As the sound of fireworks rang out over Beijing to mark the close of the 2008 Summer Olympics, China’s leaders could have been forgiven for breathing a sigh of relief. Remembered today as an event in ...

Beijing is the first city to host both the Summer and Winter Olympics, and China has revamped many of the venues from the 2008 Games for the 2022 competitions – here’s how organizers did it. The ...

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 ...

Barcelona have marked Lionel Messi’s farewell to the Argentina national team with a message that looks back to the very beginning of his international success.Shortly after Messi brought his ...

Beijing 2008 also includes table tennis, judo, weightlifting, skeet shooting, and canoeing. Though the game deserves a medal for diversity, a lot of these contests are hobbled by confounding control ...

Scientists have been working to improve the air quality of Beijing and ensure a healthy atmosphere for athletes and spectators at the 2008 Summer Olympics. To improve the air quality of Beijing and ...

(FPRI) — For China and for the world engaging with China, much has changed between the 2008 Summer Games and the 2022 Winter Olympics that the Chinese capital is hosting thirteen and a half years ...

LONDON (January 10th, 2008) - SEGA® Corporation today announced an exclusive partnership with International Sports Multimedia (ISM), exclusive licensee of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to ...

This week, Beijing will become the first city in the world to have hosted both the Summer and Winter Olympics. The 2008 Summer Games were a spectacular celebration, a sort of coming-out party for ...

BEIJING, China -- Tennis returned to prominence at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, which featured the most competitive field since it was reintroduced as an Olympic sport in 1988. Players often skipped the ...

With a single day to go before the Olympics, both government and independent readings suggest that Beijing's air is getting worse. And if the winds don't change, this could wind up being one of the ...