China detain 35 Pak nationals for planning attack on Games

Pakistan best ally China has arrested more than three dozen Pakistani citizens for plotting an attack during the Olympics games. These visiting Pakistani were travelling to China as Olympic spectators. The Chinese government has asked the Pakistani government for...

India@Beijing Olympics 2008: Table Tennis - Achanta out

Achanta Sharath Kamal bowed out in the second round of the men’s table tennis event at the Beijing Olympic Games here on Wednesday.Read full story

Russia's Dimitry Dives Out

  Dmitri Sautin - the old man of the diving board, came to Beijing to try to win just one more medal before retiring.  Sadly he only achieved fourth place, behind the unstoppable up and coming young...

USA Medal Tally Greater than China's 79-76, but China Tops the Table in Gold

1 CHN 43 14 19 76 2 USA 26 26 27 79 3 GBR 16 9 8 33 4 AUS 11 12 12 35 5 GER 11 8 9 28 6 RUS 10 14 18 42 7 KOR 8 10 6 24 8 JPN 8 6 8 22 9 ITA 6 6 7 19 10 UKR 5 4 8 17 11 FRA 4 11 14 29 12 NED 4 5 4...

GB Christine Ohuruogu Bags Fantastic Gold Medal in 400m

Great Britain's Christine Ohuruogu ran a stunning 400metres to catch up the the front runners from a slow start to a tremendous powerhouse finish, as she pounded around the last turn to breast ahead...

Missing: Canada's only Olympic oak

Has anybody seen a German oak (querqus peduculata), about 70 years old, somewhere in Canada?  Presented to gold medallist paddler Frank Amyot in 1936 and last seen at a ceremony in Ottawa."Where is Canada's...

Kenya's Pamela Jelimo One of the Most Sensational Runners of the Beijing Olym...

Pamela Jelimo has set the Olympic World alight with her sensational running.  A runner's runner: she is the name on every ecstatic commentators' lips.  She is a vetaran of the 200 metres and only took...

Abrahamian Disqualified from Olympics over Medal Protest

Ara Abrahamian, the Swedish wrestler who threw away his bronze medal in protest over a judging decision, was formally disqualified by the IOC."The International Olympic Committee said it was also officially...

It's 8: Phelps passes Spitz with another gold

Michael Phelps has made history. He won his record eighth gold medal of the Beijing Olympic games tonight with the men's relay."Jason Lezak held on to the lead Phelps gave him, anchoring the United States to a...

Citizen Journalist Tweets About His Own Detention

UPDATE:I spoke with Zhou via gtalk, and he has agreed to post a personal account on NowPublic in Chinese (which will be translated). This is his member page: http://members.nowpublic.com/zolaHis other page is:...

N Korean shooter stripped of medals

By Joe Havely in Beijing "I feel the figures are rather encouraging" --Proffessor Arne Ljungqvist, head of IOC medical commission.  " Two-time North Korean shooting medalist Kim Jong Su has been...

FIFA 09 Soundtrack Announced by EA

Electronic Arts today unveiled the complete music track listing for EA SPORTS™ FIFA 09, in stores from October 2nd. In a game already being heralded for its revolutionary gameplay enhancements, the new FIFA 09...

Jamaica worried about many drugs tests

."By Karolos Grohmann BEIJING (Reuters) - Jamaican athletes have undergone an "extremely unusual" number of doping tests since arriving in Beijing for the Olympic Games, potentially harming their performance, the team's chef de mission said on Wednesday. More than 32 blood...

Olympics Proliferate on P2P Networks

Even though you can get it on TV, viewers are getting the Olympics via alternative networks."Millions have turned to peer-to-peer (P2P) networks for high-definition (HD) video from the Beijing Olympic games, despite the fact that much of the content is widely available for...

Olympic jokes circulating in Beijing

Two Olympics jokes are apparently circulating in Beijing. The first one is lame, like something your dentist might tell you."Here’s the first joke: “At the closing ceremonies, International Olympic...

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