PARIS – Forget the medals. The top prize for many at the 2024 Paris Olympics is a shiny, heart-shaped Simone Biles pin. Biles, the most decorated gymnast in history, has arrived at the Games with a ...

Pin badge collecting may not be a hobby immediately associated with the Olympics, but a gathering of "pinheads" in Stratford revealed their addiction is fuelled by a passion for the Games. The meeting ...

Footfall – which in these parlous days means the sound of shoppers checking out goods before going home to order on the internet – is brisk in the Westfield Stratford City shopping centre, as you ...

TOKYO -- Japan's Olympic pin badge traders have been disappointed by the lack of spectators at most Tokyo Games competitions, and the consequent lost opportunities to interact with like-minded ...

Andy Murray is playing his last professional tournament at the 2024 Paris Olympics and reportedly trying to enjoy every aspect of the sporting extravaganza. Murray's former doubles partner Laura ...

My name's Marco Maiani, I live in Florence, Italy and I have collected pins since 1991. I started collecting pins after a holiday in France where I bought my first pin: a tourist pin from the city of ...

The Accrington Stanley Supporters Trust (OASST) has acquired a rare collection of club pin badges, with one badge thought to ...