Tag: olympics
(IANS)A Beijing Olympics gold medal was put up for auction on a Taiwan website, but the seller or the website later removed the posting, a ...
(IANS)Beijing, Aug 30 (Xinhua) As the 2008 Beijing Olympics ended in a splendour of fireworks, concerns over a post-Games downturn for the Chinese economy re-emerged.History ...
Wednesday 27th August, 2008 (IANS)Beijing, Aug 27 (Xinhua) Crime figures in the Chinese capital during the Olympic days were at an eight-year low, thanks ...
London, August 25:Organisers of the 2012 London Olympics should aim to put their own distinctive stamp on the Games and not try to one-up Beijing’s ...
Washington, Aug 24: A song sung by famous English rock band Led Zeppelin is reportedly set to be shortened, as Olympics organisers have found it ...
Some countries competing in the Beijing Olympics have worked years to get here and for them, while no medals are in the picture, just being ...
Giving themselves a much-needed break from economic gloom and political doom, Britons are celebrating their greatest Olympics in a century - and with perfect timing ...
Beijing, Aug 23 (Xinhua) China is estimated to have spent nearly $2 billion on construction of the Olympic Games venues, an official said here Saturday.The ...
Irish SunThe Air Pollution Index in the Olympic host city has dropped by over 20 percentage points compared with the same period last year.The API ...
Taiwan's (Chinese Taipei) academics and sports professionals, upset by the country's poor performance at the Beijing Olympics, are urging the government to rethink its sports ...