It was declared by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Tuesday, July 29, 2008 that it has removed the ban on Iraq’s participation in the impending Beijing Olympics. A crisis meeting was held on this issue between the Iraqi government and the IOC, after which it was announced that the ...

Italian lasagna, Beijing roast duck or kosher food? The arrangement at the Beijing Olympics Village is so meticulous that it will even offer athletes, who will convene there from more than 200 countries and regions, their favorite cuisine. The Chinese government apparently is leaving no stone ...

In a lot of ways, Athletics embodies the motto ‘Citius, Altius, Fortius’ meaning faster, higher, stronger of the Olympic Games. Also known as Track and Field events, athletics is all about running faster, jumping higher and throwing further than one’s rivals.
 
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Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, the ace Indian shooter who won a silver medal in the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, has been featured in the Time magazine’s list of 100 must watch athletes in the Beijing games this year. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, who hails from the state of Rajasthan in India, is ...

A sex determination laboratory has been created by Beijing, which is going to host the Olympics Games this August, in order to examine female Olympic athletes suspected to be males, media reports informed on Sunday, July 27. This sex determination lab has been set up at the Peking Union Medical ...

It is a history of sorts for the Indian swimmers, who for the very first time have made it to the impending Olympics Games in Beijing. Though a four member team will be participating, it will be Virdhawal Khade on whom all attention will be fixed. Khade has became the first ever Indian to qualify ...

Since the time China won the bid to host the 2008 Olympic Games on July 13, 2001, it introduced a nationwide educational campaign based on the Olympics. Speaking on this issue, Gao Hong, vice director of the Basic Department of the Chinese Ministry of Education (MOE), said that this educational ...

Medical and environmental experts have revealed that the Olympic athletes exposed to Beijing’s polluted air, face blood circulation problem that could affect their performance. Wong Chitming of the University of Hong Kong’s Department of Community Medicine remarked that athletes consume ...

The women's doubles tennis event of the Beijing Olympics will have Indian participants too as Sania Mirza and Sunitha Rao has been provided a Wild card entry to participate in the quadrennial extravaganza that kick starts on August 8. Sania Mirza happens to be the number one woman tennis player in ...

Even though the Indian hockey team did not qualify for the impending Beijing Olympics, four players of Indian origin have been inducted into the Canadian hockey team. It is on August 8 this year that the Beijing Olympics will kick start. The four Indians who have been selected to be a part of the ...

The 4x400m female relay team of India has qualified for the forthcoming Beijing Olympics after clocking 3:28.29s in the second leg of Asian Grand Prix at Korat, Thailand on Thursday, June 26. India’s 4x400m female relay team comprises  Chitra K Soman, Raja M Pooyamma, Mandeep Kaur and S ...

During the convention of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing this August, the government will ban over one million cars from plying on the streets in order to deal with the dual problems of traffic jam and pollution. On a notice posted on its website, the Beijing government has stated that it will ...

In order to bring the New Zealanders closer to the drama and excitement that will be unfurled in the impending Beijing Olympics, the Television New Zealand (TVNZ) has announced that it will telecast over 800 hours of free-to-air Olympics action. It has said that this August it will provide LIVE ...

The gymnastics event in the approaching Beijing Olympics will have playing in the background original music tracks composed by South Indian musicians. Tamil composer Lekha Rathina Kumar informed that his music which is available in the Sonoton Library of Germany was earlier chosen for the warm-up ...

The Beijing Olympic ticketing call centre from June 16, 2008 until July will begin notifying the public about getting their tickets t Olympic sales outlet. According to official sources, people, who successfully booked Olympic Games tickets in the first and second booking stage, can claim their ...

Sandeep Kumar, the Indian born wrestler has created history by becoming the first foreign origin sportsperson to be short listed for the Australian Olympic contingent. After being disillusioned with the state of sports in the country, 25 year old Sandeep migrated to Australia four years ago. A one ...

Indian tennis superstars Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi have finally agreed to team up for the Beijing Olympics after so much of bickering. Sources inform the estranged tennis partners will first play a couple of tournaments together in order to prepare themselves for the forthcoming sports ...

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Friday, May 30, 2008 has said that he would not be attending the Beijing Olympics. Ahmadinejad told state television on Friday that he will not attend the Olympics but might attend the para-Olympics. The Iranian head of the state received an official ...

Beijing Olympics organizers have revealed that the Olympic torch’s passage through Tibet will be shortened. The Olympic torch relay is due for Tibet next month. The Chinese authorities announced on Sunday, May 25, 2008 that the move is aimed at minimizing any outcry over the controversial ...

The Beijing Olympic flame finally reached the highest peak of the world, Mt Everest early on Thursday, May 08, 2008. The mountaineering squad celebrated the historic event atop the 8,844 meters peak holding the Chinese national flag, the Olympic five rings flag and a Beijing Olympics flag. ...

The volunteer corps was handed over the flag by Liu Qi, President of the BOCOG which officially marked the launch of the volunteer corps for the Beijing Olympics and Paralympics 2008. Vice President Xi Jinping urged the volunteers at the gathering to be ‘promoters of the Olympic spirit’ ...

Ascending the world’s tallest peak, the Mt Everest (8,848 meters) is going to be the most spectacular part of the Beijing Olympics torch relay. In their efforts towards this move, a group of 50 Chinese mountaineers held a trial run on Friday, May 02, 2008 for the Everest Olympic torch relay. ...

Beijing Olympic and Paralympics torch relay theme songs and two volunteer program theme songs were recently unveiled at the Beijing Working People’s Culture Palace. The occasion for the unveiling of the theme songs at ‘Tai Miao’ the Beijing Working People’s Culture ...

Rong Jun, Deputy Director Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2008 Olympic Games (BOCOG) has revealed that the organizing committee will ensure more sales of overseas tickets for Beijing Olympics compared to the previous Athens Games. Jun further remarked that the Beijing Olympic organizers are ...

The Food and Beverage administration of Beijing Olympic committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG), Games Service Department have created a sort of menu catering to the myriad tastes of international guests. The Beijing Olympics, due to be held in August this year, are fast approaching, which has led ...

The conservative North Korean state is perhaps the only nation which received the Olympic torch and conducted the Olympic rally without any protests in the country. It was also for the first time that the nuclear empowered communist nation hosted an Olympic torch rally. During the Olympic rally in ...

India’s remote chances of making it to the Beijing Olympics were finally dashed as the team led by Mamta Kharab lost to the United States 0-4 in a humiliating defeat. The Indian women’s hockey team was the only hope for the Indian Hockey Federation as the men’s team is already out ...

The Indian women hockey team received a major setback in a crucial Olympic qualifier match played at Russia on Sunday, 20 April 2008. The Indian women hockey team lost to Netherlands Antilles 1-2. India had started off well with gaining victory in its very first match against Russia with a score of ...

Sergeant EM Senananayake of the Sinha Regimentis all set to showcase his pistol shooting talent at the Beijing Olympics, scheduled to begin from August this year. The Sri Lankan army sharpshooter has been a veteran in several battles against the Tamil Tiger rebels. Senananayake is known to be an ...

Indian women’s hockey team in an electrifying match sealed a comfortable 3-1 win against Russia in their very first match of the Olympic qualifier on Saturday, 19 April 2008. The winning team captain Mamta Kharab remarked after the match, that their team could have performed better but ...