IOC to retest doping samples from Beijing

Oct. 8, 2008

LONDON (AP) -- The International Olympic Committee will retest doping samples from the Beijing Games to check for traces of a new blood-boosting drug....

Group: Australians drugged at Olympics

SYDNEY, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- The Australian Olympic Committee says that several members of the Australian Olympic team were drugged while in Beijing.

IOC head Rogge praises Beijing Games

BEIJING, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge praised the Beijing Olympic Games Sunday as a positive for the Olympic Movement.

Olympic Medal: W Swim 200 Back

BEIJING, Aug. 15 (UPI) -- Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe won the Olympic gold medal Saturday in the women's 200-meter backstroke in Beijing.

Beijing a challenge for asthmatics

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- Canadian researchers call Beijing's heat, humidity and poor air quality a formidable challenge for asthmatics.

2012 Olympic torch to stay in Britain

LONDON, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Olympic officials say in light of the controversy surrounding the world tour of the Beijing Games' torch, the 2012 Olympic torch will remain in Great Britain.

GE to help supply Beijing games with power

BEIJING, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- GE Energy will operate a power plant to supply electricity to the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

IOC to allow Iraq to compete in Beijing

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, July 29 (UPI) -- The International Olympic Committee reached agreement with Iraq, opening the way for Iraqi athletes to participate in the Beijing Summer Olympics.

IOC to keep doping samples eight years

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, July 29 (UPI) -- The International Olympic Committee says it will keep drug-test samples from athletes in its files for eight years, starting with the Beijing Games.

First Olympic athletes arrive in Beijing

BEIJING, July 27 (UPI) -- Athletes from Poland were the first to arrive in Beijing Sunday for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, officials said.

1968 Olympic heroes oppose Beijing games

BEIJING, April 12 (UPI) -- Tommie Smith and John Carlos, who earned notoriety for their black power salute at the 1968 Olympic Games, are opposing the upcoming Beijing games.

Olympic committee may cancel torch relay

BEIJING, April 8 (UPI) -- The International Olympic Committee said it may end the international leg of the Beijing Olympic torch run due to protests against China's crackdown in Tibet.

IOC chief calls for Tibetan resolution

PARIS, April 7 (UPI) -- The head of the Olympic organizing committee said Monday he was concerned the protests against the Beijing Games went against the spirit of the games.

IOC 'confident' in China's Olympic efforts

BEIJING, April 3 (UPI) -- An International Olympic Committee group reported it is "confident" that Chinese officials are on the right track in preparations for the 2008 Games in Beijing.

Olympic torch arrives in Istanbul

ISTANBUL, Turkey, April 3 (UPI) -- The Olympic torch arrived Thursday in Istanbul from Kazakhstan on its global journey toward Beijing for the August Games.

Olympic Torch starts off on Beijing relay

ATHENS, Greece, March 24 (UPI) -- The Olympic flame was lit in Greece Monday and carried off on an 85,000-mile journey that will end in Beijing for the start of the 2008 Summer Games.