Kosuke Kitajima of Japan swept the breaststroke events in his second straight Olympics and Liu Zige set a world record for the host country yesterday at the Water Cube. ...

The chief organiser of the next Summer Olympics is impressed but not overawed by what he’s seen so far at the Beijing Games. ...

Forget Brazil’s beaches, tropical rain forests and Carnival atmosphere. Organisers of Rio de Janeiro’s 2016 Olympics bid are counting on football to help land South America its first ever games. ...

China's Du Li left her previous shooting competition weeping and so distraught she considering dropping out of the Olympics. Yesterday tears flowed again, ...

The United States stopped the pick-and-rolls – and just about everything else – to beat Greece 92-69 yesterday at the Beijing Olympics. These Americans that looked so lost two years ago appear to have found their Olympic defensive way. ...

Mongolia won its first Olympic gold and China its second of the games after two Japanese contenders crashed with first-round losses on the judo mats yesterday. ...

Canadian coach ejected, suspendedCanadian men’s water polo coach Dragan Jovanovic was ejected from yesterday’s match against Australia, a penalty that comes...

Malta's Ryan Gambin maintained his impressive run since coming to Malta when he again lowered his own mark for the 100m fly event at the Water Cube in Beijing, yesterday....

Michael Phelps has a new accolade. “He is the icon of the games,” International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge said yesterday. ...

Pieter van den Hoogenband announced his retirement yesterday after Alain Bernard took away his chance at an unprecedented third straight victory in swimming’s signature race, the 100-metre freestyle. ...