Valerie Adams has taken New Zealand's gold medal tally to six after she was awarded gold in the women's Shot Put.

Team GB medal winners past and present, HRH the Duke of Cambridge, UK Prime Minister Rt Hon David Cameron MP and Chairman of the London 2012 Organising Committee Seb Coe are backing the?Join In Local

International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge declared the London 2012 Olympic Games 'happy and glorious' as the spectacular Closing Ceremony brought the curtain down on the Games.

A galaxy of world-famous musicians and fashion icons have performed at the Closing Ceremony of the Olympic Games, including George Michael, Tinie Tempah, Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, The Spice Girls

As the curtain fell on London 2012, the USA overcame some fierce resistance from Spain to land their fifth Basketball gold in the six Olympic Games since the start of the 'Dream Team' era on a

Russia produced the most magnificent of Olympic comebacks to prevent Brazil from leaving London with a gold medal double in the Volleyball competition.

France missed out on an Olympic Mountain Bike double as Julien Absalon’s Midas touch deserted him at Hadleigh Farm, with Jaroslav Kulhavy of the Czech Republic winning the final Cycling event

Many people touted London 2012 to be the best Handball competition ever and they will not have been disappointed as both the men's and women's competition threw up some superb action, though

Women's boxing not only broke down one of the last remaining bastions of Olympic equality at the London 2012?Games, but served up a series of showcase sessions which eclipsed their male equivalents

David Svoboda?and?Laura Asadauskaite left London with Modern Pentathlon gold medals but the biggest winner may well have been the sport itself. ?