GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. It's hard to believe it has been four years since the last Olympic Games. It seems like only yesterday we were plonked on the couch, feet up, and ...

One year from Wednesday, Aug. 8, the 2008 Olympic Games will begin in Beijing -- focusing the world's attention on China like never before. The Asian giant is already the subject of intense focus: A ...

Beijing 2008 also includes table tennis, judo, weightlifting, skeet shooting, and canoeing. Though the game deserves a medal for diversity, a lot of these contests are hobbled by confounding control ...

To this day, one of the most heartbreakingly poignant moments in the Olympics remains the story behind Matthias Steiner’s ...

Twenty-five years ago, Beijing won the right to host the Olympic Games. It marked the beginning of an extraordinary Olympic ...

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

A set of five doll mascots for the 2008 Olympic Games were unveiled in Beijing on November 11, exactly 1,000 days before the event's opening ceremony. The long-anticipated mascots, which embody the ...

BEIJING, China -- Tennis returned to prominence at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, which featured the most competitive field since it was reintroduced as an Olympic sport in 1988. Players often skipped the ...

There has been extensive debate about the impact of air pollution before Olympic games 2008 in Beijing and its influence on health and/or performance of athletes. BOCOG and Chinese authorities give ...

The Beijing Winter Olympics open in just under two months and are the target of a diplomatic boycott by the United States, with others likely to follow. So how did Beijing land the Winter Olympics, so ...

SEGA will be the publisher behind the official game of this year's Olympics, after they secured the official license from the International Olympic Committee. The online functionality of all of the ...