London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games news

London has a new double Olympic skating centre following a £30m investment by the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority. The aim is to encourage physical ... More

A report issued by the UK Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has accused Sport England of losing track of how £1.05bn in grants have been ... More

Ten years after the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) is awarding new operating contracts for the London Aquatics ... More

Jenny Waldman has been named the successor to Stephen Deuchar, as Art Fund director, with the former director of the highly-successful 14-18 NOW campaign set ... More

Mike Sharrock has been appointed as CEO of the British Paralympic Association (BPA), succeeding Tim Hollingsworth, who was named Sport England CEO earlier this year. ... More

The government has pledged to invest £15m in improving community cycling facilities across the UK, as part of plans to provide a "lasting legacy" from ... More

The UK government has ramped up its interest in hosting the 2022 Commonwealth Games, urging potential host cities to come forward with economy-boosting bids. Culture ... More

Birmingham will take a detailed look at its facilities and infrastructure after launching an investigation into the feasibility of the city hosting the 2026 Commonwealth ... More

The Smithsonian Institute is teaming up with the V&A Museum to create a collaborative permanent exhibition space at London’s Olympicopolis site. The plans, which date ... More

High performance system the English Institute of Sport (EIS) has devoted almost one million hours of support to elite athletes over the past four years ... More

While the Smithsonian is stalling on plans to move to London’s Olympicopolis site, the British Museum is looking at the possibility of a satellite site ... More

English rugby legend Maggie Alphonsi has been appointed as an ambassador for the Rugby Football Union’s (RFU) Spirit of Rugby participation legacy project. Alphonsi retired ... More

New images have been released of the ambitious Olympicopolis cultural development planned for London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. A selection of renderings and models show ... More

Nine-time Paralympic champion Lord Holmes and former head of diversity at London 2012, Stephen Frost, are among four new advisers brought into tackle the UK ... More

UK Sport, the British Army and the English Institute of Sport (EIS) have launched a new talent partnership programme aimed at identifying future Olympic medallists ... More

VisitBritain has formed an alliance with its Japanese counterpart which will see the national tourism body’s experience of successfully marketing London 2012 utilised in the ... 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

The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games have provided the UK economy with a trade and industry boost in excess of £14bn. The figure comes ... More

The International Inspiration programme, London 2012’s global legacy initiative, has helped get more than 25 million children playing sport across 20 countries over the past ... More

A new community sport initiative will look to train up 50,000 young people as sport leaders, as part of efforts to increase the number of ... More

GLL, the UK's leading charitable social enterprise which operates one of London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games' most iconic venues, the Copper Box Arena, has ... More

Aerospace and technology giant BAE Systems will continue to act as UK Sport's official research and innovation partner in the run up to the Rio ... More

Leading boxing promoter Frank Warren has announced a major multi-fight agreement for the Copper Box Arena with venue operator GLL, the UK's largest Social Enterprise. ... More

Steve Cram is to step down as from his role of chair of the English Institute of Sport (EIS) after more than 10 years. UK ... More

Sebastian Coe has said that Wales is well placed to encourage more people into taking part in sport as a result of the London 2012 ... More