2012 Olympic athletes had bad teeth: Study

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 1, 2013, 09:23

Many elite athletes who competed at the 2012 Olympic Games had levels of oral health similar to those of poverty-stricken communities, a study has revealed.

London Olympics 2012: Condom wars break out in Olympic village

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 8, 2012, 13:15

At the Olympics, where Durex has been assigned with the responsibility of supplying condoms to athletes for greater protection, organisers failed to prevent pranksters from bringing their own ‘Australian’ prophylactics.

London Olympics: 7 Cameroon athletes go ‘missing’

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 8, 2012, 13:13

Several athletes from Cameroon, west Central Africa, have fled London 2012 Games sparking fears they may be in the process of claiming asylum.

London 2012: Olympics village menu revealed

Last Updated: Saturday, August 4, 2012, 16:18

The menu for the athletes at the Olympic village contains a wide range of variety including traditional meals and also fast food.

Careless athletes post pics of Olympic passes on twitter

Last Updated: Thursday, July 26, 2012, 17:28

High-profile athletes have sparked security concerns by carelessly posting pictures of their official Olympic Village passes on twitter, which experts suggest could prove to be a "golden ticket" to the venues for terrorists.

Struggle on to protect Hitler’s Olympic Village

Last Updated: Sunday, July 22, 2012, 18:38

Conservationists are trying to save the abandoned Olympic Village built by Adolf Hitler for the “Nazi Games” in 1936.

London Olympic Village sold for $903.5 million

Last Updated: Friday, August 12, 2011, 19:15

London`s Olympic Village has been sold for $903.5 million to a Delancey and Qatari Diar joint venture, leaving UK taxpayers to pay about $448 million linked to the development of the site.