Beijing 2008 - The Official Video Game of the Olympic Games
Daily Mail (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Fears that Michael Whitaker might miss the Olympics in three weeks time grew when Britain's team captain Derek Ricketts asked two more riders to put their horses into quarantine.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
As an endurance test, it would challenge many athletes: 12 hours in the sweltering heat, pitted against a vast crowd of rivals
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Chinese sports fans wait in long queues to buy tickets for the Beijing Olympic games in Beijing, China. The final batch of tickets will go on sale outside all the Olympic venues at 9.00am (local time) on July 25. Pictures by Dan Chung
Daily Mail (Free subscription) | yesterday
The head of the British Olympic Association Colin Moynihan has warned athletes not to use the sporting arena in Beijing to stage anti-China protests.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | yesterday
Foreign businessmen on non-urgent visits will not be allowed into major Chinese cities until after the Olympics, the authorities have said.
Balanced News Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
The International Olympic Committee has banned Iraq from competing in the upcoming Summer Olympics because of what it says is the government's political interference in sports.
Times Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
Beijing hotels have been forced to slash their rates after struggling to fill their rooms for the Olympics.
BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday
The International Olympic Committee bans Iraq from competing at this summer's Games because of political interference.
The Economist (Free subscription) | yesterday
News from the forbidden Citius, Altius, Fortius FOREIGNERS deemed potential protesters are being kept out of China during the Olympic games (August 8th-24th). Beijing is ringed with police checkpoints to keep troublemakers at bay. But the authorities have named three city parks where demonstrations, in theory, will be allowed. They are well out of earshot of the main Olympic venues and police permits...
The World's Greatest Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
The list of athletes competing in the 2008 Beijing Olympics is below. A total of 313 athletes will be competing in 20 sports. 236 British officials will also be taking part in the Olympics, which run from the 8th of August until 24th August 2008: Aquatics: Aquatics – Diving: Synchronised: Men’s Springboard (3m): Ben Swain and Nick Robinson-Baker Men’s Platform [...]
kare11.com - Business News (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
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FP Passport (Free subscription) | yesterday
Well, sort of. The seemingly ubiquitous presidendial candidate has shelled out $5 million to join McDonalds and Anheuser-Busch as major advertiser during NBC's coverage of next month's Olympics. The ad buy is the largest by any presidential candidate on network television in the last 16 years, AdAge reports : While Rudy Giuliani's campaign did a tiny buy to air political ads on "Fox News Sunday" in...
lancerlord (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
China tries to clean up air with a new ban on cars! : Alternate the days that vehicles with even and odd license plate numbers will be allowed to drive. With the 2008 Summer Olympics just around the corner, the Chinese government has started their plan to ban one million vehicles from the streets of Beijing. The initiative got underway this week with the intention to reduce the city’s air pollution...
Going to the Mat (Free subscription) | yesterday
BBC SPORT reports : Athletes from Iraq have been banned from taking part at this summer's Beijing Games, the International Olympic Committee has announced. The team was already the subject of an interim ban after the Iraqi government replaced the country's Olympic committee with its own appointees. Under the IOC charter, all committees must be free of political influence. As a result the team of two...
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | yesterday
The International Olympic Committee says Iraq will not compete at Beijing because of Iraqi government interference.
