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Cyclist Davide Rebellin of Italy will be stripped of the silver medal in the road race from the 2008 Beijing Olympics because of doping.
Russia's Inga Abitova has won the inaugural Yokohama Women's Marathon, a race that featured the top two finishers from the Beijing Olympics.
Chinese officials continue to struggle to find uses for the Bird's Nest Stadium, the iconic centerpiece of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Double Olympic breaststroke champion Kosuke Kitajima will return to competitive swimming next month for the first time since the Beijing Olympics.
Boxing promoter Dino Duva sat inside Workers Indoor Arena during last summer's Beijing Olympics and watched the Chinese team win two gold medals, a silver and a bronze in a surprising show of strength.
The IOC says equestrian medals from the Beijing Olympics will not be affected by an investigation into alleged doping violations by Germany's team.
Jeremy Wariner of the U.S. said he is ready to improve on his silver medal performance at the Beijing Olympics and again defend his 400-meter title at the world championships.
The company that built the "Water Cube" swimming center for the Beijing Olympics said Friday it raised $7.3 billion in the world's biggest initial public offering this year, highlighting a revival in China's financial markets.
The retirement of seven gold-medal winning Olympic veterans hasn't slowed the U.S. softball team one bit.
China on Tuesday defended its policies on ethnic minorities saying violence in Xinjiang that killed nearly 200 people this month was triggered by separatists and not its treatment of Uighurs.
Backup "B" sample tests came back positive for 1,500-meter gold medalist Rashid Ramzi and four other athletes accused of blood doping at the Beijing Games, an Olympic official with knowledge of the results told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt won the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year award on Wednesday for his record-breaking performance in the Beijing Olympics.
Polish canoeist Adam Seroczynski went to sport's highest court Tuesday trying to overturn his disqualification from the Beijing Olympics for doping.
The German cycling federation said Wednesday that Stefan Schumacher is one of the six athletes who tested positive for CERA at the Beijing Olympics.
With a gold medalist in one of 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 scandal.
Michael Phelps is following up his record performance at the Beijing Olympics by changing some of the swimming technique that carried him to eight gold medals.
Organizers are confident the global recession won't prevent next year's Asian Games in the Chinese city of Guangzhou from replicating the success of the Beijing Olympics.
China executed two members of a Muslim minority on Thursday after finding the men guilty of killing 17 police in an attack last year in the country's far west that Beijing said was an attempt to sabotage the Beijing Olympics.
Last summer, Xu Demin struggled to cut emissions from his coal-fired factories as part of China's all-out effort to clean the air for the Beijing Olympics.
Netherlands Antilles sprinter Churandy Martina lost his appeal Friday to be reinstated as silver medalist in the 200 meters at the Beijing Olympics.
The grand dame of American swimming returned to the pool with a splash, a win and a smile.
Sport's highest tribunal has dismissed an attempt by Swedish wrestler Ara Abrahamian to get back the bronze medal he was stripped of after the Beijing Olympics.
They asked for a candid review of their problems and they got it — 69 pages of unflattering details, uncomfortable advice and a laundry list of possible solutions for the U.S. track team.
China's gold medalists to receive $51,000 eachChina's gold medal winners at the Beijing Olympics will be taking home cash along with their medals, state media reported Tuesday.
Oprah may be going for the gold ... medalistsThe Queen of Talk Shows is reportedly trying to round up all the American gold medalists for a special edition of the "Oprah Winfrey Show," the New York Post reports.
China executes 2 jihadis for deadly pre-Olympic attack on police"China executed two people Thursday for what a court described as an attempt to sabotage the Beijing Olympics with an attack in the far-west region of Xinjiang that killed 17 police, state media reported.
Milli Vanilli did it and got caught, Britney does it badly, Madonna denies doing it ... so how do you mime your way to pop superstardom?As demonstrated by the reaction to Britney Spears's robotic, lip-synched run-through of her hit Womanizer on The X Factor, miming in pop is as controversial now as it was in the 1970s heyday of Top of the Pops.
U.S. Athlete Makes U.S. Look Good. By Failing. No, Seriously.Honestly, this is what I think the Olympics should be about. I know it's kinda cheesy, but giving up a gold medal because you recognize that you only won yours on a technicality? Kudos. KUDOS.
