A teachers union says an e-mail from the Chicago school board appears to force principals to support the city’s bid to host the Summer Olympics in 2016.

The leaders of Chicago’s 2016 Olympic effort promised unprecedented political support for their bid, once again underlining the backing of President Barack...

Olympic cycling silver medalist Davide Rebellin has requested that his backup “B” sample be examined after testing positive for doping at the Beijing...

With a gold medalist in one its top events busted for doping at the Beijing Games, the troubled sport of track and field is once again at the center of an Olympic drug...

“Lying, cheating, hurting _ that’s all you seem to do.”

The International Olympic Committee is concerned that moves to restrict media coverage of sports will erode free speech, former IOC vice president Kevan Gosper told an...

The last of the six athletes caught in drug retests from the Beijing Games has now been identified _ it’s Dominican women’s weightlifter Yudelquis...

Bahrain’s first Olympic track and field gold medalist, an Italian cycling silver medalist and a prominent German cyclist are among the six athletes caught for...

A person with knowledge of the results says Greek race walker Athanasia Tsoumeleka and Croatian 800-meter runner Vanja Perisic are among the six Olympic athletes caught...

The German cycling federation says Stefan Schumacher is one of the six athletes who tested positive for CERA at the Beijing Olympics.

The Bahrain Olympic Committee says 1,500-meter gold medalist Rashid Ramzi has tested positive for doping at the Beijing Games.

The Italian Olympic Committee has confirmed that Olympic cycling silver medalist Davide Rebellin has tested positive for doping at the Beijing Games.

Olympic cycling silver medalist Davide Rebellin has rejected allegations that he tested positive for doping at the Beijing Olympics, saying the result was “a...

The International Table Tennis Federation wants to alter the schedule for the 2012 London Olympics so that singles matches are played ahead of the team events.

Add the Beijing Games to that growing list of Olympics where winners and losers are still being sorted out long after the torch goes dark.

The IOC’s pursuit of drug cheats from the Beijing Olympics paid off Tuesday with confirmation that six athletes _ including two medalists _ turned up positive for...

A person familiar with a new round of drug tests from the Beijing Olympics says two medalists were among six athletes who turned up positive when their blood samples...

The IOC says six Olympic athletes have turned up positive for doping in retests on samples from the Beijing Games.

The IOC says six Olympic athletes have been found positive for doping in retesting of Beijing samples.

Vancouver Olympic organizers argue that the decision to exclude women ski jumpers from competition next year is not theirs to reverse.