The race is now under way to become the next leader of Britain’s Conservative Party with a huge field of 10 runners already out of the blocks now that the hapless Theresa May has been shot in the back by the starter’s pistol.

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson visited the Lima 2019 Pan American Games Village as part of an official trip to Peru.

British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson has been criticised by the Kremlin for his "outrageous" comparison between Russian President Vladimir Putin's promotion of this year's FIFA World Cup and Adolf Hitler's use of the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin as a propaganda tool.

Sports leaders beware: the “B” word is back.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has announced plans to take control of the Olympic Stadium after he claimed a "catalogue of errors" by his predecessor Boris Johnson led to the costs of transforming it into West Ham United's new ground soaring.

Boris Johnson, the British Foreign Secretary, has offered some advice to Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike about hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Games in three years' time.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has today revealed that several independent companies have been approached about conducting an investigation into why converting London’s Olympic Stadium into the home of Premier League football club West Ham United cost £50 million ($62 million/€58 million) more than initially expected.

I believe Usain Bolt will one day play for Manchester United.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has ordered an investigation why converting the Olympic Stadium into the home of Premier League football club West Ham United cost £50 million ($61 million/€55 million) more than initially expected.

A new programme linked to World Series of Boxing (WSB) team the British Lionhearts has been launched here today, aimed at increasing participation in the sport in London.

A new mass-participation disability event for runners and walkers, due to take place on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London, has been officially launched.

This week’s news that the Orbit Tower in the London 2012 Olympic Park has made a loss of more than half a million pounds for the last financial year has given Len Duvall, a Labour member of the London Assembly, a sporting chance to make his opinion clear about the project that was commissioned in 2008 soon after the election of the Conservatives’ very own Boris Johnson as Mayor of London.

Losses of £520,000 ($803,000/€707,000) for the last financial year were made at the Orbit Tower in the London 2012 Olympic Park, according to accounts published by the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC).

London has passed up the opportunity to host the Grand Depart of the 2017 Tour de France despite having seen off competition from several rivals to stage the event.

Several of the stars of the London 2012 Paralympic Games are set to compete at the Sainsbury’s Anniversary Games at the Olympic Stadium on July 26, with Britain's six-time gold medallist David Weir set to go head-to-head with arch-rival, Switzerland's Marcel Hug, in one of the most anticipated events.