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Hoy angry at political 'cash-ins'
Olympic cycling hero Chris Hoy says he feels politicians have attempted to "cash in" on his success in Beijing.

GB diving boss set to stand down
Steve Foley is to quit as GB diving performance director later this year after deciding he did not want to stay on until London 2012.

Bolt and Powell set for showdown
Olympic 100m champion Usain Bolt faces Asafa Powell but not Tyson Gay in Brussels, with Christine Ohuruogu also in action on Friday.

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Public 'fearing Olympics failure'
Most Britons do not think the government is capable of successfully managing the 2012 Olympics, a survey suggests.

Archery boss keen to hear critics
Manager Hilda Gibson says criticism from within Britain's archery team can help them rebound after failing to win an Olympic medal.

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Houvenaghel's Olympic homecoming
Olympic silver medal-winner Wendy Houvenaghel returns to a hero's welcome at her home village of Upperlands.

Dobriskey learns Olympic lesson
Kent's Commonwealth 1500m champion Lisa Dobriskey thinks she has learned enough lessons from this year's Olympics to go one better at London 2012.

Gavin to remain amateur 'for now'
Frankie Gavin says he is likely to stay amateur for the foreseeable future, despite offers from top professional promoters.

Reed row with UK Athletics erupts
GB runner Kate Reed hits back at UK Athletics in an ongoing row over her display in the Olympics 10,000m final.

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Cultural Olympiad plans unveiled
Plans for a four-year programme of cultural events ahead of the 2012 Olympics are announced in London.

GB slip to Euro qualifying defeat
Luol Deng cannot inspire Great Britain to victory in their opening European qualifier against Israel.

GB Olympians in squad for worlds
Gold medallists Geraint Thomas and Nicole Cooke are in GB's cycling team for the 2008 Road World Championships in Italy.

Fox-Pitt aims for record victory
William Fox-Pitt will go for a record-equalling fifth victory when the Burghley Horse Trials begins on Thursday.

GB to review 'athlete by athlete'
UK Athletics says each British athlete will have their performance and funding reviewed in the wake of Beijing 2008.

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GB stars get freedom of Manchester
Great Britain's Olympic cycling team is to be given the freedom of the city of Manchester.

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2012 Olympic venues under review
Accountants are evaluating three 2012 Olympic venues in London to see whether they are delivering value for money.

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Kenya celebrates Olympic success
Kenya holds a huge party to celebrate its best Olympic medal haul in 20 years, to end as Africa's most successful nation.

Handball hopeful pushes for 2012
Manchester's Josh Hampson on his Olympic ambitions

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Why we have a Cultural Olympiad
Culture now an integral part of the Games

Collins leaves UK Athletics post
UK Athletics performance director Dave Collins stands down from his post with immediate effect.

Brits miss out on archery bronze
Great Britain's women archers have to settle for fourth place in the team event after losing out on a bronze medal to France in the play-offs.

Lin cruises to badminton success
China's Lin Dan of China wins badminton men's singles gold in Beijing, beating Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia 21-12 21-8.

Superb DeGale lands gold
James DeGale wins Great Britain's 19th Beijing gold with victory over Cuba's Emilio Correa.

South Korea unseat champions Cuba
South Korea defeat defending Olympic champions Cuba to win the gold while the US defeats Japan to take the bronze medal.

US stars regain basketball gold
The US men's basketball team regain the Olympic title, but are made to work for a 118-107 victory by a valiant Spain side.

Brabants wins GB's 18th gold
Canoeist Tim Brabants powers to gold in the final of the men's K1 1000m.

Hoy clinches historic third gold
British cyclist Chris Hoy claims a superb hat-trick of gold medals after beating team-mate Jason Kenny in the sprint.

China pick up seventh diving gold
Chinese teenager Chen Ruolin wins the Olympic women's 10m platform diving gold, giving the host nation its seventh gold from seven events.

US win team show jumping
The United States win gold in the team show jumping in a jump off with Canada, while Britain finish seventh.

France secure gold in men's sabre
France take the men's team fencing sabre gold medal beating the United States 45-37 in the final.

Argentina brave heat to take gold
Argentina retain their men's Olympic football title as Angel di Maria's goal secures a 1-0 win over Nigeria.

China take women's team gold
China overcome an injury-ravaged United States team to clinch their first gymnastics women's team Olympic title.

French crowned handball champions
France win the men's handball final to deny Iceland their first ever Olympic gold.

Germany crowned hockey champions
Germany beat Spain 1-0 to win Olympic men's hockey gold, while Australia take bronze.

Ishii wins heavyweight judo gold
Satoshi Ishii wins Japan's fourth gold in judo, defeating Uzbekhistan's Abdullo Tangriev in the men's 100kg category.

Schoneborn pips GB's Fell to gold
Britain's Heather Fell wins silver in the women's modern pentathlon behind Germany's Lena Schoneborn.

British four win thrilling gold
Great Britain win the Olympic title in coxless fours for the third successive Games, while the men's and women's double take bronze.

Ainslie claims third Olympic gold
Britain's Ben Ainslie holds off US rival Zach Railey in the Finn class medal race to seal the third Olympic gold medal of his career.

Bindra claims India's first gold
Abhinav Bindra becomes India's first individual Olympic gold medallist, winning the men's 10m air rifle shooting title.

Japan stun US in softball final
Japan deny the US Olympic softball team a fourth straight gold medal with a 3-1 win in Beijing's grand final.

Phelps wins historic eighth gold
American swimmer Michael Phelps wins his eighth gold medal of the Beijing Olympics to beat Mark Spitz's record of seven.

Ma gold leads China clean sweep
China's Ma Lin claims gold in the men's table tennis as the host country wins all three medals to underline their domination.

Taekwondo to adopt new technology
Taekwondo will use an electronic protector system and video replays at London 2012 in a bid to avoid the Beijing judging controversies.

Nadal beats Gonzalez to take gold
Wimbledon champion Rafael Nadal beats Fernando Gonzalez in three sets to win the Olympic men's tennis tournament.

Frodeno claims gold as Brits fade
Germany's Jan Frodeno wins triathlon gold ahead of Canada's Simon Whitfield and New Zealand's Bevan Doherty.

United States win volleyball gold
The United States upset defending champions Brazil to win volleyball gold in a thrilling men's final in Beijing.

Steiner wins weightlifting gold
Germany's Matthias Steiner clinches gold in the men's +105kg weightlifting category with a total lift of 461kg.

Mindorashvili wins wrestling gold
Georgia's Revazi Mindorashvili wins the men's 84kg freestyle wrestling gold medal after beating Yusup Abdusalomov of Tajikistan.