Sport
Football, Wimbledon, the Derby and the 2012 Olympics.
Travel Tips for the 2011 Champions League Final in London
There are, of course, countless reasons why you might be planning a trip to London. Maybe you've always wanted to hear Big Ben chime out the time (instead of just "listening" on Twitter ).
Professional Sports in London: Horse Racing
Horse races, or meetings , have been popular in England for hundreds of years. There are three horseracing courses inside the M25, the major road that circles London, and one just outside city…
Professional Sports in London: Football
Football is the number one spectator sport in the UK, and London itself has 15 football teams (called clubs ) in five professional leagues: the Premiership , the Championship , League One , League…
Professional Sports in London: Cricket
Cricket is England's summertime team sport. It has a variety of formats and can be played over one, three, four or five days.
Professional Sports in London: Rugby
At the professional level in the UK, rugby is split into two major categories -- national and league. Rugby Union , England's national team, plays at Twickenham Stadium in Richmond.
Wimbledon Tennis Championships
The Wimbledon Tennis Championships , played on the famous grass courts of the All England Club in southwest London, are one of the highlights of the sporting year in Britain.
Watching the World Cup in London
With some of the biggest clubs in European football sharing London as their home, the city of London is even more obsessed about the national game of football than the country as a whole.
Plan a Trip to Hamburg to See the Europa League Final
Most of the focus in the football world these days might be on things like the Champions League Final or this summer's World Cup , but we're one week away from the Europa League Final game on May…
Tour de France Prologue photos
A huge crowd turned out in London this afternoon to line the route of the Tour de France Prologue.
Eyes on the Tour de France
The Tour De France Opening Ceremony drew a big crowd to London's Trafalgar Square this evening, the rain even held off which must be a good omen and around half a million people are expected to watch…
London's football pre-season
Professional football clubs across London have been finalising their pre-season fixture schedules for the second half of July and the beginning of August.
New London Olympics Logo
The image on the left is the new logo for the 2012 London Olympics , unveiled today.
London v Liverpool v Glasgow
This Sunday 3 June sees the first City v City race sponsored by Norwich Union. It features three 10km races taking place at the same time in London, Liverpool and Glasgow and the city with the lowest…
The Derby
This weekend sees the running of the biggest thoroughbred horse race in Britain, The Derby .
London Summer of Sport
The second London Summer of Sport is being launched next week, sponored by the National Lottery, Sport England and the Mayor of London.
London's Final Weekend
This weekend London hosts the climax to not only the club football season in England but also to European club rugby.
London netball internationals
Netball is one of the top women's team sports in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and many other Commonwealth countries, a seven-a-side game played over 15 minute quarters.
London Football review
The Premiership finished today and its been a mixed season for the London clubs. Looking at the final table there are three teams from London in the top five, pretty good going on the face of it but…
Twickenham rugby final tickets available
The domestic rugby union season comes to a climax this Saturday 12 May, with the Guinness Premiership Final being played between Gloucester and Leicester at Twickenham stadium in West London.
The Queen loves the Arsenal
It's in The Sun, and that's about as official as it gets in the UK: The Queen is an Arsenal fan, and has been for over 50 years. Good to know she appreciates quality football.
Female Football Commentator
The BBC had a sporting first yesterday when they used a female commentator for the Premiership football match between Fulham and Blackburn.
London Marathon
This Sunday 22 April sees the 26th London Marathon take place through the streets of the capital, with almost 50,000 runners entered to take part.
Chelsea tell their fans be nice to Tottenham
Chelsea are at home tomorrow to Tottenham in a big London derby that is important to both teams.
The Boat Race
Saturday sees one of the most traditional annual sporting events that takes place in London, the Oxford v Cambridge University Boat Race .
London teams worth revealed
London has four of the world's top 25 most valuable football clubs according to a new report form Forbes magazine.
Thierry Henry talks about London
In the last ten years the Premiership has attracted some of the world's best footballers to London through the money the clubs pay their players.
Canary Wharf Squash Classic
The shining glass towers of London's newest financial centre play host to some top class squash when the Canary Wharf Squash Classic , 19-23 March, starts this evening at the East Wintergarden, near…
Cost of London Olympics just keeps rising
The government today announced their revised budget for the cost of the 2012 Olympics, £9.3billion up from the original £2.4billion they said just over 18 months ago.