Targeting the Olympic 'Sweatshops'
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Activists are using the coming games as leverage to prod Beijing on issues like factory working conditions. Will it pay off?
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The International Olympic Committee wants the organisers of the 2012 Games in London to press on with their preparations.
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When I compare the current attack of the Olympics with the original Games in ancient Greece, a theme emerges. Back then, athletes were occasionally disemboweled and those who stepped over the line were flogged.
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British athletes competing at this year's Olympic Games in China will be forced to sign a contract promising not to speak out on political issues, the Mail on Sunday has reported.
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ATHENS, Greece  -- Olympic organizers announced that more than half of available tickets (3.1 million) to the Games have been sold, almost reaching the budget for purchases.
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The U.S. Olympic Committee has tried to figure out how to avoid the danger of tainted food at the Summer Games.
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The success of this year's Olympic games in Athens rides on the fruits of high-tech labor, no matter whether it's the security system, events results or studying sharkskin to build a better swimsuit. -washingtonpost.com
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By CAMILLE BAINS  VANCOUVER (CP) - The organizers of the 2010 Winter Olympics say they've gone so far as moving ski runs to save frogs as part of their quest to ensure the Games are sustainable.
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Line up for the sub-contracts race The organisers of London's Olympic Games have launched an online "business dating agency" to attract bids for sub-contracts.â¦
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London and four other cities vying to stage the 2012 Summer Games reveal their hands this week as Olympic chiefs scrutinise their plans for holding the world&#39;s greatest sporting extravaganza.
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The Paris 2012 Olympic team is accused of breaking bid rules by using embassies to launch thier bid.
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ATHENS -- They are the most important 10 seconds, or thereabouts, the Olympic Games have to offer.
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Organisers of London&#39;s 2012 Olympic bid were yesterday swift to condemn the racist chanting in the BernabÃ©u Stadium, where an advert promoting Madrid&#39;s bid appeared regularly during England&#39;s friendly against Spain.
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Five cities vying to stage the 2012  Summer Games reveal their hands this week as Olympic chiefs  scrutinize their plans for holding the world's greatest  sporting extravaganza.
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The move is likely to inflame Chinaâs critics, who have called for a boycott of the 2008 games to protest human rights abuses.
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If you picture an Olympic team as athletes in tracksuits with a few blazer-clad types in the background to look after them, it is time for a radical rethink.
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If you picture an Olympic team as athletes in track suits with a few blazer-clad types in the background to look after them, it is time for a radical rethink.