Could it really be over so quickly? Ever since the International Olympic Committee awarded Beijing the Summer Games in 2001, China had lavished $44 billion on transforming the capital into a city ...

Grand fireworks and spectacular choreography brought to a close the Beijing Games Sunday as one of the most remarkable Olympics in recent history were declared at an end. Fireworks across China's ...

The 2008 Beijing Olympics showcased China's reemergence on the world stage. In awarding those Games to China, the International Olympic Committee predicted the Olympics could improve human rights, and ...

The 2008 Olympic Games got underway on schedule at 8 p.m. local Beijing time, capping years of preparation and months of protests. World leaders including China’s President Hu Jintao, U.S. President ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Russia have been stripped of the 4x400m women's relay silver medal from the Beijing Olympics after Anastasia Kapachinskaya tested positive for a steroid in a re-test of her ...

A one-of-a-kind art collection has emerged for the first time ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics. Eight paintings of Olympic gold medalist swimmer Michael Phelps competing in the 2008 Beijing Olympics ...

PC maker Lenovo is ramping up testing and integration work on the equipment and services it is providing the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, which are scheduled to begin in 500 days. Lenovo began working ...

If the thousands of free condoms handed out to Olympic athletes this year are any indication, even the sourest of Olympic experiences are expected to end with a smile. Maybe even a smoke. After all, ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Beijing 2008 Embrace the competitive spirit of the world's most prestigious sporting event and represent your country as you compete for the highest honor - ...