London 2012 Olympic Games news

The Labour Party has accused the Conservatives of slashing grassroots sport funding by nearly half since coming to power – and in the process dismantling ... More

Ireland's top attraction, the Guinness Storehouse, is to come under new leadership from April, with Catherine Toolan replacing Paul Carty as managing director. Carty is ... More

Sport England has published an update on its digital strategy, in which the grassroots organisation offers insight into its handling of Spogo, a now defunct ... More

Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) has named professor Rob Copeland as the first director of the Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre (AWRC), set to open later this ... More

A specialised gymnastics facility has opened at the Elmbridge Xcel Leisure Centre in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. The purpose-built, £300,000 facility was officially opened by Commonwealth Games ... More

Arsenal FC has promoted two of its directors to lead the club, following the surprise departure of chief executive Ivan Gazidis. Gazidis stepped down last ... More

Funding charity Spirit of 2012 has appointed Alan Coppin as chair. He replaces Dugald Mackie after a four-and-half year stint. Spirit of 2012 was established ... More

The Chinese ambassador to the UK has called on the British sport sector to help the nation realise its ambitions of creating its own sports ... More

The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London has won the Rosa Barba International Landscape Prize; one of world’s leading awards for landscape architects. The park's ... More

The coalition government “destroyed” the chance of creating a participation legacy following London 2012 after scrapping ring-fenced school sport funding, according to the former Olympics ... More

A facility encouraging local people to participate in rowing has been made out of two cabins which were used at Eton Dorney during London 2012. ... More

Ann-Louise Morgan – the equality-championing Boat Race executive – has been hired by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) as its sport services manager. Morgan has ... More

The legacy of the London 2012 Olympic Games was “done down” because sport participation figures were “undercounted quite dramatically” according to the former sports and ... More

Olympic star Tom Daley has unveiled the Tom Daley Diving Academy at Manchester Aquatic Centre – the first venue to offer the diving school outside ... More

A public consultation has been launched to mark the start of a new strategy for sport in the UK – the first step in radically ... More

The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, home of the London 2012 Olympic Games, has confirmed plans to build the world’s tallest and longest slide inside the ... More

As part of plans to bring a £27m (US$41.4m, €36.7m) Puy Du Fou attraction to the UK, the team behind the project has brought in ... More

Britain’s best canoe sprint athletes now have world-class facilities to train in after Sports Minister Helen Grant opened a new elite centre for British Canoeing ... More

The fifth annual Spa Life UK event took place on 18-19 November at Center Parcs Woburn Forest, featuring a jam-packed schedule of talks from industry ... More

The shortlist for the Riba Stirling Prize – the UK’s most prestigious architectural award – has been revealed, with the winner to be announced on ... More

The fifth annual Spa Life UK event will take place on 18-19 November at Center Parcs Woburn Forest, featuring a jam-packed schedule of talks from ... More

Merlin Entertainments has announced a new commercial partnership with Coca-Cola, which will see the beverage giant become the new sponsor of the London Eye from ... More

Australian developer Westfield has gained momentum for its long-running plans of a £1bn (US$1.6bn, €1.2bn) expansion to its retail offering at Shepherds Bush, with Hammersmith ... More

Double Olympic swimmer Kate Haywood has swapped the famous rings for REPs by embarking on a new career as a fitness instructor. Former BBC Young ... More

Latin America is poised to become a major market for the attractions industry in the coming decade, with recent football World Cup host Brazil a ... More