Last Updated: Tuesday, December 1, 2009, 14:32
Trying to replicate the splendour of Beijing Olympics would be a futile exercise and London, instead, would strive to make a mark in its own way, 2012 Games chairman Sebastian Coe said.
Last Updated: Monday, November 23, 2009, 17:57
Beijing Olympics quarterfinalist and World Cup bronze medallist boxer Akhil Kumar has signed up with sports management firm Infinity Optimal Solutions.
Last Updated: Friday, August 28, 2009, 13:16
China failed to win the Asian basketball title because the team had become too big-headed after last year`s Beijing Olympics and over-reliant on the leadership of Yao Ming, an official told state media.
Last Updated: Saturday, August 8, 2009, 00:22
China’s success at the Beijing Olympics was a vindication of its state supported sports system and there will be few changes before the London Games in 2012, according to deputy sports minister Cui Dalin.
Last Updated: Friday, August 7, 2009, 09:06
The Sun Beach Theme Park was probably not the legacy foremost in the minds of Olympic organisers when they spent billions of dollars building the venues for last year`s Beijing Games.
Last Updated: Wednesday, August 5, 2009, 11:50
China has decided to mark the anniversary of the opening ceremony of last year`s Beijing Olympics by making August 8 an annual National Fitness Day, sports minister Liu Peng said.
Last Updated: Thursday, July 30, 2009, 23:45
Seven more world records on the fifth night of the world swimming championships pushed the total to 29, sending Rome right on past last summer`s Olympics that were thought to be the limits of speed in the pool.
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