With help from British star power, China concluded its debut as Olympic host Sunday after 16 days of near-flawless logistics and superlative athletic achievement -- coexisting awkwardly with the government's wariness of dissent and free speech
Jamaica's sprint sensation Usain Bolt should show more respect to his beaten rivals says International Olympic Committee chief Jacques Rogge.
TIME tracks down the Olympic secret behind the flying paddles of the world's best table tennis players: glue
Recently I asked a Chinese journalist about the underage gymnast controversy. What, I asked her, did Chinese sportswriters who cover gymnastics think about the assertions that at least three of the members of the Chinese team were under 16? Was it western prejudice? Sour grapes? A cultural misunderstanding?
More athletes are competing in Beijing under foreign flags than ever before in the Games' history. Is switching teams a betrayal of the Olympic spirit -- or just smart sportsmanship?
The Chinese gymnasts could have picked out their leotards from Thumbelina's closet as they performed gymnastics in miniature on Wednesday. Wearing blue eye shadow with their hair pulled back, He Kexin, Jiang Yuyuan and Yang Yilin looked like girls who had just rummaged through their mothers' makeup. This was a ladies' final, though somehow it was hard to see how they qualified as women.
"In general, any form of exercise, if pursued continuously, will help us train in perseverance. Long-distance running is particularly good training in perseverance." -- Mao Tse-Tung
BEIJING -- The team that was too good for its own good returns for the final hurrah, an overwhelming favorite to win the fourth and, for now, last, Olympic softball gold medal.
BEIJING -- Brian Sell, the colorful Egg McMuffin-eating, Fu Manchu-sporting, self-described redneck marathoner from Michigan, is concerned. And understandably so, with pictures of smog-obscured buildings and smog-swallowed mountains coming out of Beijing.
Once-reclusive China has commandeered the world stage, celebrating its first-time role as Olympic host with a stunning display of pageantry and pyrotechnics to open the Summer Games
With help from British star power, China concluded its debut as Olympic host Sunday after 16 days of near-flawless logistics and superlative athletic achievement -- coexisting awkwardly with the government's wariness of dissent and free speech
Jamaica's sprint sensation Usain Bolt should show more respect to his beaten rivals says International Olympic Committee chief Jacques Rogge.
TIME tracks down the Olympic secret behind the flying paddles of the world's best table tennis players: glue
Recently I asked a Chinese journalist about the underage gymnast controversy. What, I asked her, did Chinese sportswriters who cover gymnastics think about the assertions that at least three of the members of the Chinese team were under 16? Was it western prejudice? Sour grapes? A cultural misunderstanding?
More athletes are competing in Beijing under foreign flags than ever before in the Games' history. Is switching teams a betrayal of the Olympic spirit -- or just smart sportsmanship?
The Chinese gymnasts could have picked out their leotards from Thumbelina's closet as they performed gymnastics in miniature on Wednesday. Wearing blue eye shadow with their hair pulled back, He Kexin, Jiang Yuyuan and Yang Yilin looked like girls who had just rummaged through their mothers' makeup. This was a ladies' final, though somehow it was hard to see how they qualified as women.
"In general, any form of exercise, if pursued continuously, will help us train in perseverance. Long-distance running is particularly good training in perseverance." -- Mao Tse-Tung
BEIJING -- The team that was too good for its own good returns for the final hurrah, an overwhelming favorite to win the fourth and, for now, last, Olympic softball gold medal.
BEIJING -- Brian Sell, the colorful Egg McMuffin-eating, Fu Manchu-sporting, self-described redneck marathoner from Michigan, is concerned. And understandably so, with pictures of smog-obscured buildings and smog-swallowed mountains coming out of Beijing.
Once-reclusive China has commandeered the world stage, celebrating its first-time role as Olympic host with a stunning display of pageantry and pyrotechnics to open the Summer Games
The wall of gray haze around the National Stadium and across the city cut visibility down to a mile. On the eve of opening ceremonies, Beijing's polluted air took center stage Thursday as the most visibly pressing problem for Olympic organizers who had promised to clean up the Chinese capital.
Basketball hero Yao Ming has been given the honor of carrying the flag of host nation China at Friday's Olympic Games opening ceremony in Beijing.
