Vancouver Police Department (VPD) has launched an investigation after the cauldron - which displayed the 2010 Winter Olympic Flame at Jack Poole Piazza in the city centre - was vandalised.

John Furlong, the President and chief executive of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics and Paralympics, has said that if the Games were to return in 2030 they would take place largely at existing venues and require only private funding.

Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic stars will return to the Canadian city as part of the 10-year anniversary celebration event, it has been confirmed.

Celebrations to mark the 10-year anniversary of Vancouver 2010 will be held to support the next generation of athletes.

Belarus freestyle skier Alexei Grishin has sold the Olympic gold medal he won in the aerials at Vancouver 2010 for $68,750 (£56,480/€61,631) to help pay for medical care for a friend.

The International Biathlon Union (IBU) has banned Slovenia's Teja Gregorin for two years after she tested positive in retests from the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics.

Retesting of samples from Vancouver 2010 by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has caught only one athlete who recorded three adverse analytical findings, it was announced today.

Vancouver 2010 President and chief executive John Furlong has forgiven those who lodged abuse allegations against him in his first major speech on the issue since he was cleared of all charges.

Vancouver 2010 President and chief executive John Furlong has claimed the challenge of recovering from a number of setbacks shortly before the opening of the Winter Olympics and Paralympics helped them organise an event which "changed Canada forever".

The head of the organising committee for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver has won a defamation case brought against him by a freelance journalist.