ROME, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Cyclist Riccardo Ricco has been suspended by the Italian National Olympic Committee for two years for using the drug CERA.
SYDNEY, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- The Australian Olympic Committee says that several members of the Australian Olympic team were drugged while in Beijing.
BEIJING, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Olympic officials staged a lavish opening ceremony Saturday to announce the Beijing Paralympic Games have officially begun.
BEIJING, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge praised the Beijing Olympic Games Sunday as a positive for the Olympic Movement.
LONDON, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Fans should not attempt to greet British athletes returning from the Beijing Olympic Games when they arrive in London this week, officials say.
BEIJING, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Samuel Wansiru of Kenya won the Olympic gold medal Sunday in the men's marathon, kicking off the final day of competition at the Beijing Games.
BEIJING, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- The International Olympic Committee announced Saturday that a Ukrainian weightlifter had tested positive for a banned substance.
NEW YORK, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Rights activists Tuesday blasted the corporate sponsors of the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, alleging they have ignored China's human rights record.
BEIJING, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Record-setting Greek hurdler Fani Halkia tested positive for methyltrienolone, the International Olympic Committee confirmed Monday.
BEIJING, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Oussama Mellouli of Tunisia won the Olympic gold medal Sunday in the men's 1,500-meter freestyle in Beijing.
BEIJING, Aug. 15 (UPI) -- Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe won the Olympic gold medal Saturday in the women's 200-meter backstroke in Beijing.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Anti-doping efforts at the Beijing Summer Olympics represent a great leap forward in the craft, but it's still a challenge to keep up, U.S. analysts say.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- Canadian researchers call Beijing's heat, humidity and poor air quality a formidable challenge for asthmatics.
BEIJING, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. will not be able to provide cable broadcasts to Canadian Olympic venues in Beijing, CBC officials said.
BEIJING, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Four U.S. Olympic cyclists who arrived in Beijing wearing smog masks say they're sorry for their actions.
