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- Canada's tornado sailors narrowly miss bronze medal
- Canadian sailors Oskar Johansson and Kevin Stittle narrowly missed out on a bronze medal in the tornado class on Day 13 of the Olympic Games, finishing fourth overall. It's the best finish by a Canadian crew in the tornado class in Olympic history. more »
- China wins first Olympic sailing gold
- Yin Jian won China's first Olympic sailing gold on Day 12 of the Beijing Games, while Canadian Nikola Girke finished 17th overall in women's windsurfing. World champion Tom Ashley won the men's, and Canada's Zac Plavsic finished 23rd. more »
- Great Britain, U.S. sail to laser gold
- Great Britain's Paul Goodison and American Anna Tunnicliffe won laser gold on Day 11 of the Beijing Olympic Games, while Canadians Mike Leigh and Lisa Ross finished 9th and 17th respectively. more »
- Aussies sail to gold in men's, women's 470
- Crews from Australia dominated the 470 boat class and swept gold medals on Monday after the final races at the sailing venue at Qingdao in China. more »
- Britain wins, Canada's Cook 5th in Finn sailing
- Great Britain's Ben Ainslie won a third consecutive Olympic sailing gold Sunday in the final of the Finn boat class. more »
- Danes face protests over 49er class sailing gold
- The Danish team of Jason Warrer and Martin Kirketerp Ibsen is being listed as the winner of the 49er skiff Olympic sailing class competition, but race officials say they cannot confirm the medal because they are handling three protests against the result. more »
- British team takes Yngling gold
- Great Britain's Sarah Ayton, Pippa Wilson and Sarah Webb won the first sailing gold of the 2008 Olympics on Saturday, the second straight Olympic title for Britain in the women's Yngling class. more »
- Ainslie extends Finn sailing lead; Canada's Cook 5th
- British sailing star Ben Ainslie on Friday was assured his fourth Olympic medal when he stretched his overall Finn class lead over American Zach Railey going into Saturday's medal race. more »
- Oil slick reported off sailing venue
- Organizers at the Olympic sailing venue of Qingdao Wednesday said they were monitoring an oil slick spotted off the coast, but that it did not threaten the race course. more »