Olympic & Paralympic Games London 2012

[Cymbols]

Scott Sinclair's brother plays for the team GB cerebal palsey football team.

[Gazz]

He'll be getting more pitch time than Scott this season then...

[Sam]

The closing ceremony is equally as weird as it is fantastic. Have loved the Paralympics as much if not a bit more than the Olympics. Genuinely cried when Oscar Pistorius won T-44 400m gold last night, was just such a fitting end to the games.

[Herr Matzat]

When will this turn into a Ramstein concert?

[Herr Matzat]

When did this turn into a full set coldplay concert?

[Sam]

Simply amazing end. What a Summer and what memories.

[Herr Matzat]

Scummbag german tv ruining the mood with 911 found footage right after the ceremony. couldend that have waited two days? Especialy after the speach about the london subway atack and gaining back faith in the good. :-/

Edited September 9, 2012 by Michael Matzat on a Plane

[Lineker]

The parade was awesome (despite giving me loads of work to do)!!

Sebastian Coe has confirmed he will stand to be the next chairman of the British Olympic Association after he was approached by the BOA committee to replace Colin Moynihan.

[Lineker]

Usain Bolt, David Rudisha and Aries Merritt are in contention to win the the 2012 IAAF male athlete of the year.

Jamaican Bolt retained his Olympic 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay titles, while Rudisha of Kenya set a world best in winning the 800m.

American Merritt won the 110m hurdles and later smashed the world record.

Britain's double Olympic champion Mo Farah has missed out on the three-man shortlist despite winning the 5,000m and 10,000m gold medals at London 2012.

Farah joined distance running greats such as Kenenisa Bekele, Miruts Yifter, Lasse Viren, Vladimir Kuts, Emil Zatopek and Hannes Kolehmainen in completing the 5,000m and 10,000m Olympic double.

However, his achievements were not regarded highly enough by the International Association of Athletics Federations to make the final shortlist.

Bolt, 26, declared himself the "greatest athlete" to have lived after becoming the first man to retain the sprint titles he won four years ago in Beijing.

Rudisha lowered his own mark over two laps to one minute, 40.91 seconds as the 23-year-old became the first man to break a world record on the track at London 2012.

Merritt, 27, won the final Diamond League meeting of the season in Brussels in 12.80 seconds, shaving seven-hundredths of a second off Dayron Robles' previous best.

The winner will be announced during the IAAF's Centenary Celebrations in Barcelona on 24 November.

Gutted Mo :/