”Beijing” News

Brazilian horse tested positive during Olympics

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Brazil's Rufus became the sixth horse to test positive for doping during the Beijing Olympics .
09 3 2008 1:50AM (...more)

Olympics: 2012 torch relay 'will not leave Britain': report

LONDON (AFP) - The Olympic torch relay before the 2012 Olympics in London will be restricted to Britain after protests marred the worldwide relay ahead of the Beijing Games , a report said Sunday.
09 1 2008 6:32AM (...more)

Orchestra admits 'miming' at Sydney Olympics in 2000

SYDNEY (AFP) - Eight years after it hosted an Olympics that were famously hailed as the "best games ever," Sydney has had to confess that it faked one of the key musical performances at the opening ceremony in 2000.
08 29 2008 7:00PM (...more)

Cupid's arrow hits Olympic archers

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea 's top male and female archers capped gold medal performances at the Beijing Olympics by announcing wedding plans just as the games ended, an archery official said on Tuesday.
08 27 2008 1:46PM (...more)

Spanish Olympic basketball coach quits

MADRID (AFP) - Spanish men's basketball coach, Aito Garcia Reneses, who lead the team to silver at the Beijing Olympics , has resigned from his position, the Spanish basketball federation (FEB) announced on Tuesday.
08 27 2008 7:28AM (...more)

Cupid's arrow hits South Korea's Olympic archers

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea 's top male and female archers capped gold medal performances at the Beijing Olympics by announcing wedding plans just as the games ended, an archery official said on Tuesday.
08 27 2008 5:41AM (...more)

Nepal FM to visit India to smooth diplomatic ties

KATHMANDU (AFP) - Nepal 's new foreign minister plans to assure New Delhi this week that the Maoist premier's first foreign trip to neighbouring China was not a snub, an official said Monday.
08 26 2008 9:55AM (...more)

Olympics: Beijingers hope Games clean-up stays in place

BEIJING (AFP) - If Wen Laifu had his way, the Beijing Olympics would last forever.
08 26 2008 12:33AM (...more)

China used planes, rockets to prevent wet end of Games

BEIJING (AFP) - Meteorologists dispatched eight planes to release rain dispersal chemicals and fired 241 rockets into incoming clouds to ensure a dry Beijing Olympics closing ceremony , state media said Monday.
08 25 2008 11:38PM (...more)

Praise for Beijing organisation, criticism over rights

LONDON (AFP) - China won praise Sunday for organising an impressive Olympics and Germany predicted the Beijing Games would have an "irreversible" impact on Chinese society, but rights groups remained critical.
08 25 2008 3:31PM (...more)