Researchers from Bournemouth University are looking to interview Games-time volunteers for a study that will capture their stories from the London 2012 Games.

Suppliers involved in helping stage London 2012 will be able to promote their involvement in the Olympics and Paralympics after a landmark deal was reached between the Government, the British Olympic Association (BOA) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

To support the creation of a lasting legacy from London 2012, Leicestershire County Council, with the delivery support from Leicester-Shire & Rutland Sport (LRS), has committed resources to a new grants scheme for local club and facility development projects.

The Active Together Workplace Challenge, aimed at organisations in Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, is back for 2013 to promote a more active lifestyle with offers of innovative methods to stay active. It's comprised of three programmes; The Activity Log, Competition Programme and Business Games.

After staging one of the best and most-talked about Paralympic Games in history this summer, London was announced as the host city of the 2017 IPC Athletics World Championships today. The Championships will be held in July 2017 at the Olympic Stadium, just a month before the same venue plays host to the IAAF World Athletics Championships.

Sport England today announced a £493 million four-year investment to keep the inspiration of London 2012 alive and help fulfil Lord Coe's pledge that the Games would get more people – young and old, women and men – playing sport, a feat that no other host nation has ever managed to achieve.

For the second time in almost two years, the Braunstone parkrun field at the weekend included Olympians LisaDobriskey and Ricky Soos. The husband and wife duo took first and second places at their last appearance at the weekly 5k race in February 2011 and, not surprisingly, the GB athletes won their respective categories once again.

Sue and Jim Houghton have won BBC Sport's 2012 Unsung Hero Award. The husband and wife team spent 25 years helping to transform a derelict Leicestershire sports ground into a popular community facility.

Communities across the country can today start bidding for a share of £2 million of National Lottery investment to protect and improve their local sports playing fields. The latest round of Sport England's Protecting Playing Fields fund will help enhance local playing fields or create new sports pitches.

Record numbers of women and men in England are playing sport every week, according to Sport England's annual Active People Survey. Now in its sixth year, the report shows that 15.5 million people aged 16 and over are playing sport at least once a week, 1.57 million more than when London won the the Olympic and Paralympic bid (in 2005).