Olympics News

Two-time Olympic beach volleyball gold medalist Misty May-Treanor had surgery to repair a torn Achilles' tendon on Tuesday, a day after she said on "Dancing with the Stars" that she was dropping out of the ...

The future of men's road cycling in the Olympics could be threatened unless the sport cleans up its doping record.

Greek hurdler Fani Halkia blamed a "malicious act" by unspecified people for a failed doping test that ruled her out of the Beijing Olympics.

Published by Jon Land for 24dash.com in Communities , Local Government Tuesday 7th October 2008 - 2:08pm Boris Johnson: 2012 Olympics security 'a national issue' The fine tuning of the financing of the security ...

From Johnny Weissmuller as Tarzan, to Shaquille O'Neal in "Kazaam," take a look at some celebrities that have starred both in sports and on screen.

With temperatures around freezing, the bobsled-skeleton-luge track in Lake Placid opened for the season Monday morning, allowing more than 100 American sliders to officially begin on-ice training.

Lleyton Hewitt plans to make his ATP Tour return from hip surgery at the Sydney International leading into the Australian Open in January.

Retails sales and the number of tourists throughout the Golden Week holiday broke records in China's tourism industry.

Norway has dropped plans to bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics after new estimates doubled the projected cost of hosting the Games in the Arctic city of Tromsoe.

James DeGale, Britain's Olympic gold medallist from the Beijing Games, has revealed that he has been tabled an offer approaching 2 million to join the professional ranks - yet is undecided as to whether to make ...

It doesn't seem like all that long ago that Tate Jones was learning to ride a two-wheeler. Now he's preparing for his first triathlon.

Winning a gold medal in Beijing, a WNBA championship and the league finals MVP award.

OLYMPIC hero Tom James joined other British athletes at a London thank-you reception hosted by Prime Minister Gordon Brown last night.

Olympic gold medalists Ryan Lochte cannow workout on a central Florida street that bears his name.

Oct. 4 - Thousands of people line out to see Olympic record-breaking swimmer Michael Phelps riding through his childhood neighbourhood of Towson.

VATICAN CITY: China has denied permission for Catholic bishops to travel to Rome for a Church meeting, a Vatican spokesman said on Friday, in a sign of new strains between Beijing's communist government and the ...

About 500 Olympians and Paralympians are to celebrate their Beijing success in London on 16 October, in an event to be screened live on the BBC.

SOUTH Dragons have continued their impressive road form with a 114-95 win over Wollongong at the WIN Entertainment Centre.

Saturday, October 04, 2008 MONTE CARLO, Monaco: Usain Bolt's three world records at the Beijing Olympics were officially ratified Friday by athletics'world governing body.

Equestrian rider Rodrigo Pessoa has been stripped of his fifth-place finish at the Beijing Olympics and banned from competing for 41 2 months after a positive drug test on his horse.