“There was a lot of openness I didn’t expect,” he says. Loveland had arrived in Beijing a year before the Summer Olympics, with the city abuzz with preparations. A decade had passed since ...

Citing Beijing's proven success in maximizing the Games legacy, the International Olympic Committee's president-elect Kirsty Coventry has called on future hosts to learn from China's best practices to ...

the "Bird's Nest," the museum is a permanent tribute to the Olympic Games. Covering an expansive 26,000 square meters, it is a lasting legacy of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, immersing visitors in ...

One of the strong candidates to win the IOC's presidential election next week says meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump ...

Gao Zhidan, director of China's General Administration of Sport and president of the Chinese Olympic Committee (COC), has ...

The IOC said its deal with TCL was formalized at the Olympic venue in Beijing that was known as the Water Cube at the 2008 Summer Games and the Ice Cube at the 2022 Winter Games. TCL will support ...

The 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was revenge time for the normally dominant United States basketball team. This time the team was assembled with a plethora of stars with no compromises as the ...

Zimbabwean Olympic swimmer Kirsty Coventry has been elected to head the International Olympic Committee. The two-time gold ...

Coventry's admiration for China's contributions to the Olympic movement is evident as she highlights the remarkable growth in sports infrastructure that has shaped events from the Beijing Summer ...

Amber Glenn jumps like a pole-vaulter, collects lightsabers, is pansexual and, at 25, has blossomed at an age when many peers ...