African athletes are accustomed to Beijing’s steamy temperatures and count themselves among the few who are unconcerned about the weather.
While many Olympians meditate or listen to music to calm their nerves, several weightlifters in Beijing on Tuesday tried to lighten up by lighting up.
Like countless other Beijing sex workers, ”Kelly” had viewed the Olympic rings as akin to dollar signs, expecting a big pay-day.
Haze settled over Beijing on Wednesday, two days before the start of the Olympic Games that have been beset by worries over pollution
Sun Dingguo rewarded himself with his 36th Olympic-themed tattoo after completing a nearly year-long journey across China.
Attackers killed 16 police in a restive western region of China on Monday, in just the sort of violence Beijing had hoped to avoid.
Sports fans around the world have been swindled by an international internet scam which offered thousands of bogus tickets for the Beijing Games.
As thousands of visitors begin to arrive in China’s capital, large numbers of Beijing’s residents are disappearing from view.
Karien Jonckheere looks at South African swimmers at the Olympics and their medal hopes.
Czech ex-president Vaclav Havel and Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu called on Olympic athletes on Thursday to speak up on human rights in China.
The Beijing Olympics will see the biggest anti-doping effort in history, but the omens for a drug-free Games are not good.
China lashed out on Thursday at the US for interfering in its affairs and insisted it would maintain restrictions on internet use during the Games.
From spitting and booing to full-scale riots, Chinese fans loom as a potential public relations disaster for the Beijing Olympics.
Foreign reporters will not have complete access to the internet during the Beijing Olympics, Games organisers said on Wednesday.
Tickets for the Beijing Games have officially sold out, setting off China’s own running of the bulls — ”yellow bull” scalpers who want big profits.
The International Olympic Committee will investigate apparent censorship of the internet service provided for media covering the Beijing Olympics.
Olympic host city Beijing was shrouded in haze on Monday 11 days before the Games begin, raising anxieties about whether it can deliver clean skies.
Beijing is considering banning 90% of private cars from its roads and closing more factories in a last-ditch bid to clear smoggy skies.
Beijing was blanketed in smog on Sunday, as a senior Chinese environmental official warned more measures might be needed to clear the capital’s air.
In the final days of training with her US Olympic teammates, Jessica Hardy was trying to nap when she got the most dreaded of phone calls.
With injuries behind him, Mbulaeni Mulaudzi is confident of making an impact at the London Grand Prix at the Crystal Palace Stadium on Saturday.
For struggling federations of non-Olympic fringe sports, the competition starts much earlier than August, as they compete for inclusion.
The International Olympic Committee has confirmed a ban on Iraq from competing in the Beijing Games in a major blow to seven Iraqi athletes.
Beijing Games organisers will be hoping that competitors in the blue-riband event of athletics can dispel the sordid spectre of doping.
Retired swimming great Ian Thorpe has dismissed American Michael Phelps’s bid to best Mark Spitz’s record haul of seven golds at an Olympic Games.
Traffic in China’s capital was lighter on Monday but hazy skies still hovered over the Olympic host city 18 days before the Beijing Games.
Traffic restrictions came into force in Beijing on Sunday in a last-ditch attempt to turn the smoggy city into a pollution-free venue for the Games.
Beijing’s biggest single source of pollution has been sacrificed to the Olympics and, this week, media were invited to a triumphant autopsy.
From sweatbands to secret hand signals and even peeling oranges — human rights activists are seeking novel ways to circumvent tight security.
Oscar Pistorius, South Africa’s double amputee track sensation, is pinning his final hopes of a ticket to the Olympics on the 400m relay.
Swimmer Natalie du Toit will compete in the Olympics and the Paralympics at the Beijing Games after she was named in South Africa’s team on Thursday.