Mandeville is one half of the mascot team consisting of Wenlock and Mandeville that were created for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Formed from the last steel girder of the Olympic ...

The London Summer Games mascot, Wenlock, was not exactly a favorite thanks to his lone eye, MIA mouth and unique shape. But he had a lot of symbolism: Olympics.com says the light on his head was ...

LOCOG began the process today of selecting a mascot for the London 2012 Games. The chosen design will be the key visual icon for London 2012. A spokeswoman for LOCOG told ATR that any interested ...

And the mascot that will come to represent the 2024 Paris Olympics is a uniquely French representation of the host country. From NFL plays to college sports scores, all the top sports news you ...

His designer had just one night to prepare a plan for submission. The official mascot for the second Winter Olympics was a snowman that wore a Tyrolean hat from the Innsbruck region of Austria. Lake ...

We revisit the ceremony and find out what people thought of London's farewell to the 2012 Olympics. First broadcast: 13 August 2012 Follow BBC London on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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In June of 1939, the IOC awarded the 1944 Olympics to London. Again, World War Two forced cancellation. A year after the war ended, London was once again selected, this time to host the 1948 Olympics.

The 1908 Olympics were originally awarded to Rome but money that would have been spent on the Games was required elsewhere following the 1906 eruption of Mount Vesuvius. London stepped in to take ...

A picture taken during the 179 km and seventeenth stage of the 2011 Tour de France cycling race run between Gap and Pinerolo (Italy) on July 20, 2011, shows the International Cycling Union (UCI) logo.