2008 Beijing Olympic Games

The Beijing Olympics kick off on August 8 but the action is well and truly heating up.
The countdown is on, we ll bring you all the news from behind the scenes and all the golden moments and the tragedies as they happen.

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China getting ready to be bowled over

BEIJING (AFP) - As China laps up the plaudits for its staging of the Beijing Olympics, some within the world's most populous nation are turning their attention to cricket.

August 27, 2008, 1:04 pm
  • Jubilant welcome home for NZ Olympians

    More than 1000 supporters gave New Zealand's Olympic team an enthusiastic welcome at Auckland Airport this morning.

    August 27, 2008, 12:40 pm
  • Olympians touch down

    Hundreds of people are lining the arrivals area at Auckland International Airport eagerly awaiting the return of New Zealand's Olympic athletes from Beijing.

    August 27, 2008, 9:18 am
  • Crowd gathers to welcome Olympic team home

    Friends, family and supporters gathered at Auckland International Airport this morning to welcome home New Zealand's most successful Olympic team for 16 years.

    August 27, 2008, 8:19 am
  • China gold-medal winners get 50,000 dollars: report

    BEIJING (AFP) - China's Olympic gold medallists will get cash rewards of 350,000 yuan (51,000 dollars), nearly twice the amount given for the Athens 2004 Games, state media reported on Tuesday.

    August 26, 2008, 5:06 pm
  • Aussies return to rapturous welcome, Olympic funding woes

    SYDNEY (AFP) - Australia's Olympic team returned home on Tuesday to a rapturous welcome, even as the country urgently began seeking ways of boosting its flagging medals ranking at the 2012 Games in London.

    August 26, 2008, 3:35 pm
  • Tennis: Gold medallists Nadal, Dementieva shake off Olympic hangovers at US Open

    NEW YORK, Aug 25, 2008 (AFP) - Reigning Olympic champions Rafael Nadal and Elena Dementieva got their US Opens off and running Monday, facing stiff challenges from a pair of unseeded players.

    August 26, 2008, 2:00 pm
  • NBC Universal draws record numbers to Olympics

    NEW YORK/CHICAGO (Reuters) - NBC Universal drew a record number of viewers for its coverage of the Beijing Olympics, setting a standard that could have other media companies rethinking their roles in future Games.

    August 26, 2008, 8:28 am
  • China wins plaudits for Olympics, but criticised over rights

    BEIJING (AFP) - China won global plaudits Monday for staging a successful Olympics, but rights groups were critical and the United States said Beijing had missed an opportunity to improve its global human rights image.

    August 26, 2008, 7:59 am
  • Sean Connery launches new book

    EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Acting icon Sean Connery may have stopped making films, but he believes something still awaits him out there.

    August 26, 2008, 7:58 am
  • China missed rights opportunity at Olympics: U.S

    CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) - China missed an opportunity to show progress on human rights and religious freedom during the Olympic Games, the White House said on Monday, after eight Americans were deported for protesting.

    August 26, 2008, 7:29 am
  • For the media, it's never too soon to think Olympics

    NEW YORK/CHICAGO (Reuters) - NBC Universal drew a record number of viewers for its coverage of the Beijing Olympics, setting a standard that could have other media companies rethinking their roles in future Games.

    August 26, 2008, 7:21 am
  • Something's waiting for Sean Connery way out there

    EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Acting icon Sean Connery may have stopped making films, but he believes something still awaits him out there.

    August 26, 2008, 6:46 am
  • Something's waiting for Sean Connery way out there

    EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Acting icon Sean Connery may have stopped making films, but he believes something still awaits him out there.

    August 26, 2008, 6:46 am
  • Athletes in trouble for rude photo

    Three members of New Zealand's Olympic team have been suspended for circulating a picture of another team member in a compromising position.

    August 26, 2008, 6:32 am
  • Golden British team home amid concerns for 2012

    LONDON (AFP) - Britain's most successful Olympic team for 100 years was due to arrive back home from Beijing on Monday, as team bosses warned that the coaches behind the medal haul could be poached by other nations.

    August 26, 2008, 5:31 am
  • Switzerland does not rule out talking to bin Laden

    GENEVA (AFP) - Switzerland's foreign minister on Monday broke with the country's tradition of studiously discrete diplomacy by raising the possibility of direct talks with Osama bin Laden to tackle global terrorism.

    August 26, 2008, 4:57 am
  • Something's waiting for Sean Connery way out there

    EDINBURGH, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Acting icon Sean Connery may have stopped making films, but he believes something still awaits him out there.

    August 26, 2008, 4:50 am
  • Pizza and hamburgers fuel first China gold

    BEIJING (Reuters) - China's first Olympic boxing champion slimmed down for his lightning victory which secured China's 50th gold medal on a surprising diet of hamburgers and pizza.

    August 25, 2008, 9:18 pm
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