Liu Chunhong of China sets a new world record in the 125-kg snatch of the women's 69-kg weightlifting event at the Olympic ...

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 ...

Fireworks, athletes and pageantry on a scale never before seen in the Olympics opened the Summer Games in Beijing on Friday as the Asian nation kicked off the biggest and most scrutinized Games in ...

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 ...

On Wednesday night 10,000 people gathered in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, and millions more watched on television, as the city celebrated an event that’s now exactly a year away — the opening of the ...

People were invited to e-mail their comments on the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Below is a selection of responses. (CNN) -- I thought it was absolutely fantastic, the enthusiasm of the ...

Until Sunday, the Olympic "Water Cube" in Beijing was best known for being blue and bubbly and bright at night. Now the Olympic swimming pool inside may get more attention. A dozen world and Olympic ...

For all you Thai-reading sports fan blogheads out there, do check out the 2008 Olympics WordPress theme. The cruel irony being, of course, that WordPress has been blocked in China ...

PARIS (Reuters) - China delivered their best performance at a Summer Olympics since the 2008 Games on home soil, winning the joint most gold medals with the United States and only missing out on ...

(For related story see CHINA/FLOODS/ or [ID:nPEK133762]) June 18 (Reuters) - China's floods are the latest in a series of disasters and troubles that have beset the nation in its Olympic year. Here is ...

PARIS, Aug 11 (Reuters) - China delivered their best performance at a Summer Olympics since the 2008 Games on home soil, winning the joint most gold medals with the United States and only missing out ...