When Beijing was awarded the 2008 Olympic Games in July 2001, a seven-year journey began, culminating in the grand opening in ...

Looking back, the impetus that continues to modernize Beijing started 25 years ago, on July 13, 2001, the day Juan Antonio Samaranch, then president of the International Olympic Committee, uttered ...

In the mid-2000s, Team USA men's basketball was in poor shape. It had just won a mere bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and narrowly avoided a semifinal round loss in the 2000 Olympics, and ...

Every four years, countries all around the world gather their nation’s top athletes in each sport to compete at the Olympics The United States men’s basketball team has been the most successful team ...

Light Welterweight (139 lb/64 kg): Gennady Kovalev (Russia) UD-4 Maimaitituersun Qiong (China), 15-8 Richarno Colin (Mauritius) UD-4 Myke Carvalho (Brazil), 15-11 Driss Moussaid (Morocco) UD-4 Todd ...

New Pricing for Iconic Paintings of Michael Phelps from 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing! Capturing Greatness: Rowdy Gaines, three-time Olympic gold medalist and nine-time Olympic commentator, reflects ...