replacement.
The Football Association - Insight & Analytics Manager - London, United Kingdom
The Football Association (The FA) is the governing body of football in England. We are responsible for promoting and developing the game at all levels; from grass roots through to the professional game, The FA Cup and the England International teams, and has two core assets: Wembley Stadium and St George's Park. As the Insight & Analytics Manager you will be part of the Behavioural Insight & Business Analytics (BIBA) team. The primary role of the BIBA team within The FA is to generate insight which inspires, informs and enables evidence-based decision making across the organisation.
The coronavrius pandemic has had a profound impact on sport, but many elite athletes have also made their impact felt during the health crisis, working on the medical frontline and in some cases sacrificing their chances of sporting success for the good of public health. Mike Rowbottom reports.
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