London’s 2012 bid, and legacy, holds a particular place in local culture. The effort started in the late 1990s led by the British Olympic Association and was adopted as a pledge to get the Games ...

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 ...

The English capital says it has already generated sizable returns from sports. The post London’s Big Sports Play: From NFL Games to Olympic Dreams appeared first on Front Office Sports.

Sir Sadiq Khan says London could ‘knock it out of the park’ as an Olympic host - Khan believes London could “knock it out of the park” as an Olympic and Paralympic Games host.

Some Olympic stadiums, including the one used in Atlanta in 1996 that became Turner Field, had been refashioned. But nothing, Mr. Johnson said, was on the scale of work needed in London.

University College London researcher Penny Bernstock said the “key beneficiaries of London’s Olympic housing legacy have been wealthier professional groups”, which was “disappointing”.

The Olympic Park in East London's Lower Lea Valley Map of Olympic Park Summer 2012, and the world's greatest athletes are gathering in London for the Olympics. In advance of the Games, a square ...

Scientists have discovered that the ecosystem at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in East London has been thriving in the years following the 2012 Games. The BBC reported that, before the 2012 ...

Ahead of the International Olympic Committee’s decision in July 2005, Paris was the firm favorite. Then, in the last ballot, London edged its rival by four votes.