I'm like anybody else. I watch the Olympics because I want to see who wins. But the 2008 Summer Games are intriguing for reasons that go well beyond the 100-meter final, Michael Phelps' bid to become the greatest Olympian ever or the daily mine-is-bigger exercise of comparing medal counts.
The Olympic flame approached the final destination of its long and sometimes contentious global tour Wednesday, greeted by rapturous crowds in the Chinese capital two days before it officially launches the Summer Games.
The International Olympic Committee is continuing to consider whether to eliminate international torch relays in the wake of the protests which disrupted the Beijing flame's global tour.
Iraq will be allowed to compete in next month's Olympic Games in China after agreeing to restore its independent national Olympic panel, the International Olympic Committee said Tuesday.
Olympic organizers unblocked some Internet sites at the main press center and media venues Friday while others remained off limits for journalists covering the Beijing games.
Media censorship, chronic air pollution, doping. IOC president Jacques Rogge and top Olympic officials meeting this weekend have a lot to discuss in their final review before the Beijing Games.
An Olympic official said Thursday he felt like the "fall guy" after promising reporters at the games they would have uncensored Internet access, only to find that the Chinese had blocked certain Web sites.
About this time every year, a few months before the Summer Olympics begin, there is often a certain amount of anxiety. Usually, it relates to whether all the facilities will be constructed in time for the sappy opening ceremonies. And usually, everything comes together, and fellowship and brotherhood once again reign on earth.
Beijing announces it has cracked down on two terror groups planning mayhem for the Olympics. But some are skeptical
The Olympic torch relay in San Francisco went well compared to the chaotic scenes in London and Paris earlier this week, the head of the International Olympic Committee said Thursday.
That sound you hear is China crackin' heads and takin' names in Tibet as it tidies up and puts on its best face before the guests arrive in August. But not everyone is willing to ignore the sound of servants being beaten in the back room while cocktails and horse doovers are served, so calls for a boycott have arisen from folks who are more than passively concerned about human rights.
The pitch for softball's Olympic reinstatement goes something like this: at a time when the IOC is trying to promote women's sports, here is a team event that was voted off the Olympic program three years ago under dubious circumstances, is growing in popularity around the world, would make for good programming on NBC and could share a venue with other sports in order to save money.
On Feb. 5 a court in Hangzhou sentenced dissident journalist Lu Gengsong to four years in prison for "inciting subversion of state power" with his critical essays about the ruling Communist Party. Lu responded by yelling, "Long live democracy!" Then he was taken away.
Beijing residents gathered across China's capital on August 8 to witness events marking the start of the one-year countdown to the 2008 Olympic Games.
The World Anti-Doping Agency has made "monumental steps" toward fair play in sports, according to former Australian finance minister John Fahey, who is expected to become the new WADA president next month.
FIFA president Sepp Blatter wants to reintroduce limits on foreigners playing in national leagues, a move which amounts to a direct challenge to European Union authorities and would likely prove unpopular with leading clubs.
Monday marked 500 days to go in the countdown to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing Games and IOC president Jacques Rogge wants games organizers to put a greater focus on upcoming test events in the 26 sports.
Olympic chief Jacques Rogge has made an impassioned plea for the release of more than 20 Iraqi sports officials missing since being kidnapped four months ago.
International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge has called for greater co-operation between governments and sports federations after two high-profile positive drugs tests by U.S. athletes.
Madrid, which failed in its quest to host the 2012 Olympics last year, will present a fresh bid for the 2016 summer Games.
Torino bid farewell to the Winter Olympics in much the same way as it greeted them: with a spectacular celebration featuring at times bizarre images mixed with an overriding sense of fun.
The Torino Olympics came to a spectacular end on Sunday with a closing ceremony in the form of a carnival celebration marking the finish of 17 days of action.
The 20th Winter Olympics has got under way in Torino with an opening ceremony filled with "rhythm, passion and speed" to showcase Italian culture.
Eight cross-country skiers including an Olympic gold medallist and two U.S. team members have been banned for five days after tests showed they had an abnormally high red blood cell count -- which could boost endurance.