IOC Strips Belarusian Hammer Throwers Of Medals The International Olympic Committee on Thursday stripped the Beijing medals from two Belarus hammer throwers after they tested positive for testosterone during the Games in August.
Isinbayeva: 'If We Are Ugly Nobody Will Be Interested'"Every girl on the track has a duty to be nice-looking and womanly," said Yelena Isinbayeva, the current world record holder in the pole vault and recently named World Athlete of the Year.. "I remember a very famous athlete said that we had to be athletes or women. I don't agree.
Hurdler Danvers - Author, Artist, AthleteBriton Tasha Danvers has juggled the roles of a mother, abstract artist, song writer, motivational speaker, fitness model and video blogger. Danvers can now add the title of Olympic 400m hurdle bronze medallist.
Officials say '08 Chinese gymnasts were of ageChina's gold medal gymnasts were old enough to compete in the Beijing Olympics, the sport's governing body said Wednesday, though it still had questions about the team that competed at the 2000 Sydney Games.
During the Olympics, Taiwanese politicians were frustrated that China's state media continued to use the term "Taipei, China" when referring to Taiwan's Olympic team.
Beijing prepares for Olympic venues' futureWhere Olympians ran, swam and slept, Chinese organizers see pop concerts, a public pool, soccer and luxury apartments.
Aussie Swimmer Says Rivals' Mistakes Helped PhelpsThe first paragraph is a little bulky - I found myself skimming. Then the quotes from Sullivan about Phelp's races being luck... I got a little mad, admittedly.
Jamaica (2.222) was #1for "Gold Medals won per million of 2005 population" followed by Bahrain (#2, 1.326), Estonia (#3, 0.775), New Zealand (#4, 0.763), Mongolia (#5, 0.749), Australia (#7, 0.697); India (0.00091) came last.
China demands athletes win more medalsNot content with topping the Olympic gold medal count on home turf, China has demanded its athletes take medals from the United States and other powers in at future Games.
China lights Paralympics torchFour days after closing the 2008 Beijing Games in triumph, China lit the 2008 Paralympics torch amid pomp and ceremony at Beijing's ancient Temple of Heaven, marking the start of a domestic relay for the September 6 Games.
Jamaica wins the 2008 Beijing Olympic medal tally on a per population basis In "gold medal tally by per million population", Jamaica was winning with 2.1582 as of Saturday afternoon. The runner-up was Bahrain and Estonia the third. China was 45th, the US 31st , Russia 26th, India last.
Wade comes back to Miami with gold in towDwyane Wade took two steps off the airplane Monday afternoon, Olympic gold medal swaying from his neck, before stopping and extending his arms wide.
Report: Coach K unlikely to return to U.S. TeamWhen Team USA takes on its gold medal defense in London in 2012, don't expect Mike Krzyzewski to be prowling the sideline.
Castro: Corrupt judges hurt Cuban OlympiansFidel Castro says corrupt judges are to blame for Cuba's sub-par showing at the Beijing Olympics.
Olympics end with massive TV viewershipNBC Universal smashed yet another historic ratings benchmark: The Beijing Olympics is the most-watched U.S. television event of all time.
Phelps, Bolt will go down as Beijing's main menCelizic: Want to win a bar bet tonight? Try this sports trivia question: Who were the three swimmers who saved Michael Phelps' historic Olympics in the men's 4x100-meter relay?
China deports 10 activists after ceremonyChina on Monday deported a British woman and a German man who took part in a protest during the Olympic Games, officials said, hours after eight American activists were sent home during the closing ceremony.
Vote: Who was the best athlete of the Games?Live vote: Who was the best athlete of the Games?
Gold Medals Can't Prevent the Destruction of Communist RegimesIn history, when communist or totalitarian regimes have hosted the Olympic Games, the hosting country has won the most gold medals and other medals. During the 1936 Berlin Games, Nazi Germany also won more gold medals than the United States.
U.S. seeks quick release of Olympic protestersWashington's top diplomat in China pressed the government to immediately free foreign activists jailed for protesting during the Olympics, and criticized Beijing on Sunday for failing to use the games to show "greater tolerance and openness."
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