The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge arrived tonight at a star-studded gala dinner celebrating the Britain's Olympic and Paralympic athletes.

The British Olympic Association will take the fight to keep their lifetime ban for drugs cheats to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, it was confirmed today.

Dwain Chambers today lost his High Court bid to be allowed to compete at next month’s Olympic Games in Beijing.

The Olympic torch relay was hit by demonstrations by Tibet campaigners as it made its way through a snowy London today.