Former PM Liz Truss has taken a brave stance against an unexpected target – the much-loved London 2012 Olympics opening ...

When London hosted the Olympics in 2012, we too were told that our city would change for the better after the Games. There were promises of new sports venues, and landmarks for tourists to travel to.

Sadiq Khan wants London to host the 2040 Olympic Games as part of his quest to make the city 'the sporting capital of the world'. London 2012 proved to be a monumental success.

London got the Olympics for the first time since 1948, while Paris was frustrated for a third time in 20 years. It hasn't held the games since 1924. Paris had been the front-runner throughout the ...

The London Olympics are on track to become the most over-budgeted Games when it comes to sports-related costs since ‘96 — and the costliest ever, at $14.8 billion.

London 1908 The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1906 forced the Olympics to relocate from Rome to London with very little notice, in what ended up being the longest Games in history (187 days).

June 5, 2007 -- Unveiled with aplomb Monday in North London to an audience of more than 700 Olympic stakeholders and members of the media, the logo for the 2012 Olympics was described by ...

"An Olympics in London wouldn't cost a fortune, but the benefits would be humongous." Plenty of competition is emerging to host the 2036 Summer Games, the next to be awarded.

In an interview with NBC News on Wednesday, Romney, who has campaigned on his experience running the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, was asked if he thought London was "ready" for the games.

While the sports on show in London will be different from those in Vancouver, the Canadian city’s experience “gives us real food for thought,” Sebastian Coe, chairman of London’s ...

LONDON — The British government has announced its support of London's bid to host the 2029 athletics world championships. London hosted the biannual premier track-and-field event in 2017 at the ...

In late July 2024, shortly after the start of the 2024 Summer Olympics, images purportedly depicting Olympic torches over the years were posted to Reddit, gaining more than 68,000 upvotes and ...