Thousands of angry Tibetans staged anti-China protests in the capitals of India and Nepal on Thursday, with hundreds detained by police in Kathmandu.
Football is in danger of losing its prominent position at the Olympics after a ruling allowing clubs to deny them a place at the Games.
African athletes are accustomed to Beijing’s steamy temperatures and count themselves among the few who are unconcerned about the weather.
Most people in Given Maduma’s community didn’t know what fencing was when news spread that the young South African had qualified for the Olympics.
Doves flew and confetti rained down as the Olympic torch was carried along the ancient Great Wall on a misty Thursday morning.
Flag-waving crowds cheered the torch relay through Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on Wednesday as Olympic fever mounted.
Norway produced an opening 2-0 upset win over defending champions the United States as women’s football launched the Beijing Olympics on Wednesday.
”It’s the easiest arrival into China ever.” That was the comment of Team South Africa’s chef de mission, Hajeera Kajee, on Wednesday in Beijing.
South African doubles medal hope Wesley Moodie has been forced out of the Olympic tennis tournament with a serious knee injury, reports said.
Reigning Masters champion Trevor Immelman insists that there is no place for golf, basketball and tennis at the Olympic Games.
Robert Mugabe won’t attend the Olympic opening ceremony after being told China’s Communist Party to stay away, an Australian newspaper reports.
Olympic organisers move to reassure the public and athletes after China’s deadliest suspected terrorist attack in more than a decade.
There is new freedom on the internet as Olympic athletes can talk about the restrictions and other issues on their own blog.
Michael Phelps’s quest for gold and glory is just one bid for Olympic history that will unfold in Beijing’s futuristic Olympic aquatic centre.
Rafael Nadal is aiming to add Olympic glitter to his trophy room, which already brims with the laurels of 30 titles.
Forecasters predict thunder and rain for the Olympic opening ceremony and warn that typhoons could disrupt events in other host cities.
Websites on sensitive subjects are accessible in the Chinese capital as the authorities lifted more internet restrictions ahead of the Olympic Games.
China’s Olympic security operation makes the country look like a police state, according to the artist behind Beijing’s spectacular new stadium.
The largest contingent of South African canoeists yet to take part in the Olympic Games will begin the campaign in the slalom and sprint events.
Karien Jonckheere looks at South African swimmers at the Olympics and their medal hopes.
For the Games, the digital revolution is armed with a double-edged sword — it has lured the younger generation away, but brings new opportunities.
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.
Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, South Africa’s 800m star and Olympic silver medal winner in 2004, is still on track for a medal in Beijing.
World soccer’s governing body Fifa has told clubs they must release any players aged under 23 selected for next month’s Beijing Olympics.
The International Olympic Committee will investigate apparent censorship of the internet service provided for media covering the Beijing Olympics.
During the Olympic Games Gao Benxu hopes to brush up his English by opening up his apartment to a family visiting from abroad.
Haze that has covered Beijing for the last few days cleared on Tuesday as rain fell 10 days before the Olympics begin.
The UN General Assembly and UN chief Ban Ki-Moon have called for a truce in hostilities around the world during the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
Beijing’s Olympic organisers are planning new emergency measures to reduce pollution after steps introduced a week ago failed to stop a grimy haze.
Avoid questions about income. Steer clear of religion and politics. And please, don’t ask foreigners visiting for the Olympics about their sex life.
Two female Chinese gymnasts, including a gold-medal favourite, might be too young to participate in the upcoming Beijing Olympics.