The 1924 Paris Olympics stars in a major Fitzwilliam Museum exhibition exploring the sport, art and bodies behind a pivotal Games. Exhibits speak of surprising partnerships, competing interests and unresolved tensions.
Three members of the University who have excelled in volunteering activity: Ed Roberts, Catherine Potterton and Mark Fliegauf, will be among the Torchbearers when the Olympic flame arrives in Cambridge this weekend.
How many medals might the UK win in the 2012 Games? Does the host country have an advantage? Can you help a heptathlete plan her training programme? How does the geometry of the Velodrome contribute to speed? What is the perfect shape for a football?
The one hundred day countdown to the Olympic Games has begun.
Usain Bolt can achieve faster running times with no extra effort on his part or improvement to his fitness, according to a new study by Professor John Barrow, Director of the Millennium Maths Project at the University of Cambridge.
University's mathematical contribution to the London 2012 education programme
The genuine scientific benefits that have emerged from the modern Olympic Games have often been lost in the hype surrounding these high profile international events. Dr Vanessa Heggie, a Teaching Associate in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, puts the record straight.
A new analysis of the Munich Games of 1972 places the event at the very centre of modern German history, as Dr Chris Young explains.
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