London 2012

Comment & Analysis

• Reaction to Bolt's golden glory

  BBC Sport rounds up the best reaction to Usain Bolt's 100m win at London 2012

• Jamaicans revel in Bolt victory

  Jamaicans are revelling in Usain Bolt's victory, amid independence celebrations and a tropical storm, says the BBC's Nick Davis, in Kingston.

• GB cyclists destroy rivals

  British cyclists are heading for a whitewash in the 'Ashes on Wheels', and are seeing off everybody else too, writes BBC Sport's Chris Bevan

• Mary Kom, India's golden hope

  Boxer Mary Kom carries the hopes of her Indian state as the women's sport makes its Olympic debut

• Ainslie defines Olympic greatness

  Four-time gold medallist Ben Ainslie's fierce determination and ruthlessness mark him out as an Olympic great

• Human side makes Phelps even greater

  Ian Thorpe picks his swimming headlines from London 2012: Michael Phelps becomes greatest Olympian and China's rise to prominence

• Olympics Day Nine: What you may have missed

  BBC Sport rounds up the records, medals and rest of the action from Day Nine that you might have missed

• Britain's golden Games - Super Saturday

  A round-up of the best quotes and facts from an amazing day for Great Britain at the London Olympics

• Britain's women boxers ready to hit out

  BBC Sport's Ben Dirs on Nicola Adams, Natasha Jonas and Savannah Marshall's Olympics boxing debut

• Different circumstances, same outcome

  Despite a depressingly familiar pair of quarter-final exits, the London 2012 football tournament provided some memorable moments for GB fans

• Judo's headline news

  The BBC's Shaima Khalil on a mixed response for Saudi Arabia's first female Olympian

• 1948 Chinese athlete to revisit UK

  A Chinese basketball player from the 1948 Olympics will return to London to watch his country play Team GB in 2012.

• Women’s football makes giant strides

  England World Cup winner Sir Bobby Charlton says he is no longer sceptical of women’s football after GB’s Olympic displays

• The cost of supporting Brazil

  BBC Brasil meets the Brazil fans who are going to great lengths to get hold of an Olympics ticket.

• Niger's slowest rower wins hearts

  Niger rower Hamadou Djibo Issaka wows the crowd despite finishing dead last in the men's singles sculls.

• Are Games a 'disaster' for businesses?

  Some businesses in London have suggested that the Olympics have deterred visitors but how busy is central London?