The Bahrain Olympic Committee said Wednesday that 1,500-meter gold medalist Rashid Ramzi tested positive for doping at the Beijing Games. Complete Story...
The Italian Olympic Committee confirmed Wednesday that Olympic cycling silver medalist Davide Rebellin tested positive for doping at the Beijing Games.
The German cycling federation said Wednesday that Stefan Schumacher is one of the six athletes who tested positive for CERA at the Beijing Olympics.
With a gold medalist in one its top events busted for doping at the Beijing Games, the troubled sport of track and field is once again at the center of an Olympic drug scandal.
Olympic gold medalists claimed the top three spots in both the male and female categories in the final vote tally for the United States Sports Academy’s Athlete of the Year, presented by NBCSports.com and USAToday.com.
Usain Bolt wasn’t the only man in Beijing last summer to cover 100 meters under his own power faster than anyone ever had before. The other man who made locomotive history isn’t nearly as well remembered, but he should be. Without him, Michael Phelps doesn’t beat Mark Spitz, doesn’t win eight gold medals and isn’t the greatest swimmer who ever lived.
BEIJING – The number eight is considered so auspicious here that the Chinese leadership decided to launch the Summer Olympic Games at 8 p.m. on the eighth day of the eighth month of the year.
About 500 doping samples from the Beijing Olympics will be retested next month for a new version of the endurance-enhancing hormone EPO and other illegal substances, the IOC said Tuesday.
More than two out of three people worldwide tuned in for the Beijing Olympics.
Mike Krzyzewski always maintained that leading the U.S. Olympic basketball team would make him a changed coach. Sure enough, Coach K was there on the sideline in Beijing and he stopped himself from saying something he otherwise might have.
Acrobats on cables flying across a giant stadium. Hundreds of performers executing synchronized martial arts punches and kicks. A giant globe signifying unity as a grand finale.
An activist group says up to eight pro-Tibet protesters have been detained by police near an Olympics venue.
For one old China hand, the Beijing Olympics are a special homecoming.
It all began when my colleague Steve's favorite noodle lady was forced to close down. Soon after, the Popsicle lady was gone, followed by the scary fruit guy.
Some secrets are out for the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics. One big one remains.
Polluted Beijing is usually shrouded in gray, so for the Olympics, Beijing city officials have tried to add some color.
The International Olympic Committee says Iraq will not compete at the Beijing Games because of interference by its government in sport.
Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius fell short of the 400-meter qualifying time for the Beijing Olympics despite running a personal best Wednesday.
Dirk Nowitzki scored 16 points to lead Germany to a 104-68 win over Cape Verde in its opening game of Olympic qualification Tuesday.
Faced with my blank look of incomprehension, the taxi driver took a deep breath and tried again.
This ancient capital city, long known for the architectural splendor of its centuries-old palaces and temples, is getting a new look that could have been plucked from science fiction.
Plans to divert water to Beijing for the Olympic Games are shortsighted and will not ease the city's severe water crisis, a Canadian-based development policy group said in a study released Thursday.
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China had mobilized a 100,000-strong anti-terrorism force to guard against threats to the Beijing Olympics, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Thursday.
When Olympic marathon runners pass through Beijing's historic Qianmen neighborhood this August, the gray-brick storefronts with red and gold curved eaves will only look like traditional Chinese architecture.