Olympic Games

Jackie Chan Happy To Be Part Of Olympics; Willing To Give Up Life For China

Jackie Chan Jackie Chan is just happy to play a part, any part, in promoting the Beijing Olympics, he told audiences at the Savannah College of Art and Design at a ceremony in Hong Kong. read more »

Beijing Residents Like Their Clean Air During Olympics; Will It Remain?

Olymics logo The Olympics are already having a positive effect on Beijingers. Now they got a taste of how much better life is with cleaner air and less traffic congestion, they want it to remain that way. read more »

Beijing Olympics Not The First To Pull A Milli Vanilli

Olympics logo China wasn't the first Olympics host country to pull a Milli Vanilli on the unsuspecting world; it turned out Australia was. read more »

Better Swim Fast Michael Phelps, A Bush Is After You

Michael Phelps Barbara Bush, daughter of President Bush, has a crush on super swimmer Michael Phelps. Now we know why the president didn't head back to Washington when he got word that Russia had invaded Georgia; he was waiting for a chance to introduce his daughter to Phelps at the Olympics. read more »

Olympics Doping: Don't Forget About The Other 'Athletes'

Equestrian Doping and sports will forever go hand-in-hand as some athletes will try anything that would give them an edge over their competitors. read more »

International Table Tennis Fed VP: Women Players Need To Show More Curves

Table tennis Table tennis or ping pong is a sport widely played in the Asian countries, especially in China. As a spectator sport though, it could use some work as evidenced by the empty seats in the Olympic games. read more »

Chinese Hurdler Liu Xiang Out Of The Olympics Due To Injury

Liu Xiang It was over before it even began. China's star hurdler Liu Xiang's quest to repeat his feat of capturing the gold medal at the 110 meter hurdles came to an end Monday when limped off the track due to injury during a warm-up practice for the preliminaries. read more »

Chinese Dancer Suffered Life-Altering Injury In Opening Ceremony Rehearsal

Olympic logo The Olympic opening ceremony was supposed to be where Liu Yan, 26, can show the world her talents, but 12 days before the big show, she fell during a rehearsal and may be paralyzed for the rest of her life. read more »

How Did China Handle The Murder Of Todd Bachman?

Olympic logo The father-in-law of US men's volleyball team coach was fatally stabbed and his mother-in-law was seriously injured by a lone Chinese man while sightseeing in Beijing on August 9. read more »

Olympics Is Here. Where Are The Protesters?

Olympic logo The 2008 Beijing Games got off to a great start, we're told. But where are the protesters? read more »

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