Baseball and softball's bids to get on the program of the London 2012 Olympic Games has failed.
Italy has spared no effort to provide security for the Winter Olympics, premier Silvio Berlusconi said in Rome on Tuesday.
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has rejected concerns over stadium safety at this year's World Cup finals in Germany and vowed that everything will be ready for kick-off on June 9.
London's winning bid to stage the 2012 Olympics breached the rules, Paris mayor Bertrand Delanoe claimed on Monday.
London has defeated European rival Paris to host the 2012 Summer Games, bringing the Olympics back to Britain for the first time in more than half a century.
International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge opened their four day annual session in Singapore on Tuesday, telling delegates they had a tough decision to make between the five cities competing for the 2012 Olympics.
The race to host the Olympic Games in 2012 is likely to go down to the wire, IOC president Jacques Rogge has confirmed.
Heads of the 28 Olympic sports federations will hold an emergency meeting before an International Olympic Committee (IOC) vote on July 8 which could result in some sports being axed from the 2012 Games.
American professional sports will have to introduce far stricter penalties for doping offenses to gain credibility in the fight against drugs, Olympic president Jacques Rogge said in Berlin on Wednesday.
The battle to host the 2012 Olympic Games has moved to Brisbane, Australia, with the five candidate cities bidding to impress members of Oceania's Olympic committees.
The Australian city of Brisbane is considering bidding for the 2020 or 2024 Olympics, Queensland state premier Peter Beattie has announced.
Olympic swimming champion Susie O'Neill has resigned from the IOC for personal reasons, the IOC have announced.
International Olympic Committee chief Jacques Rogge has asked the cities seeking to host the 2012 Games to stop bickering and concentrate on their own efforts.
International Olympic Committee chief Jacques Rogge gave Beijing's planning and preparations for the 2008 Games a stamp of approval during a tour of the city on Monday.
The Athens Games came to a close, as they started, with a spectacular ceremony in front of a crowd of 75,000 at the Olympic Stadium.
China's Du Li claimed the first gold medal of the 28th Olympic Games in Athens, with a victory in the women's 10-meter air rifle event.
Greek Olympic sprinters Costas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou must wait until Monday to learn whether they will be allowed to compete at the Athens Games or face sanction for missing drugs tests.
The Olympic Games returned to their birthplace in Greece on Friday after 108 years with a glittering ceremony set to put to memory thoughts of construction delays and doping scandals.
Greece's top sprinter Costas Kenteris has missed a scheduled dope test on the eve of the Athens Games, Olympics and Greek officials have said.
Ivan Slavkov, the Bulgarian International Olympic Committee member, has been suspended following allegations of corruption in a BBC tv documentary broadcast this week.
Track and field's world governing body will not intervene to suspend American athletes facing doping allegations unless there is evidence they failed drug tests.
North and South Korea will be allowed to march together at the opening of the 2004 Athens Olympics, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said Friday.
The Olympic flame arrived in Switzerland on a relay which was due to take the torch to the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the first time in 56 years.
London is hoping a bit of Sydney's magic will rub off on its bid to host the 2012 Olympics after employing the man widely credited with the success of the 2000 Games.
Athens, host of this year's Olympics opening on August 13, has fallen short of organisers' promises for a green Games, the U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP) said.
Reigning Olympic 100 meters champion Maurice Greene warmed up for his title defense in Athens by running a wind-assisted 9.78 seconds at the Payton Jordan athletics meeting.
Former Olympic champion Sebastian Coe has replaced American Barbara Cassani as head of London's bid for the 2012 Games.
The International Olympic Committee has named a shortlist of five cities as possible hosts for the 2012 Olympics.
The nine cities hoping to stage the 2012 Olympic Games face a cull this week as Olympic chiefs meet to draw up a shortlist of candidates.
The International Olympic Committee has taken out insurance cover in case this year's Athens Games are cancelled.
It's almost standard practice for the president of the International Olympic Committee to close each games by praising them as the "best ever."
Jerome Young's five-year-old drug case is heading to arbitration as the sport's world governing body declared U.S track officials were wrong to clear the athlete.
International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge hailed Greek preparations for this summer's Athens Games, but said security remained a priority for organizers.
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