Olympic Summer Games News

Ireland's Katie Taylor stormed to her second consecutive world lightweight title with a 13-2 victory over Cheng Dong in Ningbo City, China.

After a quite sensational year, it is no surprise that the list is one of the strongest we've ever had.

Funding cuts expected to be announced this week could hit Britain's medal hopes at the London 2012 Olympics.

Beijing said Monday it has already reached its target number of 256 'blue-sky days' this year, with the help of ambitious environmental measures the city imposed to cut emissions for the Olympic Games.

China's notoriously polluted capital of 17 million reached the clean-air day target on Sunday, 31 days ahead of schedule, Beijing's Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau said.

'The quality of our city's air has shown constant improvement over the last 10 years,' Du Shaozhong, deputy director of the bureau, said in a statement.

AIDS activists were skeptical of a pledge by China's government to fight discrimination against people with the disease, saying Monday the move would mean little without improvements in education to increase awareness and alter mindsets.

Health authorities and the U.N. AIDS agency pledged Sunday to combat the stigmatization of people with the disease by unveiling a massive red ribbon, the symbol of AIDS awareness, at the Olympic Bird's Nest stadium in Beijing.

The Health Ministry said in a statement Monday that the government will strengthen efforts in education on AIDS prevention and to fight discrimination, while also stepping up condom distribution and outreach to high-risk groups such as prostitutes and homosexual men. It did not give specifics.

'The choker tag is just not true. If anything I try too hard' The mother of all marathon runners believes her chances of Olympic gold will increase with age As a tumultuous year hurtles towards its close Paula ...

Kookaburras young gun Eddie Ockenden has been rewarded for his blistering Beijing Olympic form, named the 2008 World Hockey Young Player of the Year.

Five people were arrested in a Beijing Olympics ticket scam whose victims included the parents of gold medalist swimmer Rebcca Adlington, British officials say.

Italy's triumphant Olympic fencers are using all their fighting skills to stay in the limelight and promote their sport now that post-Beijing interest has waned.

The Melbourne Tigers fear the basketball career of star forward Sam Mackinnon might be over after he was diagnosed with a recurrence of blood clots on his lungs.

Pitt County has produced some special athletes over the years, and yet another is striving to reach the top of his sport, this time in the Special Olympics of North Carolina .

Michle Hyron has been appointed as chief integrator for the technology supporting the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The first sporting venue for the London 2012 Olympics has been completed with the end of construction at the Weymouth & Portland Sailing Academy.

IOC seeks to improve Games ticketing system By: On 2 LONDON -- The International Olympic Committee is seeking to improve the ticketing system for upcoming Games in Vancouver and London to avoid the problem of ...

President-elect Barack Obama's ties to the Chicago 2016 Olympic bid were reinforced even more this week.

China is ordering its basketball players to stop faking their birth dates, local media reported Friday, turning the spotlight back on allegations of systematic altering of athlete's ages.

Could Denver bid for the Winter Olympics in 2018?Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter says that if Chicago does not receive the 2016 Summer Games, Denver could be a viable candidate for the Winter Olympics two years ...

The IAAF appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Thursday against doping bans given to seven leading female Russian athletes, saying the suspensions are not severe enough.

Taken over a year apart, 'before and after' pictures show how the main venues for the 2012 Games have compared over the course of a year.

Four men and a woman have been arrested in Britain in connection with a Beijing Olympic ticket scam whose victims included the parents of gold medallist Rebecca Adlington.