Director Danny Boyle has been forced to cut parts of the Olympic opening ceremony to make sure the show finishes on time.

Six cities from Europe, Asia and the Middle East are competing to host the 2020 Olympics, including Rome and Tokyo who have hosted the Games before.

Less than a year before London hosts the 2012 Games, scenes of rioting and looting have raised concerns about security and policing for the event.

South Africa and the United States are among at least five countries that filed initial paperwork required ahead of any potential 2020 Olympic bids.

London celebrated the one-year countdown to the Summer Games with the first dive into the new Olympic pool and a presentation of the medals.

After back-to-back quarterfinal losses at the French Open and Wimbledon, Roger Federer is suddenly no longer the Grand Slam certainty he used to be.