The final medals tally at the last Olympic Games in Beijing does seem to offer not just a mild symbolism as arrow to more contemporary realities. Doesn’t it? After...

The next day after Abhinav Bindra fetched India’s first ever individual Olympic gold medal after 108 years by winning the yellow metal in men’s 10m air...

What a difference the Olympics makes, especially when it’s over.

In the just-completed summer Olympics, America’s status as the globe’s athletic hegemon was clearly under attack. The United States won the overall medal...

Usain Bolt clocked 19.63 seconds after easing up before the finish in his first 200-meter race since the Olympics at the Athletissima Grand Prix on Tuesday.

Although “Participating matters more than winning the Olympics” had been around since the time ancient, I share more pragmatic modern notion that “Victory...

Asafa Powell rebounded from another disappointing Olympics by winning the 100 meters in 9.87 seconds at the British Grand Prix on Sunday.

The president accused of impoverishing Zimbabwe has handed out $148,000 to the nation’s Olympians, most of it to a top-performing swimmer.

BCCI plans to upgrade its working system by proposing a new set of selection rules and also by bringing changes in the salary system of the National selection...

Chinese authorities have reversed their decision and will not send two elderly women to a labor camp after they applied to protest during the Olympics, a human rights...

The Nigerian contingents in the male football category of the just concluded Beijing Olympics have finished second, behind 2004 champions Argentina. Dream Team IV as...

After watching the spectacular show of closing ceremony of Olympics 2008 I was made to realise few things. The beautiful, tall Chinese participants shattered the...

China isn’t the only country to fake a musical performance during an Olympic opening ceremony. Turns out Australia knows a thing about miming music, too.

Chinese police clashed with members of the Muslim Uighur ethnic minority in the far western region of Xinjiang, authorities and an activist said Thursday, the first...

The first outbreak of violence in China’s western region of Xinjiang since a pair of high-profile attacks during the Olympics has left two Chinese policemen dead...

Eric Shanteau had surgery Wednesday to remove a cancerous testicle after fulfilling his goal of swimming in the Olympics.

It was seven more golden days for NBC last week, radiant with Olympics coverage that brought the sort of ratings victory a network dreams of.

Following is a selection of the top 10 moments from the Beijing Olympics:

Eight Americans jailed by the Chinese for protesting during the Olympics say they were interrogated for hours, deprived of sleep and accused of having ties to the U.S....

NBC says the Beijing Olympics proved so captivating that millions of Americans now need to catch up on some sleep.