Olympic Summer Games News

Ronaldinho will reportedly break his contract with FC Barcelona if need be to go to the Beijing Olympics.

The Chinese government is promising a massive show of force at the Olympic Games in Beijing, with manpower approaching 100,000 personnel.

Jamaica's Asafa Powell is seen prior to the start of the first heat of the men's 100 meters race during the Track and Field Golden Gala meeting at the Olympic stadium in Rome, Friday, July 11, 2008.

Dwain Chambers was easily the fastest qualifier for the semi-finals of the 100metres after Friday's heats at the Aviva National Championships in Birmingham which double as the Olympic trials.

Luis Yanez's teammates feinted and weaved in concert at Gleason's Gym on Friday, filling the Brooklyn boxing landmark with their uniform punches and grunts in the U.S. Olympic team's final public workout before ...

Yelena Isinbaeva celebrates her latest world record Friday at the Golden Gala meet in Rome.

U.S. men's Olympic basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski addresses his team following practice on Saturday in Las Vegas.

Our Olympians profile series kicks off with Ryan Hall, a record-setting young runner making his Olympic debut in the marathon this summer.

Britain's former triple jump world champion Ashia Hansen has retired after losing her battle to be fit for the Olympics.

Tamika Catchings, DeLisha Milton-Jones and Kara Lawson are going to play ball in Beijing.

The U.S. NBC TV station has planned a 2,900 hours of live coverage on the coming Beijing Olympics Games, top the total U.S. TV hours, 2,562, for all previous Summer Games combined, according to a news report on ...

Chinese police have shot and killed five people who were seeking "holy war" in the restive far western region of Xinjiang, state media said on Wednesday, less than one month before the Beijing Olympics open.

Photo taken on July 7, 2008 shows a blossom red lotus at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, capital of China.

British athlete Dwain Chambers begins a race against time today to try to clear the way for him to compete at next month's Olympic Games in Beijing.

The public has been recently reminded again that they are not allowed to take long umbrellas as well as soft drinks, lighters and liquids into the Olympic stadiums during the Games.

Barcelona refused to allow forward Ronaldinho to take his place in the Brazil squad for next month's Olympic Games.

NBC Universal has announced unprecedented coverage of the 2008 Beijing Olympics: NBC Universal, broadcasting its record 11th Olympics and surpassing ABC for the most Olympics broadcast by any network, will ...

Barcelona's Ronaldinho and Real Madrid forward Robinho will lead Brazil's assault on a first Olympic football gold in Beijing in August.

Torres drops out of 100-meter freestyleDara Torres has dropped the 100-meter freestyle from her Beijing Olympics schedule, choosing to make the 50 free her only individual event in her record fifth games.Her ...

Sprinter Tyson Gay elicited gasps and groans with his performance at the U.S. track and field trials.