British Olympic swimming gold-medallist Anita Lonsbrough has put a series of items from her glittering career up for auction, including her "lucky towel" and a towelling robe with her name spelled wrong.

Michael Jordan's practice jersey from the Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games is up for action later this month.

Two-time Olympic champion Karl Malone has generated $5 million (£4 million/€4.7 million) at auction from 24 pieces of memorabilia related to the United States' men's basketball "Dream Team" at Barcelona 1992.

Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC) President and International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Spyros Capralos has welcomed the return of giant Olympic Rings to the stadium in Athens which staged the first Olympic Games of the modern era.

Commemorative plaques have been unveiled at Wembley to mark the beginning and end of Olympic Way, the main thoroughfare to the stadium which hosted events at the 1948 and 2012 Olympic Games.

A locker room nameplate used by Shohei Ohtani when Japan won the World Baseball Classic for a record third time last month has been sold for $116,010 (£93,419/€105,883) in an online auction.

The granddaughter of two-time Boston Marathon winner Tarzan Brown has launched a campaign for the return of the trophies her grandfather won during his career.

A set of coins are due to be released in September to commemorate the legacy of the Olympic Games in Italy.

Olympic collectors are set to gather for the first time in four-years when they meet in Paris in June.

A mural by the world’s most famous graffiti artist Banksy has been turned into a stamp by Ukraine to mark the first anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion.

The match ball used in the 1986 FIFA World Cup final between Argentina and West Germany has been sold at auction for £36,000 ($45,000/€41,000).

The two gold medals won at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics by Canadian sprinter Percy Williams, unrecovered since being stolen in 1980 while on display, have been replicated and replaced by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

An extensive archive celebrating the life, work and legacy of pop star David Bowie, who featured at both the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of London 2012 without even being present, is to be hosted by the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, it has been announced.

Commemorative coins issued for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow have been advertised for sale online at more than a thousand times their face value.

The ball involved in Diego Maradona's infamous "Hand of God" goal at the 1986 FIFA World Cup failed to sell for a second time in four months after the reserve price was not met.