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Goodbye Beijing Olympics 2008: A Personal Reflection
INTRODUCTION At a time when Spain defeated Lithuania and the United States of America defeated Argentina in Olympic Basketball, the days are counting slowly towards the end of the Beijing Olympics of 2008. My... 850 views | 19 recommendations | 9 comments
CAS Rules in Favour of Abrahamian
According to an article on the USA Wrestling Webpage, the CAS [Court of Arbitration for Sport] ruled in favour of Abrahamian. The ruling was based on the following factors: 1. The coach was not allowed to have a video review. 2. FILA [International Federation of Associated... Beijing 2008: The Cornerstone of the Olympics for the 21st Century
The 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics have provided great competition as well as entertainment. The 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics are the Olympics that surpassed previous Olympics in the Twentieth Century and will be... 313 views | 29 recommendations | 8 comments
India@Beijing Olympics 2008: Vijender assures 1st Boxing medal
Boxer Vijender Singh ensured another medal for India at the Beijing Olympics when he beat Carlos Gongora of Ecuador in the quarterfinal of the 75kg category. With this victory, he is now assured of at least a bronze medal but could go on to challenge for a silver or even a... Delhi CM awards Sushil 50 lacs
Delhi chief minister Sheila Dixit gave a cash award of Rs.50 lakhs for Olympic bronze medal winning wrestler Sushil Kumar. Read full storyIndia@Beijing Olympics 2008: Table Tennis
Achanta Sharath Kamal beat Alfredo Carneros of Spain 4-2 to move into the second round of men’s singles table tennis event of the Beijing Olympics on Tuesday.Read full article Becky Hammon: All American Basketball Player
The BBC Programme “World Have Your Say” dedicated a segment to athletes who renounced their allegiance to their home countries in order to play their favourite sports in the Beijing Summer Olympics. One of the... 939 views | 0 recommendations | 2 comments
Goodison wins sailing gold
Britain’s Paul Goodison made up for his Athens heartbreak by claiming gold in sailing’s laser class on Tuesday.Read full articleIndia@Beijing Olympics 2008: Wrestling
Indian grappler Yogeshwar Dutt squandered the lead in the third and final round to lose the wrestling quarter-final tie of the 60kg free style category against Kenichi Yumoto of Japan on Tuesday.Read full article India@Beijing Olympics 2008: Long Jump
Anju Bobby George failed to qualify for the finals of women’s long jump event at the Beijing Olympics on Tuesday.Read full article India@Beijing Olympics 2008: Boxing
Moldovian Veaceslav Gojan convincingly defeated India’s Akhil Kumar 10-3 as India’s medal hopes in this category were dashed. A weak defense was the reason why the Indian boxer went down to his opponent whom he was facing for the first time in a competitive...Akhil Kumar knocked out in quarters of Beijing Olympics - Boxing
Akhil Kumar has been knocket out of the Beijing Olympics 54kg bantamweight boxing competition. He lost the match 10-3 to Gijan Veaceslav of Rep. of Moldova.Read moreIndia@Beijing Olympics 2008: Shooting
Gagan Narang and Sanjeev Rajput failing to qualify for the finals of men’s 50 meter rifle three position competition at the Beijing Olympics 2008.Read moreOlympic Athlete Yao Ming becomes UNEP's first Environmental Champion
With all eyes on China during the current Olympics, it appears many important issues are beginning to be addressed by leaders and national icons. Yao Ming is using his status as an international basketball...Sports and Drugs Do Not Mix [a Personal Reflection]
Matt Slater wrote "Olympic Ideals Survive Chambers Challenge" in the BBC Olympic Blog. The subject was the ruling of the British High Court in favour of the British Olympic Association and against Dwain Chambers....
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