Van Commenee to take up baton

Dutch hardliner is viewed as the one most equipped to get British athletics back on track after Beijing underachievement

Airlines mock BAA Olympics role

BAA has been appointed as a security adviser to the 2012 Games in a move that has been fiercely ridiculed by airlines

Medal winners cash in on Games glory

Team GB's stars are set to make millions from sponsorship but they have been warned not to accept the first deal on offer

Dome chief attacks cost of London 2012

PY Gerbeau believes that the complicated organisational structure around the Games is one reason why the bill has risen

Hundreds kept out of Olympic handover party

London's handover festivities in The Mall were marred for hundreds of people when they were denied entry despite having tickets

London double-decker arrives in Beijing

After the pomp and extravagance of the Beijing Olympic Games the arrival of the traditional red bus was a cheery, jolly statement

Brown calls for competition in school sports

Speaking at the Olympic closing ceremony in Beijing, Gordon Brown called for an end to medals-for-all culture in Britain

Team GB coaches may quit in funding dispute

Olympic chiefs give warning that Britain risks losing its top coaches to rival countries keen to restore their national pride in 2012

Party for 2012

UK athletes can set the pace in 2012

UK athletes can set the pace when they compete on home territory in 2012, report Bruce Millar and John Goodbody

The appliance of science

In the struggle for medals in 2012, the tiniest margins will make the difference between victory and defeat

Paralympians are ready, willing and able

Britain's Paralympians could pick up a bumper haul of medals in Beijing next month,says John Goodbody

China's lessons for London

The feelgood factor generated at the Beijing Games can’t hide those same old suspicions about top athletes

Team GB to be rewarded with gold for gold

Medal-winning Britons could be awarded cash bonuses as large as £20,000 at the London 2012 Olympics under new guidelines

Beijing glory offers lessons for London

It has gradually become clear that China has not got everything right; in fact it got some very important things wrong

London gets centre for 2012 champions

A cycling centre that has been developed to produce champions for the 2012 Olympics has opened in London

Becks factor as London takes over the Games

Handover will take place on Sunday, when Boris Johnson will symbolically be handed the Olympic flag in Beijing

Team GB faces £100m shortfall for London 2012

Despite taking 12 golds in Beijing Britain’s Olympic heroes will return to a political wrangle over a hole in sports funding

Golden Boy of the baton charge

Marlon Devonish was part of a famous 4x100m victory for Britain in Athens. He may repeat the feat in Beijing, and even keep on running to 2012

Father dies as Coe jets to China

The father of Peter Coe, Olympic champion and head of London's 2012 Games, died hours after his son left for Beijing