As his thrilling new novel goes behind the scenes at the London Games, Jeffrey Archer reveals the dramatic incidents that ...

During the Second World War, the "East End" of London was heavily defended—and indeed heavily bombed. This was often the first part of London to be crossed by enemy aircraft flying west from Nazi ...

Fauja Singh, a torchbearer at the 2012 London Olympics and the world’s oldest marathon runner, died Monday in a hit-and-run, according to police in the northwestern Indian state of Punjab. He was 114.

A row has broken out over plans to rip up tennis courts built for the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics and replace them with padel courts. The radical revamp of the venue that hosted wheelchair tennis at ...

Widely known for his astonishing running achievements, two-time Olympic runner Nick Symmonds continues to push the limits of human ability. Having run a sub-4-minute mile, Symmonds cannot retreat from ...

SALT LAKE CITY — London wants to be the first city to host an Olympics four times. The United Kingdom capital is poised to bid again after hosting the Summer Games in 1908, 1948 and, most recently, in ...

It was just before 5pm when a protracted day of counting drew to its conclusion. Stood opposite an indoor climbing wall and flanked by his five fellow candidates inside Haltemprice leisure centre’s ...

LONDON, April 28 (Reuters) - London Mayor Sadiq Khan wants the city to bid to host the 2040 Olympics as part of an ambitious plan to make London the world's foremost sporting capital. The mayor's ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. A stuntman performing a human cannonball ...

Hosting the Olympics is about more than just stadiums and athletes. It requires thousands of police officers, expanded transit services, security perimeters and ...