Beijing 2008 - Games of the XXIX Olympiad - August 8th to the 24th, 2008

WOULD BE NAMED TO THE OLYMPIC TEAM TODAY... THE ANNOUNCEMENT DELAYED TWO HOURS. BUT HE HAD ALREADY WAITED A LIFETIME FOR THE WORD THAT HE IS GOING TO BEIJING. AND HE MADE THERE ON GUTS. A SHOULDER INJURY EVEN HAD HIM QUESTIONING IF HE WOULD COMPETE IN THE LAST EVENT -- THE RINGS - YESTERDAY. BUT HE DID AND TODAY HE WAS NAMED A U-S OLYMPIAN... MUCH TO THE DELIGHT OF HAGERTY AND HIS LONGTIME COACH H...

Likely in an effort to calm tensions before the Olympic torch runs through Tibet’s capital city of Lhasa, the Chinese government released over 1,100 people alleged to be involved in March’s unrest that brought the world’s attention to the country and left several dozen people dead. The BBC: The official Xinhua news agency quoted a senior official saying those freed had bee...

Probably in an effort to calm tensions before the Olympic torch runs through Tibet’s capital city of Lhasa, the Chinese government released over 1,100 people alleged to have been involved in March’s unrest, which brought the world’s attention to the country and left several dozen people dead. The BBC: The official Xinhua news agency quoted a senior official saying those fr...

US Olympians heading for Beijing this summer get instruction in international protocol. 6/2008 Reuters

2008 Olympian brothers Markus and Steffen Deibler of Germany talk about training and their connection to technology leading into the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Learn more about the Deibler brothers and the Olympic Games at http://2008.lenovo.com.

2008 Olympian brothers Markus and Steffen Deibler of Germany talk about training and their connection to technology leading into the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Learn more about the Deibler brothers and the Olympic Games at http://2008.lenovo.com.

2008 Olympian brothers Markus and Steffen Deibler of Germany talk about training and their connection to technology leading into the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Learn more about the Deibler brothers and the Olympic Games at http://2008.lenovo.com.

June 19. - US Olympians heading for Beijing this summer get instruction in international protocol.

50 days out from the Beijing Olympics, Kevin Rudd has confirmed he will visit Beijing to cheer on our Olympians.

June 18: TODAY hosts talk to 12 athletes from the U.S. Army hoping to compete in the Beijing Olympic Games this August. (Today Show)

Athletes with the Army's World Class Athlete Program and the Army Marksmanship Unit undergo intense training for the upcoming Olympic Games in Beijing China.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has voted to kick swimmer Nick D'Arcy off the team for Beijing for his role in a nightclub brawl that left a former competitor with serious facial injuries. The AOC executive board on Wednesday unanimously backed the original decision of its president, John Coates, that D'Arcy had brought the sport into disrepute after he was charged over a...

John Amaechi is not your typical basketball star. The former center for Utah, Orlando and Cleveland is the first NBA alumnus to openly declare that he’s gay, and now he’s combining sports and cultural politics in another sense by serving as Amnesty International’s sports ambassador to this summer’s Beijing Olympics. In an interview published Saturday in the UK newspaper ...

Two-time Olympic Gold-Medal Winner Steven Lopez Discusses Cultural Sensitivity Training for US Olympians Heading to Beijing. Hilton Hotels Launch Hospitality Program Aimed at Preventing Cross-Cultural Gaffes during the 2008 Olympics in China.

Two-time Olympic Gold-Medal Winner Steven Lopez Discusses Cultural Sensitivity Training for US Olympians Heading to Beijing. Hilton Hotels Launch Hospitality Program Aimed at Preventing Cross-Cultural Gaffes during the 2008 Olympics in China.

Interviews with Deena, Magdalena and Blake, our three newest Olympians. Interviews with the winnersand scenes from a spectacular day.

Olympians Rhadi Ferguson and Taraje Williams-Murray tell of the struggles, the triumph, the pain, the losses, the wins, the good time and the not-so-good times to becoming and being an Olympian. They will let you know what really goes on inside of the mind of an Olympian, how relationships are put on hold, ruined, developed and their personal experiences concerning their growth through and beyond ...

The City of Fort Lauderdale and Dive Team hosted the AT&T USA Diving Grand Prix at the Aquatic Complex May 10-13, 2007. The event featured many of the world's best divers for four days of top level international competition. The AT&T USA Diving Grand Prix is the sole U.S. leg on the seven-country FINA (Federation Internationale de Natation) Grand Prix tour. See the 2007 AT&T USA Diving Grand Prix ...

Viewpoint: Few of them have taken a stand on China's human rights abuses. But athletics and politics should not remain separate

Alison won Archery Olympic Bronze in Athens 2004. She is one of Team GB's most experienced Olympians. Beijing 2008 will be her fifth games. She first achieved a place in Team GB aged just 14. Until recently Alison combined training with teaching but now trains full-time in a bid to win a second Olympic medal.

How many times have we seen it; an athlete offering a rueful shake of the head and shrug of the shoulders, and the only explanation for not winning: "It just wasn't my day." But would knowing if it was their day help?

Photo Illustration: Getty Images; Courtesy of Ralph Lauren After being outfitted by Roots Ltd. for the past three Olympic Games, about 1,500 American athletes will be dressed by Ralph Lauren Polo in Beijing this summer. Originally Roots was on track to outfit the team yet again this year, but the U.S. Olympic Committee then decided their designs were "too informal." (Because our athletes should t...

LONDON -- Police repeatedly scuffled with protesters as Olympians and dignitaries carried the Olympic torch during a chaotic relay through snowy London on Sunday.

French athletes want to wear badges in support of human rights at the 2008 Beijing Games.

The Beijing Olympics will be rife with protesters, but athletes may be reluctant to be among them, reports the New York Times. Olympic rules forbid protests or propaganda at Olympic sites, and sponsors are sure to frown on such activity. Even Team Darfur, a protest group with many Olympian members, understands. For many sports, “This is their one time every four years to make money,” s...

The Beijing Olympics will be rife with protesters, but athletes may be reluctant to be among them, reports the New York Times. Olympic rules forbid protests or propaganda at Olympic sites, and sponsors are sure to frown on such activity. Even Team Darfur, a protest group with many Olympian members, understands. For many sports, “This is their one time every four years to make money,” s...

The Beijing Olympics will be rife with protesters, but athletes may be reluctant to be among them, reports the New York Times. Olympic rules forbid protests or propaganda at Olympic sites, and sponsors are sure to frown on such activity. Even Team Darfur, a protest group with many Olympian members, understands. For many sports, “This is their one time every four years to make money,” s...

Nicole Bengiveno/The New York Times We already know that meat has a huge carbon footprint, but the United States Olympic Committee is making it worse by shipping 25,000 pounds of Tyson Foods meat to Beijing for the athletes to eat, suggesting that Chinese standards applied to meat are lower than in the USA. A caterer describes Chinese chicken: “We had it tested and it was so full of steroids that...

Air quality is a potential risk for endurance athletes who compete outside this summer at the Beijing Olympics, the top medical ...

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN -MARCH 12 : Afghan track star Massoud Azizi ,20, trains along a dirt track on a hill overlooking Kabul March 12, 2008 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Azizi is one of three Afghan atlhletes already confirmed to compe at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Massoud is the most celebrated runner in Afghanistan having already competed in the 2004 Athens Olympics and will compete in the 100m and 200m s...