A London 2040 Olympics is alluring but do gold medals bring cities a golden future?

New research has shown there was a positive impact during London 2012 but the legacy effects appear to be short-lived

Inside the dirtiest race in Olympic history: ‘It wasn’t fair. I wasn’t on a level playing field’

How did the women’s 1500m in the 2012 London Olympics get its unenviable reputation? Athletes who were cheated out of medals talk about what happened that day – and how the results have slowly unravelled

Paris 2024 must learn from London’s broken promises if legacy is to be fulfilled

Hosting the Olympics and Paralympics does bring change, but that transformation comes at a cost

A joie de vivre in Paris revived the Olympic spirit to leave Tokyo Games in alternative universe

Despite fears about security, strikes and sweltering heat, Paris 2024 delivered the ‘party Games’ with Australia among the teams leading the celebrations

Noémie wins Fox family battle as Jess’s hopes of golden Olympic treble end

Australia’s Olympic flagbearer Jess Fox has been eliminated from the kayak cross in a heat that saw her sister Noémie qualify

Charity calls for UK cities of sport to match cities of culture

A charity is calling on the government to set up a sport version of UK City of Culture to boost participation, after a two-year inquiry into the legacy of the 2012 Olympics

Gold medals are illusory, world-class public facilities should be the goal

Watering the soil of cultural participation would leave a greater legacy than any number of British Olympic champions

‘Lives have been transformed’ – the entrepreneur who put £10m into grassroots sport

Sir Keith Mills set up Sported to deliver on London 2012’s legacy promises. He steps down as chairman having seen the charity tackle problems such as homelessness, youth unemployment, knife crime and gangs

Putin orders doping investigation while Russian sports minister criticises Britain

Vitaly Mutko has criticised Britain, saying its anti-doping system is worth ‘zero’ if it failed to catch drug cheats at the 2012 Olympics

Samoa and Barbarians collide to give Olympic Stadium a rugby workout

Once home to athletics glory, east London is now preparing for the Rugby World Cup – and plenty more besides

Usain Bolt to compete in London Anniversary Games at Olympic Stadium

Usain Bolt has taken advantage of a tax exemption to run in the 100m at the London Anniversary Games on 24 July

From hero to zero is a great English sporting tradition

Richard Williams: Many English sports stars have reached the summit over the years and then swiftly descended into the abyss

Chances of Rugby World Cup games being held at Olympic Park diminish

The cost of pausing construction work to the Olympic Stadium for the 2015 Rugby World Cup is thought to be prohibitive

Sport England launch £1m scheme to aid Paralympic sport

Sport England has announced a new £1m fund to invest in training coaches, carers and parents to develop skills to include disabled people in sporting activity

Paralympics 2012 opening ceremony: ‘I was so happy to go back to the stadium’

Christiane Link appeared as a nurse in Danny Boyle's Olympics extravaganza; a month later, she returned with her choir to sing a new piece composed for the Paralympics opening ceremony