Beijing 2008 news

Ireland's top attraction, the Guinness Storehouse, is to come under new leadership from April, with Catherine Toolan replacing Paul Carty as managing director. Carty is ... More

Technogym has secured a deal to equip 30 Olympic training centres in Tokyo this year, after being named the official supplier to the 2020 Olympic ... More

maison h have unveiled designs for a Winter Olympics Museum to be built in the mountains north of Beijing in Chongli, China, that is aimed ... More

There has been a 'massive increase' in sports participation among the Chinese population following the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Revealing details of legacy programmes to ... More

The price of hosting the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics has been revised to US6.88bn – a US$1.36bn increase from the initial cost estimates. According to ... More

Plans have been revealed to build a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) center for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. As well as providing TCM treatments and ... More

The Chinese ambassador to the UK has called on the British sport sector to help the nation realise its ambitions of creating its own sports ... More

Double Olympic swimmer Kate Haywood has swapped the famous rings for REPs by embarking on a new career as a fitness instructor. Former BBC Young ... More

This year’s Winter Olympics in Sochi is likely to be the most expensive Olympic Games to date, with its Russian organisers thought to have spent ... More

The UK government needs to provide clear, strong leadership and appoint a minister with responsibility for producing legacy benefits - or the positive effects of ... More

More than £400,000 has been awarded to 10 cultural schemes by Arts Council England (ACE) and London 2012 through the first round of the Unlimited ... More

Beijing 2008 boxing gold medal winner James DeGale has become the latest fighter to sign with the Lonsdale brand. DeGale will box in Lonsdale gloves ... More

Dervis Konuralp, a Paralympic swimming athlete, has been formally selected to join the Paralympic Swimming Squad for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games – the only ... More

GB Athlete of the Year, Christine Ohuruogu, has had a lifetime ban from the Olympic Games overturned on appeal, reports the BBC. The current 400m ... More

The organising committee of the 2004 Athens Olympics is to send a 25-strong delegation to Beijing this month, in order to meet the contractual obligation ... More