Right Games, right girl, wrong London

Erika Tham, 8, is due to promote London 2012 during the closing ceremony in Beijing despite being from London in Ontario

Game’s up for Blackjack, the Olympic wild cat

Long-haired black tom who evaded capture on the 2012 Olympics building site, has been caught and placed in a cat sanctuary

Olympic intruders for high jump on 5,000-volt fence

Four metre high fence topped with electrified wire is to be built around the 240-hectare London Olympic Park this year

Ministers search for £100m for 2012 athletes

Credit crunch leaves another big shortfall in funding as private sector fails to come up with its share for athletes

Canals to carry goods for Olympic site

London waterways, commercially neglected for decades, are to be given a new lease of life as part of the 2012 plans

Johnson's Olympic talk was like a car crash

Boris Johnson's talk on the Today programme about the Olympic budget prompted former mayor Ken Livingstone to call in

Little can be changed in 2012 blueprint

For all his talk of grand plans for East London there is little that Boris Johnson can change on 2012 Olympic blueprint

Design the Olympic park of your dreams

Londoners invited to design what should go in Olympic park using 'Lego' in one of the biggest public planning exercises

Dry runs help Boris perfect Olympic flag ritual

Boris Johnson is leaving nothing to chance with the handover of the Olympic flag at the closing ceremony of the Beijing Games

Beckham launches 2012 show

Red double-decker bus to burst into closing ceremony at Beijing carrying stars such as David Beckham and Leona Lewis

German bomb brings Blitz spirit back to East End

Tube services disrupted as Army works to defuse 2,200lb Second World War bomb found at 2012 Olympic site

It’s just a flop in the ocean

Government’s £130m swimming plan makes for a catchy headline on an otherwise uninspiring tale about 2012 sporting legacy

Free swimming for all pledge by 2012

Free swimming for all will be promised in a bid to make UK healthier and more successful in international competitions

IOC accused of Games snub to Middle East

Chicago is among the favourite cities to host the 2016 Olympics after a Doha bid fails to even make the shortlist

Businesses seek Olympic compensation

Dozens of businesses that had to move to make way for the London Olympics in 2012 are still fighting for compensation

The 1908 London Games took gold in prudence

The Olympics hosted by the Edwardians, which cost £35,000 and made a profit, was a world away from the modern-day event

Earthquake halts Ken’s Beijing bus trip

Proposals to send a red double-decker bus by road from London to China have been dropped after critics attacked the idea

London 2012 should follow Sheffield's lead

Olympic organisers should learn from the experience of the 1991 World Student Games to ensure a viable legacy

Phone tycoon put in charge of Olympics purse

Boris Johnson appoints the deputy chairman of the Carphone Warehouse to the board that oversees London Olympics