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 ...

USA - 2008: Lee Hulteng color illustration of U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps. (Tribune News Service via Getty Images) Tribune News Service via Getty I Of Michael Phelps’ eight gold medals at the 2008 ...

Belinda Snell won a championship with the Phoenix Mercury in 2007, and after that, she represented her country in the ...

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 ...

July 13, 2001, proved to be a pivotal moment for China and the world. This is when Beijing won the hosting rights for the 2008 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. The architect behind the unlikely ...

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, ...

The 2008 Beijing Olympics were a watershed moment for men’s swimming in the United States and globally. Sixteen years later, the 2008 Games are perhaps best remembered for Michael Phelps’ dominant ...

Just six months after medals were placed around the necks of athletes like Caeleb Dressel, Simone Biles and Katie Ledecky, it's time for the Winter Olympians to compete for some shiny, new hardware.