Praise poured in for Australian swimming great Grant Hackett on Tuesday after the athlete known as "Captain Fantastic" announced his retirement from the pool.
China on Friday announced it had extended rules introduced for the Olympics allowing foreign reporters greater freedoms, but there was no easing of restrictions for domestic press.
Gymnastics officials on Wednesday cleared Chinese gymnasts of underage claims for the Beijing Olympics, but said there were doubts regarding those who competed in the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
The true picture in the Monika Devi doping saga may finally see the light of the day with the Sports Ministry deciding on Monday to get the lifter's Sample B tested abroad.
Chinese President Hu Jintao on Saturday met his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who is in Beijing to attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Paralympic Games.
The London Games in 2012 will beat Beijing by being more "democratic", Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell said in comments published on Saturday.
Legendary athlete Milkha Singh on Friday demanded action against Anju Bobby George for her Olympic flop-show and said the star long-jumper was ill-prepared going into the quadrennial extravaganza in Beijing.
The coveted Olympic medal eluded him for the second successive time but boxer Akhil Kumar said on Tuesday that he has not lost the motivation to continue and would make his third bid for a podium finish at London 2012.
The Indian Olympics contingent, including the three medal winnners Abhinav Bindra, Sushil Kumar and Vijender Singh were felicitated by the Indian Olympic Association at a grand ceremony in New Delhi on Tuesday.
China's top leadership assured Nepal's new Premier Prachanda that it "respected" the social system and way of development Nepal had chosen for it as the former rebel leader kicked off his first foreign trip to Beijing after assuming office.
Andy Roddick will be out to prove that missing the Beijing Olympics was a wise choicem, as he bids for his third title of the season in the final against Juan del Potro at the Los Angeles Classic.
Leading lifestyle apparel and accessories brand Lee Cooper has formally unveiled its Team Great Britain's formal wear for the Beijing Olympics 2008 to the world, a statement issued by the company said on Saturday.
Chinese meteorologists fired more than 1,000 rockets into clouds to prevent rain from disrupting the Olympic opening ceremony at Beijing's National Stadium, state media said on Saturday.
The Olympic Games, costing an estimated $40 billion and battered by political and environmental concerns, was declared open on Friday as China displayed its credentials as a modern, confident nation.
US President George W Bush arrived in Beijing on Thursday to attend the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games after raising fresh concerns about China's attitude towards human rights.
A leading international rights watchdog, Human Rights Watch, said the run-up to the Beijing Olympics has been marred by a well-documented surge in human rights abuses in China.
Planning and staging an Olympics has never been an easy task and the chances are that Beijing 2008 will have its share of problems before it all ends for another four years.
President Pervez Musharraf to attend the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony. Earlier on Wednesday he abruptly cancelled Olympic plans, as Pakistan's coalition government held talks on his possible impeachment. He is to leave for Beijing on Thursday.
From sweatbands to secret hand signals and even peeling oranges - human rights and other activists are seeking novel ways to have athletes circumvent tight security at the Olympics and pressure China.
Leaders from all over, including George W Bush, Nicolas Sarkozy and Kevin Rudd will attend the opening ceremony of the Games, while Britain, Germany and Canada's heads have opted to stay away.
US President George W Bush chided China and North Korea Wednesday on their human rights records but defended his decision to attend this week's Beijing Olympics opening ceremony.- The weightlifter from Manipur, who reportedly tested positive for an anabolic steroid, has protested against the charges and has received the full backing of the Indian Weightlifting Federation.
In ancient times, sports originated as peacetime rivalries between warriors. Running, boxing, wrestling, chariots racing were all elements of their military training and the best of them demonstrated their skills in competitive games.
Fidel Castro has cautioned the Cuban athletes that while people would cherish the 'struggle' of those who try to win a medal, they would also remember the 'traitors'.
China still dominates the world at table tennis and its supremacy is unlikely to be challenged at the Olympics but the seeds of a decline may already have been sown in the parks and playgrounds of Beijing.
