Olympic Summer Games News

A Quebec task force has been launched with the goal of drawing the 2022 or 2026 Winter Olympics to Quebec City.

Visa has taken its "Go World" Olympics campaign celebrating Olympic spirit global this week, with spots running in the U.S., Canada, China, Russia and Japan.

London Olympic organizers are working to reduce the travel time for athletes in the two sports whose venue for the 2012 Games is being changed to save money.

Wearing an old-style swimsuit, Michael Phelps missed out on two finals and barely qualified for a third Tuesday at a World Cup short-course meet.

Jim Boeheim stood at the center of the Carrier Dome court that bears his name, smiling broadly following his 800th victory.

Benfica star Angel Di Maria has cooled reports of an imminent move to the Premier League following reports linking him with both Manchester City and Chelsea.

Larry Probst needs to be the U.S. Olympic Committee chairman for at least eight years.

Olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson spent the day in Council Bluffs Sunday to speak at the Hy-Vee Whole Health Experience.

'Ambush marketers' fuel Olympic ad concerns Roots, not an official Olympic sponsor, insists its new clothing line has nothing to do with the Olympics, but the Winter Games was invoked as a reason to buy the Canada Collection.

This weekend is the last chance for whitewater slalom kayakers and canoers to qualify for the Olympic team trials, from April 2 to 4 in South Bend, Ind.

The bright lights and razzle-dazzle of Toronto's winning bid for the 2015 Pan Am Games hasn't fooled everyone.

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A1GP racer and ex-Williams F1 test driver, Dong Hebin, has been crowned the inaugural ROC China champion on Monday, after defeating crowd favorite Han Han in the National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest in Beijing.

Brent Hayden of Canada looks at the scoreboard after swimming in his men's 200 meters freestyle heat at the National Aquatics Center during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Aug.

International hockey star Alex Danson inspired some potential stars of the future on a visit to Bognor Regis Community College.

Jamaican Glen Mills has resigned as head coach of the national athletics team, local media reported on Friday.

China plans to hold a robot Olympics next June with events including combat, dancing and track and field, state-run media said late Wednesday.

When the Olympics hosted by Beijing ended, a collector snapped up the 5,000 condoms left over from the 100,000 distributed free to athletes.

This is an Aug. 15, 2008, file photo showing Taylor Phinney, of the United States, competing during a cycling men's individual pursuit qualifying event, at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

Toronto gets its Pan Am games face on Mayor and officials involved in Pan Am Games bid en route to Mexico, cautiously hopeful of success, but wary of long legacy of disappointment Jennifer Lewington Published on Thursday, Nov.