The orgy that is mainstream Olympic Games coverage (and the subsequent applauding over Beijing’s city-wide “blue-day” environmental initiatives) is shattering just as many records as that Phelps guy.

The circus is in town in Panama City, but while children and their parents under the big top of the so-called Circo Chino de Beijing (Beijing Chinese Circus) sit delighted by acrobats and wowed by ...

China may well be the only country with a government that fears Bjork. Three weeks after film maker Steven Spielberg in February cut ties with the Beijing Olympics, the big-voiced Icelandic pixie ...

RAISE THE red lantern! At 8pm last night, the stirring beats of 2,008 fou drummers launched a breathtaking show of fireworks over the Bird's Nest and, just like that, one of the most contentious ...

Congrats to the BBC's 437 staff for their inescapable coverage of the Beijing circus. And to Team GB's Olympic heroes. Now let's get back to what we're really good at - being bad at football.