Olympics

This is not the 1500 metres, or the 800 metres, or some qualifying heat: it’s the Olympic 200 metre final. It’s a sprint -- and...

Was debating this with a colleague the other day. We can all admit that there are plenty of useless sports: Anything...

B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell was quick out of the blocks in claiming a share of the Olympic glory in Canada’s belated start to the...

It’s not exactly a monsoon, but Canada’s medal "drought" is over. In the course of an hour this afternoon, After what has been a...

Must-reads: Rosie DiManno and Colby Cosh on Olympic politics; Janet Bagnall on PromArt; Marcus Gee on Georgia; Don Martin on that...

My digital tape recorder was made in China. Apparently it came home to Beijing to die. This was most inconvenient, for there is...

Must-reads: Daphne Bramham on Hong Kong’s future; Henry Aubin and Gary Mason on police oversight, or lack thereof; Margaret Wente...

Must-reads: Marcus Gee and George Jonas on the Georgia situation. Russia awakes We should have seen it coming, and it’s unlikely...

Women’s soccer, or football as it’s called in the Olympics, is providing some of the best team excitement at these Games. The...

The Toronto Star ’s sports media critic Chris Zelkovich on how hard it is to watch badminton on television: "Trying to find the...