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China got off to a strong start in the Olympic badminton tournament on Sunday with top-seeded Xie Xingfang and Athens gold medalist ZHANG Ning, winning their opening matches in women’s singles.
Xie, who was left off the Olympic team four years ago, coasted to a 21-1, 21-9 win over Taiwan’s Cheng Shachieh at Beijing University of [...]

BEIJING — Reigning Olympic champions Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh still have three days left until they begin their title defense, but they’ve already squared off with a pair of past Olympic medalists. On Thursday, the world’s No. 1 women’s team was joined on the practice court by Karch Kiraly, 1996 Olympic gold medalist, and [...]

Developmental Gymnastics is the heart of The Little Gym® motor skill development program. It helps children ages 4 months through 12 years build physical, mental, emotional and social skills that will lead to a lifetime of success.
Kids have a great time progressing through friendly and non-competitive classes designed to provide increased skill development as they [...]

So who will it be in the torrid, politically charged atmosphere of Beijing? An out-of-nowhere champion like Marc Rosset or Nicolas Massu? Or a gold medalist for the ages like Andre Agassi or Steffi Graf? The men’s event at the games has had it both ways in the 20 years since tennis returned to being [...]

BEIJING—The world’s only emerging superpower takes the wraps off its grandest coming-out party Friday night in this smog-choked capital with a lavish opening ceremonies for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. No less than 80 heads of state and monarchs, including President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, will be in attendance when athletes from a record field of [...]

The Philippine men’s national basketball team said they will be determined to compete for a ticket to 2008 Olympic Games to be held in Beijing, as the coach reacted to Wednesday’s draw for the FIBA-Asia Men’s Championship, a local newspaper reported on Thursday.
The national team San Miguel-Pilipinas coach Chot Reyes said that the Philippines fell [...]

After winning 6 golds in 2004, swimmer will try to surpass himself in Beijing
What will Michael Phelps be thinking when he climbs on the starting block in Beijing’s spectacular Water Cube swimming stadium to begin his quest to win eight Olympic gold medals?“You’re on the blocks, the gun goes off,” TODAY’s Matt Lauer told Phelps, [...]

“These five rings — blue, yellow, black, green and red represent the five parts of the world now encompassed by Olympism and ready to compete against each other. Moreover, the six colours (including the white background) thus combined represent those of all nations, without exception. The blue and yellow of Sweden, the blue andwhite of [...]

The year 2008 had to be Beijing’s
year. For the Chinese, it couldn’t be more auspicious. The number 8, “ba” in Mandarin,
rhymes with “fa,“ a southern Chinese word meaning prosperity,
modern China’s staunchest
religion. Thus the Summer Olympic Games will open at eight minutes to eight o’clock on 8 August [...]

Despite 1,000 police officers, protestors disrupt Olympic torch lighting
ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece — Even before the Olympic flame was lit Monday, a protester of China’s human rights policies disrupted the solemn ceremony, foreshadowing the prospect of demonstrations throughout the 85,000-mile torch-relay route right up to the Beijing Games themselves. Forecasts of clouds and rain had been [...]