Tests of security measures for the 2004 Games reveal deep deficiencies that have U.S. officials worried.
A Beijing television reporter died on Friday after fainting while filming the Olympic torch relay on Thursday evening.
Indian sportspersons will be seen in action in 14 disciplines at the August 13-29 Games.
India have sent an 84-strong contingent of para-athletes, the largest ever in the country's history -- a heady mix of youth and experience, for the Paralympic Games, starting in Paris on Wednesday.
Akhil Kumar and Vijender lost in the semi-finals at a pre-Olympic boxing tournament.
Zheng Qinwen became the first Chinese player to win an Olympic tennis singles gold medal when she held off Croatia's Donna Vekic for a 6-2, 6-3 win in a tense final on Saturday.
When Athens needed a logo for 2004 they surprised no-one by choosing an impressionistic sketch of that old classic, the olive wreath.
Belgium and Great Britain beat Malaysia and South Africa respectively to improve their chances of finishing among the top seven teams in the Olympic hockey qualifier.
Mukesh Khatri blames lack of exposure for his early exit from the multi-sport extravaganza.
India's flag-bearer for Paris Olympics, Achanta Sharath Kamal, on Wednesday recalled the most memorable moments from his five appearances at the Games so far.
The 24-year-old Eastern Railway employee won the 200m in the fourth National circuit athletic meet.
China announced a record 407-member team to compete in 26 disciplines at the Athens Olympics Games.
Trains, the metro system and lifts ground to a halt across the city but Olympic venues and hospitals faced no problems.
The 34-year-old says she expects to win India's first Olympic shooting medal at the coming Olympics.
The Indian pugilist was beaten by Japan's Toshiyuki Iqarashi in a first round bout in the Asian qualifying tournament.
The 26-year-old said she will be concentrating on her weak points in the three months training prior to the Athens Olympics in August.
The condoms will be available to over 17,000 athletes and officials at the pharmacy of the athletes' Olympic village.
The sport's top female athlete soared an impressive 7.11 metres, the second best leap in the world this year.
Denied accreditation, India's Korean archery coach says he won't continue after contract expiry
The Karnataka lass achieved the Olympic qualifying time while claiming the silver in the women's 50 metres freestyle at the Afro Asian games.
Work on widening the 42-kilometre road to make it fit for the marathon was delayed after one of the contractors ran into financial difficulties.
India's first and only tennis medal in the history of Olympic Games came way back in 1996, when Leander Paes claimed the singles bronze in Atlanta.
Coach Sunny Thomas says the shooters will train abroad to avoid media glare.
From bitter fights to dope shame, Indian Olympic team's tryst with controversies
Just days before the eight-year deadline expires, the IOC formally stripped American cyclist Tyler Hamilton of his 2004 gold for doping Friday and awarded the medal to a Russian rider who now becomes a three-time Olympic champion.
The IOC is set to formally strip American cyclist Tyler Hamilton of his gold from the 2004 Athens Games and reassign the medals after his admission of doping, according to an Olympic official familiar with the case.
Images from the Olympics swimming action at the La Defense Arena, Paris, on Thursday.
The battalion will carry out surveillance and detection to protect the August 13-29 Olympics and September 17-28 Paralympics.
The discus thrower made the grade after finishing third with a throw of 63.29 meters in an IAAF meeting, in Szombathely, Hungary, recently.
A legal row is threatening to disrupt a shoot-off between two Australians vying for a place at the Athens Olympics.
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